Stopped @ a local Barnes & Noble on way home to check status of September 2014 HPP delivery. Scheduled to arrive next week. I grabbed the August issue from their shelves to show customer service what I was looking for in the next issue.
According to the clerk, their store gets 3 copies every month...so 1 still on the shelf @ a high volume store from last month is telling. That was the same last issue of my subscription - August.
It's amazing to me of the sheer # of auto magazines and I'm of the impression that the market is over saturated and will continue to "adjust" downward. Print wise at least.
Collectible Automobile, Hemmings, etc. will probably continue to make it for the long run is my WAG...
As to the telephone thread diversion:
I recall a season 1 dialog on "The Soprano's" claim that it wasn't Alex Bell who invented the telephone, instead it was an Italian by the name of Antonio Meucci???