Transvestia

the hands of the printer on the 15th of the month prior to the supposed 1st. of the month printing. This means that it will be late from a couple of days to a couple of weeks. This in turn begins to make subscribers wonder if their subscriptions have run out, whether we got the order in the first place or whether shipment was lost in the mails or what.

So, in view of these three factors I am making a small change. (1) The month will no longer appear on the outside front cover and on the spine though I will probably still put it on the contents page. (2) I will continue to publish on an approximately every other month basis but will not feel so harried by a first of the month deadline. I will just do it as it is possible for me to do it. As we get larger, and we are, (I increased the printing 50% with #49) the pressures of record keeping, mail and shipping mount and I'm tired of being under pressure all the time . 3) S nce the date of appearance will therefore be somewhat more irregular than in the past there has to be some way for you to be assured that your order has been received and recorded. Therefore if YOU will put in with your order a small slip of paper saying, "Your order received and recorded on (date) AND a stamped, self addressed envelope I will be glad to acknowledge the receipt of the order and mail it back to you. This only applies to advance orders of course as others will be mailed to you in a few days. This way you will know that the only reason you have not gotten the order is that it is not yet available. It is simply impossible to write personal notes on these matters. If you want assurance of receipt and recordation this is the way to do it.

When you subscribe for a year you will in effect be sub scribing for 6 issues spread over approximately 12 months...it may be 10 or 13 but you will get your moneys worth in due course. Nobody has been able to accuse me of dishonesty yet and they will not be able to in the future but you will have to have patience and wait and trust me to get it to you.