Reader service card
A reader service card or
Before the World Wide Web was invented, reader service cards relieved consumers (as well as business executives with purchasing authority) of the inconvenience of having to separately contact each advertiser in a particular magazine by mail, fax, telex or telephone to express interest. Instead, they would just mail a reader service card back to the publisher. The postage for the reader service card was often prepaid (where allowed).[2] Over the next few weeks, fat envelopes containing brochures, pamphlets, catalogs, and product samples would arrive in the mail from the selected advertisers. This was a common method for gathering an up-to-date collection of mail order product catalogs and product literature in preparation for a purchasing decision before web sites became the primary delivery vehicle for such information.
References
- ISBN 9780130804341. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
- ^ ISBN 9781613080436. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
- ^ ISBN 9780130804341. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
Further reading
- Crissy, W.J.E. and Gary A. Maple, "What about Reader Service Cards?". Journal of Marketing, Vol. 27, No. 1. (Jan., 1963), pp. 56–60.