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    View Camera magazine in Canada

    I just heard from Chapters who tell me that they don't carry View Camera magazine anymore. It's because the distributor who carried it was taken over by another distributor who then dropped the title.

    Has anyone up here been able to source VC locally ?

    The last issue I got from Chapters was the Nov/Dec one.

    HELP !! I'm getting withdrawal ....

    Can we get subscriptions in Canada ?

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    ... or do I have to drive across the border to Buffalo get it ?

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    The mails still work, so there should be no problem subscribing to it.

    Call 800-894-8439 or try camartsmag@aol.com. The subscription rate for Canada is $40/year.

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    View Camera and CameraArts have a distributor in Canada. Process Photo Center. Call 613-237-3686 and ask for Bill.

    In Europe and the UK contact

    sales@robertwhite.co.uk

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    It is annoying that the subscription rate to Canada is more than the news stand price. Luckily there is another store in Halifax that carries it beside Chapters.

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    I buy mine at McNally Robinsons here in Calgary. I prefer to support a local ie. Canadian company rather than purchase a subscription. The more photo mags we buy at the local book stores the more likely they will continue to stock them. It might cost me a bit more to do it this way, but at least it keeps people employed here at home. McNally even calls me when they come in. They set aside Black and White Photography (UK), View Camera and BW Magazine for me. If you have one of their stores in your area just drop in and they will do the same for you. If you come in and decide not to purchase that issue, no big deal they just put it out on the rack.

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    Edward and Eric, I'd encourage you both to double-check with your respective sources, because it sounded like the decision was out of Chapters' hands.

    In other words the new bulk distributor of the magazines (i.e. they supply a whole host of titles) decided to drop VC from its line-up.

    Now there's a chance your local retailers may have sourced it from the same place.

    Have either of you guys bought the latest (Jan/Feb) issue from them ?

    Thankfully Black and White Photography (UK) is still available at Chapters.

    Another example of big business deciding for the consumer, the frickers !

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    I rarely have a problem getting View Camera in Toronto. I typically buy it at Pages on Queen Street West at John Street. I like to buy it on the news stand because I have a small postal box and don't want it to be folded.

    Pages Books and Magazines

    Good luck.

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    Ron it's the consumer who spoke. If enough people had purchased the magazine at the bookstore they would continue to carry it. Niche markets are tough and at some point I guess it just didn't make economic sense for them to continue to carry VC. There is limited real estate on the magazine racks and I bet the slug of new digital photo mags are taking over. I'm sure even the least popular digital mag outsold VC. While I don't like it, I can see why it could happen.
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    Ron, I can never get the January/February issue until at least the first week in February (that is, always a month or so behind) so I haven't even looked yet.

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