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Magazine sees print sales skyrocket after attaching seed packets to new issues

Indian magazine Manorama Weekly has adopted a novel growth strategy during Covid-19: It’s promoting literal growth—like, from the ground up—by attaching vegetable seed packets to its magazines. The giveaway is a collaboration with the government of the state of Kerala, and so far, it appears to have sparked a germ of excitement among readers in these dull times. Readership has spiked from 190,000 to 247,000 weekly copies since March, What’s New In Publishing reports. Bon Appetit: If you’re reading this, we wouldn’t say no to a little packet of finishing salt tucked inside next month’s cover… 

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