Magazine World – Rivistas – Subscription Services For Libraries

The world of magazines, subscriptions and magazine agents is forever changing. Editors move from one publication to the next, one title goes out of business while three more start-up, titles change formats and printing schedules – there is always something happening in the world of magazines. This blog will post about industry news, company news and details about magazines in general.

Top 200 Magazines For Libraries

Popular Magazines For Libraries Each year we like to compile a list of the most popular magazines ordered by our public library and school library customers. We're often asked what magazines other libraries order, so this list is a great start when seeking the most [...]

Bonnie Cribbs 2019-04-29T13:17:21+00:00 April 29th, 2019|

75 Fabulous Quotes About Libraries

Library Quotes A few days ago, while writing a blog post about public libraries, I decided to use a few quotes referencing libraries. Searching for the perfect library quote, I quickly became distracted from all of the great quotes I found on [...]

Bonnie Cribbs 2018-02-13T09:16:15+00:00 February 13th, 2018|

Top 100 Magazines For Libraries

Popular Magazines For Libraries We are often asked to provide sample lists of popular magazines for libraries of various types and sizes. It's easy for us to pull data like this from our database to share with our customers. It's also interesting to see [...]

Bonnie Cribbs 2019-04-29T12:27:42+00:00 January 18th, 2018|

A Scary Thought For Libraries

Will you allow me to share an experience I had a few days ago at my local library? It's kind of scary.... I walked into the library that's located in the community I live in and noticed what appeared to be a homeless lady working [...]

Bonnie Cribbs 2018-02-12T10:41:56+00:00 October 31st, 2017|

12 Must Follow Library Instagram Accounts

Keep Your Patrons Connected With Instagram Have you ever noticed your patrons taking selfies in your library? Of course you have! Most likely many of those selfies will end up on some sort of social media site like Instagram or Snap Chat. Is your library [...]

Bonnie Cribbs 2017-06-20T16:18:18+00:00 June 20th, 2017|

A Simplified Renewal Cycle

If you work in a public library, most likely you are approaching the time of year that your library works on the renewals for your magazine and periodical subscriptions. For school libraries, many of you are hustling making last minute preparations before summer. It's [...]

Bonnie Cribbs 2013-05-30T11:15:22+00:00 May 30th, 2013|

What Libraries Should Expect From Their Subscription Agent

Expectations. They are a crazy thing. Unless clearly communicated, expectations are often one sided. In today's world of a "I have to have it NOW" mentality, we all know that sometimes expectations are clearly close to impossible to meet. I have even witnessed this in [...]

Bonnie Cribbs 2013-04-30T21:17:20+00:00 April 30th, 2013|

5 Ways We Are Different Than Other Magazine Subscription Agents

Recently I was out visiting a library prospect, speaking with them about changing their magazine subscriptions over to our service, when I was ask to differentiate ourselves from the other subscription services. She said "Tell me 5 ways you are different than the other subscription [...]

Bonnie Cribbs 2013-03-20T12:36:48+00:00 March 20th, 2013|

10 Ways We Make Managing Your Library’s Magazine Subscriptions Easier

Simply put, a magazine subscription agency exists for one reason and that is to make managing your library's subscriptions easier. We are in business to take the tasks associated with managing your periodical subscriptions and handle them for your library. In order to actually make [...]

Bonnie Cribbs 2013-02-24T23:42:28+00:00 February 24th, 2013|

Top Magazine Titles For Public Libraries

We often get asked if we can provide a list of frequently ordered magazine titles for public libraries. So last year we compiled a list of those titles. As a magazine subscription agent who is dedicated to serving public libraries with all of their [...]

Bonnie Cribbs 2013-02-19T15:44:11+00:00 January 19th, 2013|

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