Editorially
The Price Rise
No mystery about this: we’re not making enough money and hope that our readers will not be put off. (The original Lobster was 16 pages and cost 50p. 75p for 32 pages still seems reasonable value).
As the list of shops on the rear cover shows our distribution is slowly expanding – due entirely to the work of Lobster readers. To them, our thanks. The Lobster is a curious sort of project and couldn’t survive without more than usual interest from some of its readers. We are now printing 500 of each issue and selling about 400 (although no-one has counted.)
There must be lots of people out there who could write for The Lobster. Do! One of the main reasons we started this was because the existing journals/mags wouldn’t print the kind of stuff we were interested in. We do want book reviews, notices, little bits and pieces – anything. At worst your piece will be rejected with an explanation why.
This issue, as usual, is out a bit later than intended. This is simply the result of pressure of other commitments. From now on no more promises/self-imposed schedules. We’ll get it out as fast as we can and if this strays from the bi-monthly idea, too bad.
A final note on the meeting of Lobster readers/writers. 10 of us gathered, talked our heads off and went home again. Everyone seems to have enjoyed the experience and we will repeat it in the spring or early summer.
Robin Ramsay/Steve Dorril
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Robin Ramsay / Steve Dorril
The Lobster is published and printed by Voice, Unit 51, 260 Wincolmlee, Hull, North Humberside, to whom as usual, many thanks.