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magazine will usually have a date on the cover which often
is later than the date it is actually published. Current
magazines are generally available at bookstores and
newsstands, while subscribers can receive them in the mail.
Sometimes the subscriber gets a better edition of the one
being sold in newsstands, because they have either posters
or something extra to add. Many magazines also offer a back
issue service for previously published editions.
Most magazines produced on a commercial scale are printed
using a web offset process. The magazine is printed in
sections, with 16 pages or more, which may be
black-and-white, be in full colour, or use spot color. These
sections are then bound, either by stapling them within a
soft cover in a process sometimes referred to as
saddle-stitching, or by gluing them together to form a
spine, a process often called perfect-binding. Some
magazines are also published on the internet. Many magazines
are available both on the internet and in hard copy, usually
in different versions, though some are only available in
hard copy or only via the internet: the latter are known as
online magazines.
Most magazines are available in the whole of the country in
which they are published, although some are distributed only
in specific regions or cities. Others are available
internationally, often in different editions for each
country or area of the world, varying to some degree in
editorial and advertising content but not entirely
dissimilar.
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