Our May Features
Rebecca Spectre’s reporting on the Mystify Magic Festival was fantastic. I was at the festival and can attest that her article was the next best thing to being there. Mystify was a “small” convention, but its impact on the magic world cannot be overstated. Genii has given Mystify the larger audience it deserves, and continues its tradition of bringing the world of magic to the doorsteps of its readers.
—Benjamin Barnes
I loved the article about John Gaughan, Max Maven, and Joseffy’s legendary talking skull. It brought back vivid memories of that event, and reminded me of some of the laughs in the routine. Thank you for reminding us of the genius and humanity of Max, John Gaughan, and Joseffy.
—Richard Hatch
Finally, a story about Higa! Thanks, Genii, for doing that.
—Mark Holstein
Confounding Video Links
I love the new Genii, but am totally confounded by the way one must now access videos that are now grouped together under one page. I am referring to the digital edition, which I read on my iPad. Who came up with this step backwards? If an article has a video it should be accessible by clicking a link that is in the article, the way it always was.
—Artie Martello
White Space
I’m seriously upset at the apparent preference given to aesthetics over legibility. The modern tendency to feature “white space” and the subsequent reduction in font size has made many portions of the magazine (especially the Review sections) nearly unreadable.
—Doug Edwards
I was looking forward to the new magazine. The type is so small and the design is so bad. There is nothing good about the magazine including the logo. It’s hard to believe I wasted my money on this garbage.
—Richard White
Subscription Rates
Wow! Looks like you’ll be losing more customers. Great job, Genii.
—Name withheld
I can’t imagine a better value anywhere in the industry. I read Genii with my cup of coffee in the morning, and will continue to subscribe until they take my coffee and credit cards away. Kudos too on the format changes. Thanks for your dedication and hard work.
—Kevin Daniel
Some subscribers politely asked if the increase was intended to wean subscribers and move everyone to a digital magazine only. The answer is no. Our publishers are determined to produce a paper magazine edition of Genii for as long as we possibly can, and many subscribers are back to sign up for the paper edition as well as the digital edition.
We receive rapturous reports about the feeling of the cover, the paper quality and, indeed, the white space.
We realized that a price increase would cause some subscribers to reevaluate the magazine, and some would say, “No, thanks.” So we were very pleased to receive a few complaints and many wonderful letters of support.
We’re grateful for your loyalty and we’ll do our very best to reflect your trust in the content of these pages. We even hope to entice readers to subscribe again.
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