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A Personalized Magazine Based on Your Reading Preferences

A personalized magazine is a brilliant concept.
It would contain content tailored to a specific reader based on the answers to some like and dislike questions.
The content would be taken from a variety of sources and combined into one reading unit delivered right to your mailbox according to a preferred schedule.
The personalized magazine would contain the kind of stories the reader wants to read.
Instead of wading through a magazine full of unwanted articles, and paying for those unwanted articles as well, the personalized magazine delivers only want the reader wants.
A personalized magazine is like a rainbow of reading where each color compliments the next and is exactly what the reader wants.
The stories chosen for the magazine are maybe not what the reader would seek themselves but are stories of interest.
Some of the stories are from publications that may not appeal to the reader, but some of their content does and now with a personalized magazine, that interesting story from a non attractive source is included in the personalized magazine.
Imagine a sports story from a literary magazine being included in a magazine pack for a sports fan who only reads sports magazine.
This kind of format would open up a whole new world and readership base for all magazines regardless if the reader fits their demographics or not.
This would save the reader from subscribing to many magazines but allow the stories from each magazine to reach a broader base.
This would also allow advertisers to reach a much preferred target audience.
It would streamline marketing and there would be a savings realized for the advertisers that could be passed on to the consumer.
Or perhaps the magazines could charge a much higher advertising rate.
This type of personalized magazine is an on demand format that is highly desirable today.
Most everyone has a busy day to day schedule and having reading material chosen for them is another method in a line of methods meant to assist the busy person.
It allows the busy person and even the not so busy person reading time that is dedicated A personalized magazine does have its draw backs, as well.
By allowing a few questions and answers pick out reading material, the reader does not have the pleasure of thumbing through a magazine and finding something new that might catch their interest.
Sometimes a person does not know they are interested in something until they see it in print.
This type of reading format is available on the Internet so why bother with a personalized magazine delivered to your mailbox? Why not have it delivered to your email box and call it a day? Believe it or not, a lot of people still prefer reading while curled up in their favorite chair or in bed before they go to sleep.
There is something comforting about a paper magazine with a glossy cover and advertising cards that fall out while reading.
It is hard to curl up with a computer, even a laptop.
If your magazine falls to the floor after you fall asleep, you just lose your place.
If a laptop falls to the floor after you fall asleep; chances are your laptop will break.
Even the new electronic readers that are on the market are not the same as a paper magazine.
They may be the newest and most up and coming piece of technology to come down the pike but they cannot replace the comfort a print magazine brings and that is what separates technology from old fashion print.

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