Chapter 04  ·  The reading public বইপাড়া Field Report  ·  2024

The takeaway

Little magazines don't die — they wait on a shelf.

Share of print run sold within a year  · by binding, 2019–2024

38% Saddle-stitch 54% Perfect-bound 71% Hand-sewn 92% Letterpress

Letterpress sell-through

92%

+18 pts since 2019

Hand-set editions outlast every faster, cheaper format on the table.

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