Looking to buy a print magazine in the GTA
February 14, 2019 3:17 AM Subscribe
I feel deeply stupid asking this question, but here we go.
I recently heard Cameron Esposito interview Fran Tirado, the new deputy editor of Out Magazine. I would like to go ...somewhere... and physically purchase (or hold and flip through) current issues of said magazine. My public library does not have it in their subscriptions, either print or digitally. Our local Big Book chain bookstore (Indigo/Coles) didn’t seem to have it when I searched the online catalog.
Googling just brings me to options for subscribing, which is totally fine! But I’m not quite ready to take that plunge.
I know I can put in a request that the library add it, but in the meantime, does anyone know where I can go in person?
I am in the Hamilton/Burlington area, but am willing to consider Toronto.
Thank you all in advance for indulging me at 6AM.
I recently heard Cameron Esposito interview Fran Tirado, the new deputy editor of Out Magazine. I would like to go ...somewhere... and physically purchase (or hold and flip through) current issues of said magazine. My public library does not have it in their subscriptions, either print or digitally. Our local Big Book chain bookstore (Indigo/Coles) didn’t seem to have it when I searched the online catalog.
Googling just brings me to options for subscribing, which is totally fine! But I’m not quite ready to take that plunge.
I know I can put in a request that the library add it, but in the meantime, does anyone know where I can go in person?
I am in the Hamilton/Burlington area, but am willing to consider Toronto.
Thank you all in advance for indulging me at 6AM.
I'd try going into Chapters/Indigo - their online catalogue doesn't seem to list all magazines.
Brant St. Indigo seems to have the widest variety of magazines compared to Burlington Centre.
posted by backwards guitar at 4:48 AM on February 14, 2019
Brant St. Indigo seems to have the widest variety of magazines compared to Burlington Centre.
posted by backwards guitar at 4:48 AM on February 14, 2019
I’d call first but Glad Day in Toronto might be worth the trek. The reference library is likely to have it too - I checked the TPL catalogue and it looks like they do, as long as there’s only one Out. Magazine, they didn’t have a helpful thumbnail.
posted by warriorqueen at 5:10 AM on February 14, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by warriorqueen at 5:10 AM on February 14, 2019 [1 favorite]
There's the Glad Day Bookshop, if you are willing to come to Toronto.
posted by girlpublisher at 5:13 AM on February 14, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by girlpublisher at 5:13 AM on February 14, 2019 [1 favorite]
Also, try calling Presse Internationale
posted by girlpublisher at 5:14 AM on February 14, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by girlpublisher at 5:14 AM on February 14, 2019 [1 favorite]
I think this should be a list of all the Toronto library branches which carry the magazine. It was somewhat hard to tease out of their website, but I eventually stumbled onto a search page via Google that would let me search magazine subscriptions.
posted by jacquilynne at 5:17 AM on February 14, 2019
posted by jacquilynne at 5:17 AM on February 14, 2019
Our local Big Book chain bookstore (Indigo/Coles) didn’t seem to have it when I searched the online catalog.
Periodicals are often maintained by a third party so the inventory is probably untracked by the store. From the store's perspective that managed inventory is all one big mass of [VENDOR] and there's no insight into individual titles. The best way to know if your local store has a particular title is to go look. A distant second would be to call the store and hope the employees are familiar enough with the titles they sell to answer the question without looking, or that they're not so busy that they can't lay eyeballs on it themselves.
Independent shops are a better bet for answering this question on the phone, both because the space premium means a tighter grip on inventory and because they'll be more familiar with the things people actually purchase there. But even a small shop might have a vendor managing inventory of periodicals.
posted by fedward at 7:43 AM on February 14, 2019 [1 favorite]
Periodicals are often maintained by a third party so the inventory is probably untracked by the store. From the store's perspective that managed inventory is all one big mass of [VENDOR] and there's no insight into individual titles. The best way to know if your local store has a particular title is to go look. A distant second would be to call the store and hope the employees are familiar enough with the titles they sell to answer the question without looking, or that they're not so busy that they can't lay eyeballs on it themselves.
Independent shops are a better bet for answering this question on the phone, both because the space premium means a tighter grip on inventory and because they'll be more familiar with the things people actually purchase there. But even a small shop might have a vendor managing inventory of periodicals.
posted by fedward at 7:43 AM on February 14, 2019 [1 favorite]
Mixed Media usually has a good selection of alt magazines. And if not, owner Dave is a helpful guy and can probably point you to where else it might be locally.
Big B Comics might be another option. They had an alt magazine rack the last I checked.
posted by Capt. Renault at 8:15 AM on February 14, 2019
Big B Comics might be another option. They had an alt magazine rack the last I checked.
posted by Capt. Renault at 8:15 AM on February 14, 2019
Its definitely worth calling some of the independent bookstores in your area. My local carries a huge range of magazines that I never see in Indigo.
If all else fails, you can buy the single issue electronically through Zinio.
posted by Ftsqg at 8:42 AM on February 14, 2019
If all else fails, you can buy the single issue electronically through Zinio.
posted by Ftsqg at 8:42 AM on February 14, 2019
I stopped in at Glad Day and they ordinarily carry Out but due to some magazine distributor fuckery they haven't been receiving shipments lately of most magazines.
posted by seanmpuckett at 10:36 AM on February 14, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by seanmpuckett at 10:36 AM on February 14, 2019 [2 favorites]
They definitely have it at the Bay/Bloor Indigo. About 15 copies on the shelf.
posted by sevenyearlurk at 2:08 PM on February 14, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by sevenyearlurk at 2:08 PM on February 14, 2019 [1 favorite]
Is Bryan Prince Bookseller still around? If they are I'd give them a call. They are not too far from McMaster.
posted by Ashwagandha at 5:26 PM on February 14, 2019
posted by Ashwagandha at 5:26 PM on February 14, 2019
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