Buying CTT from newstand?

[yallaen]

Can CTT be bought from Barnes and Noble and the like? Or a hobby store? I'm bored in St. Louis and wanted to go get one to read...

[Big_Boy_4005]

Hobby stores, almost all, especially if they sell O gauge trains. If they don't sell O gauge trains, chances are no.

Book stores less likely, though possible. Call around, or better yet, subscribe. It seems like a lot of money up front, but you are getting a reduced rate over the cover price.

[Anonymous]

They sell them at our Barnes & Noble in KC

[yallaen]

I'll subscribe once I get the new house lol...but I was bored tonight and wanted to pick up a quick copy...I'll call around and see what's around here..I know there's a Borders across from my hotel

[Anonymous]

Most Barnes & Noble stores carry CTT, as well as other Kalmbach magazines. That's where I usually buy my copies. I prefer to buy at the bookstores because it also affords me an opportunity--and excuse--to browse through the other book and periodical offerings. About the only magazines I subscrube to are "Narrow Gauge and Short Line Gazette" and "Z Track" magazine because they are generally harder to come by at bookstores or hobby shops.

[Anonymous]

B&N and Borders usually carry both, but not always. I've been in one Borders that only carried Trains, no Model Railroader, no RMC, no Grden Railways. There are other stores that carry British as well as US model railroading publications.

[Buckeye Riveter]

I don't know a thing about the magazine selling end of the business, but I do know that I have visited many a bookstore. I have found that most of the big boxes do have a "limited" supply of CTT. When I have visited the store about two to three weeks after the magazine "hits the stands", I many times find them sold out. If I hit the store within a week of the "hit the stands" date, CTT is on the shelf.

The best bookstore for railroad and model railroad periodicals that I have found is in Huntington, WV. They have an awesome selection including magazines from England.

I suppose a bookstore with their computer bar code systems can tell how many magazines they should order for each month of the year. I would also assume that it is seasonal, with the GRR magazine starting to be more in demand about now.[2c]

[underworld]

Barnes & Noble, Borders, Books A Million.....and probably any other many other chain book stores have it. Pretty much any hobby shop that sells 0 gauge.

underworld

aka The Violet

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[darianj]

I always get mine from a Barnes & Noble or Borders near my home or job hear in NY. I think I'm going to subscribe though because it seems like the subscriber here on the board always get theirs before the bookstores.

[Anonymous]

Subscribers do generally--but not always--receive their copies before the bookstores, and that's really the way it should be, as far as I am concerned. But I'm a fairly patient fellow, and have no problem waiting a while because the material is just as fresh and interesting to me no matter when I read it and I enjoy visiting bookstores, especially when I have a purpose in mind.

There are lots of advantages to subscribing--a price break for one--but whether one chooses to subscribe or buy over the counter is pretty much a personal decision based on a number of factors.

The important thing is that people continue to buy the magazine and do their part to support the hobby's growth and exposure to potential newcomers.

[pbjwilson]

I get mine at the local hobby shop. He also carries an N scale magazine I really like. The Borders has CTT, OGR, Garden Railways and they also have Railway Modeler, an English publication. Railway modeler has some great ideas for small layouts, and point to point layouts, which is the norm for layouts in Britain. If you've never seen this mag it's worth tracking one down.

[Anonymous]

Can you buy a Silverado at a Chevy dealer?

[c50truck]

I'm a bookstore junkie. I get my copy of CTT and others at B&N or Hastings. I know I could save by subscribing. But I would not see the other magazines and what's available. I cannot afford to subscribe to them all. So by going after a specific magazine, and checking out the others, I feel I get the best of both worlds.

This only applies to model railroading though. I do subscribe to WOOD magazine. I love to make furniture.

Rod.