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14<p>I’m writing a new article right now about magazines and how they shaped my life in the last year. While writing it, I realised that for magazines I often go to stores other than bookstores. Weird.</p></article></div><div class="divider-horizontal"></div><div class="h-8 text-skin-base"><a class="truncate w-auto max-w-[40%] float-left" href="/journal/education-for-industry/" title="Is Education for Industry or for Thinking?"><i class="ri-arrow-left-s-fill"></i>Is Education for Industry or for Thinking?</a><div class="flex item-center float-right w-auto max-w-[40%] text-right"><a class="truncate" href="/journal/blogs-and-emails/" title="Blogs and Emails">Blogs and Emails</a><i class="ri-arrow-right-s-fill float-right"></i></div></div><div class="my-3 flex items-center justify-between"><div class="flex items-center gap-3"><a class="inline-block text-center p-3 text-l rounded-lg shadow-md font-medium hover:opacity-90 transition-opacity" style="background-color: rgb(var(--color-primary-yellow)); color: black;" href="mailto:[email protected]?subject=Re:%20https://candost.blog/journal/magazines-are-rarely-sold-in-book-stores-in-berlin-why/" target="_blank">Reply via email</a><a class="m-0 text-skin-base" href="#waline">or comment below</a></div></div><div id="waline"></div>

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