03-03-2021, 22:54
(02-03-2021 00:57 )bigglesworth Wrote: [ -> ]The magazine wasn't a failure. They sold out of some editions of the print copies and even reprinted the early issues. Plus the most recent issue was supposed to be digital only but even that got a print run in the end. On the whole it appears to have been reasonably successful.
Your comment about 'digital age' is irrelevant because the all issues of the magazine are available digitally, and always have been, as are other adult publications such as the Paul Raymond magazines. Digital copies account for many more sales than the print copies of these publications.
Success is defined by the intent of those involved. Do you honestly think this magazine was primarily concerned with print runs and sales? I'm sure it was successful to those that put it together but the terms by which you describe it are meaningless unless you can tell us how big the print runs were, what level of distribution was involved and what was spent on overheads versus what was accrued? An organisation that can put together launch parties of the sort Sixty6 did was always going to shift a couple of hundred copies for instance but for an objective judgement on financial profitability most people would require a bit more info than that!
That said I take what we were told at the time at face value, this venture had zero impact on the finances of the company behind the 66 babeshows. It was privately funded apparently so the harping back to it in this way is a non-starter every time.