Readership has its privileges. (Editor's Prologue).The e-mails and phone calls come in periodically. Best's Review readers, having misplaced mis·place tr.v. mis·placed, mis·plac·ing, mis·plac·es 1. a. To put into a wrong place: misplace punctuation in a sentence. b. their past copies of the magazine, need to know in which edition certain articles appeared. Or an interested reader wants to know where he can find on the magazine's Web site the interview with W.R. Berkley Berkley (bûr`klē), city (1990 pop. 16,960), Oakland co., SE Mich., a suburb of Detroit; inc. 1932. It is chiefly residential. Corp. founder William R. Berkley. (He can't, because that edition--August 2001--is no longer online.) In this time of instant information, waiting a day--or even an hour--for a response to such requests can be too long. In a variation of the adage, "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush," information is only useful to those who possess it. And readers have indicated they want to possess the information in Best's Review, even if they don't stockpile stock·pile n. A supply stored for future use, usually carefully accrued and maintained. tr.v. stock·piled, stock·pil·ing, stock·piles To accumulate and maintain a supply of for future use. old copies of the magazine. More than half of the visitors to the magazine's Web site, www.bestreview.com, go to the archive, where only cover features were available--until now. With this edition of Best's Review, subscribers have access to all the magazine stories that were published during the past two calendar years--2000 and 2001. This access requires a password, and a new password will be published each month on the Table of Contents. (This month's password is on the bottom of page 5.) Those who subscribe online will receive the password in an email that will allow them to access the archive instantly. That means there will be no waiting to find Out when that article on genetically modified genetically modified Adjective (of an organism) having DNA which has been altered for the purpose of improvement or correction of defects genetically modified genetic adj [food etc] → foods (June 2000, page 49) or finite finite - compact quota-share reinsurance The contract made between an insurance company and a third party to protect the insurance company from losses. The contract provides for the third party to pay for the loss sustained by the insurance company when the company makes a payment on the original contract. (January 2001, page 58) ran in Best's Review So, don't worry if you've misplaced those old magazines--just remember to hold on to the current one, which has the password. David Hilgen is editor. |
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