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Comments

gixxeropa GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
1/28/25 2:02 p.m.

In reply to Paulineskas :

Gibt es Kanus in Deutschland?

(canoe)

Austiny GRM+ Memberand New Reader
1/28/25 4:03 p.m.

Teaser 3 months in advance hits hard

J.A. Ackley Senior Editor
1/28/25 4:18 p.m.

Austiny said:
Teaser 3 months in advance hits hard

Indeed, 3 months seems like forever! The good news is GRM+ subscribers should start seeing those stories in a couple of weeks! How's that?

Andy Hollis
1/28/25 7:08 p.m.

Austiny said:
Teaser 3 months in advance hits hard

It's not really three months. The April issue comes out in late February, early March (depending on your post office).

Why the late cover dates?

I asked the same question when I started writing for GRM. The answer lies in how retail deals with magazines. Stale cover dates will be pulled from the shelf. So if an April issue showed up sometime in April, it would only last on the shelf for a couple of weeks. But if the April issue shows up in late Feb/early March, it gets at least a full month. Until the next GRM shows up. Which is the best possibe outcome.

This is even more important when you consider that GRM does not publish every month -- it's 10 issues over 12 months.

Crazy, right?

And as J.A. mentioned, the cool kids (aka subscribers) get their fix online first.

David S. Wallens Editorial Director
1/28/25 7:12 p.m.

Austiny said:
Teaser 3 months in advance hits hard

Important dates for April GRM:

To press: February 3

Leaves printer: February 12

Andy Hollis
1/29/25 7:11 a.m.

I wanna know how you made that photograph.

I've seen the pasted-up story in digital form, but I also know the print mag doesn't yet exist.

Is this some sort of digital wrap thing? Or did y'all physically print the story and paste it into a hard copy magazine. I'm guessing the former.

WonkoTheSane GRM+ Memberand UberDork
1/29/25 8:28 a.m.

In reply to Andy Hollis :

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/warp-images-shapes-paths.html

Probably that :)

J_D New Reader
1/29/25 3:26 p.m.

Wild guess

Swap a NC / Fiat 124 transmission into the ND

Austiny GRM+ Memberand New Reader
1/29/25 4:07 p.m.

In reply to David S. Wallens :

Thank you J.A., Andy & David! I am one of the lucky ones to get it early then :) I have a close friend who has gone through 2 or 3 ND2 transmissions and he is thirsty for the info while he saves up for a built transmission.