Magazines are books, too…sort of

The following post comes courtesy of Greg Spira from a recent SABR list-serve distribution.

Following up on a previous post where I listed all the 2007 annuals being published in book form, I thought I’d publish a list of the 2007 baseball annual magazines available on the newsstands. For those who don’t have a decent newsstand nearby, I’ve also placed links to web sites where (some of) the magazines can be purchased. (Many, but not all the sites offer the magazines for the same price you’d pay for them on the newsstand with no shipping charge. Booksamillion.com, the only site to sell several of the publications, offers free shipping only on orders over $25).  Several of the magazines let you choose from many different regional covers. I am currently trying to write reviews of these for my website, but some I just never see or get. If I had to recommend particular magazines from each of the two genres, I’d probably go with Lindy’s Baseball Preview and Fantasy Baseball Index as my first choices, and Sporting News Baseball and the Fantasy Baseball Guide Professional Edition as my second choices. Also, note that the titles on the covers of the magazines are often somewhat different than the title by which the publishers call the magazines (I have no idea why) <a href=”http://www.athlonsports.com/store/index.php?cPath=33_133 “>Athlon Sports 2007 Baseball Magazine</a> <a href=”https://www.streetandsmiths.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=store.covers&catid=1 “>Street & Smith Baseball 2007 Yearbook</a> <a href=”https://www.lindyssports.com/catalog/ “>Lindy’s Baseball Preview 2007</a> <a href=”http://baseballbookshelf.mlblogs.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/lindysfantasy_1.jpg” onclick=”window.open(this.href, ‘_blank’, ‘width=241,height=311,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0’); return false”><img alt=”Lindysfantasy_1″ title=”Lindysfantasy_1″ src=”http://baseballbookshelf.mlblogs.com/my_weblog/images/lindysfantasy_1.jpg” width=”85″ height=”109″ border=”0″ style=”float: right; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;” /></a>
 <a href=”https://www.lindyssports.com/catalog/ “>Lindy’s Fantasy Baseball 2007</a> <a href=”http://www.sportingnews.com/books/baseball/index.html “>Sporting News Baseball 2007</a> <a href=”http://www.sportingnews.com/books/baseball/index.html “>Sporting News Fantasy Baseball 2007</a> <a href=”http://www.cbssportsstore.com/sm-2007-cbs-sportsline-fantasy-baseball-owners-manual-and-draft-guide–pi-2602888.html “>CBS Sportsline Fantasy Baseball Magazine</a>

<a href=”https://store.fantasyindex.com/ “>Fantasy Baseball Index</a> <a href=”http://www.beckett.com/item/54162887/ “>Beckett Baseball Preview Magazine</a> <a href=”http://www.beckett.com/Navigation/Controller.osi?N=4294967018&x=0&y=0 “>Beckett Fantasy Baseball Rotoworld.com Baseball Draft Guide</a> (Also available as part of subscription to Fantasy Sports Monthly) 2007 Fantasy Baseball Guide — Professional Edition (no link supplied) <a href=”http://www.booksamillion.com/ncom/mag?id=3717749615786&mid=0000005861 “>Major League Baseball Yearbook & Fantasy Guide 2007</a> <a href=”http://www.booksamillion.com/ncom/mag?id=3711986945554&mid=0000004492 “>Tuff Stuff Presents Rotowire Fantasy Baseball Guide 2007</a> <a href=”http://www.rototimes.com/estore/ “>Rototimes.com Guide to Winning Fantasy Baseball 2007</a> <a href=”http://www.booksamillion.com/ncom/mag?<a href=”http://baseballbookshelf.mlblogs.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/bsballrototimesmag_lg.jpg” onclick=”window.open(this.href, ‘_blank’, ‘width=239,height=301,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0’); return false”><img alt=”Bsballrototimesmag_lg” title=”Bsballrototimesmag_lg” src=”http://baseballbookshelf.mlblogs.com/my_weblog/images/bsballrototimesmag_lg.jpg” width=”85″ height=”107″ border=”0″ style=”float: left; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;” /></a>
id=3717749615786&mid=0002022956 “>Fantasy Sports magazine April 2007</a> issue (Also available by subscription) ESPN, The Magazine also usually publishes an issue focused on fantasy baseball in March. Major League Baseball did not publish its own annual last year; I do not know if they plan to publish one this year.