Harrington Associates, LLC.

Specializing in Publishing Distribution Services

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P.O. Box 1332 • Charlestown, RI 02813-1332
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The numbering system encoded into the UPC symbol on magazine covers A newsletter about publishing and publishing distribution   A Study of Trends in the Magazine Publishing Industry Seminars offered by Harrington Associates About Harrington Associates and Our Services Contact Harrington Associates

 

A newsletter about publishing and publishing distribution

  The New Single Copy is the publishing industry’s leading source of news, data, and information about publications and the retail marketplace. Published 45-times annually, it is delivered on Monday morning, by e-mail, or fax. The New Single Copy has been published continuously since July 1996. It is written by John Harrington, who has been involved in the magazine and book distribution business for over 30 years. The cost of an annual subscription is $425 (U.S.).

A copy of the most recent issue is available, on a one-time basis, to non-subscribers, by contacting us at info@nscopy.com

For subscription and ordering information, as well as limited access to our archives, please click here.

(for more information about The New Single Copy newsletter, click here)

BIPAD Inc.

The BIPAD numbering system is a magazine industry-unique program. The numbers are encoded in the UPC barcode on magazine covers and used by magazine wholesaler-distributors and retails to process the publications through their handling systems. This includes receiving, recording sales, counting returns, and recording sales for future allocations.


The BIPAD numbering system is managed for BIPAD, Inc. by Harrington Associates, LLC.

For information about obtaining a BIPAD number for your publication, click here.

Services
Harrington Associates provides consulting and information services to publishing and related industries, with an emphasis on retail distribution. John Harrington has worked with leading publishers, national distributors, and wholesalers on a variety of projects.

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Responses to The Magazine Retail Experience Seminars and Studies!

"The Magazine Retail Sales Experience seminar provided our senior management with an objective, accurate, and comprehensive overview of the single copy sales business and the challenges of the distribution channel. Its presentation was expertly done." – James Mate, Conde Nast Publications

"The Magazine Retail Sales Experience, from Harrington Associates, is the only accurate and comprehensive look at the issues and problem facing single copy sales and the magazine distribution system." – Joel Anderson, Anderson News Company

(for more information about The Magazine Retail Sales Experience seminars click here)

 

The Magazine Retail Sales Experience
The 2011 Edition

     
Information and Analysis in Depth

The Magazine Retail Sales Experience

The 2011 Edition

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The Magazine Retail Sales Experience 2011 is now available!

( For more information about The Magazine Retail Sales Experience, click here)

Updated 05.02.08