• Current Issue Status
• Change of Address
• Keeping Your Subscription Current
• The Backstreets SuperSub

CURRENT ISSUE STATUS
Backstreets #87 - Spring 2008 is the latest, mailing out to subscribers and newsstands in mid-June. Below we provide information below as a guide to know when you can expect your issue. For those fans who would like faster service (First Class in the U.S./Air Mail outside of the U.S.), we do offer the SuperSub. Otherwise, thanks for your patience as the issue makes its way to your mailbox.

For subscribers current as of June 9, 2008: The magazine is on its way to you, mailed to you directly from the printer in mid-June, and should be arriving in mailboxes by the end of July. We'd expect you'd have it much sooner than that, but Periodical mail really can take that long on occasion, whether in the U.S. or overseas. Of course, sometimes things do get lost in the mail -- if July 31 comes and your magazine hasn't, please report a missing issue to orders@backstreets.com or call (919) 968-9466.

Subscribers who signed up or renewed between June 10 and July 17, 2008: We've just done a bulk mailing to get this new issue into your hands -- #87 is in the mail and on the way to you now. And now that your information is in our subscriber database, each subsequent issue will be mailed to you directly from the printers, hot off the presses, for as long as your subscription remains current.

Subscribers who signed up or renewed after July 17, 2008: Please allow two to four weeks for the processing of your subscription and the receipt of your first issue (#87). Once your information is in our subscriber database, each subsequent issue will be mailed to you directly from the printers, hot off the presses, for as long as your subscription remains current.

CHANGE OF ADDRESS
If you're moving, please notify us ASAP of your new mailing address. Even if you have a forwarding address on file with the postal service, the post office is not required to forward Periodicals mail, and they usually don't. So if we don't have your current address on file, there's an excellent chance that your magazine will be destroyed (literally) — and to add insult to injury, the post office will charge us return postage to send the ripped-off cover back to us. You can help us avoid all that and make sure you get your issue by using our online address change form.

Alternately, you can e-mail both your OLD and NEW addresses (marked clearly) to orders@backstreets.com; fax your change of address to: (919) 968-9622; call us at (919) 968-9466; or mail your change of address to: Backstreets Subscriber Services, 1818 MLK Jr. Blvd. #300, Chapel Hill, NC 27514.

If you've forgotten to notify us of an address change and missed the latest issue as a result, we can still mail another copy to your new address. Our standard charge for a re-send is two dollars, which helps us cover the postage for the reshipping. To request a re-send, just send two dollars along with your address update, and we'll get another copy of the latest issue sent your way. Mail to: Backstreets Subscriber Services, 1818 MLK Jr. Blvd. #300, Chapel Hill, NC 27514.

KEEPING YOUR SUBSCRIPTION CURRENT
Subscribers can renew at any time to ensure continual service and prevent delays. You can tell the expiration of your current subscription by looking at your mailing label: the "X number" that appears above your name tells you the number of the last issue you’re currently signed up to receive. If your X number is the same as the latest issue number, your subscription has just expired. Renewing at any time simply increases your X number, adding another 4 issues for each year you renew.

Example:

X089
SGT. JOE ROBERTS
BARRACKS #8
PERRINEVILLE, MI 00000

Sgt. Roberts is currently signed up to get issues up to and including Backstreets #89; if he receives issue #88, sees his X number, and renews at that time (or very soon after he receives issue #89), he'll be guaranteed uninterrupted service for the issues to follow. Renewing for a year will make him an X093; renewing for two years will make him an X097; renewing for three years will make him an X101.

Unlike most larger, consumer magazines, Backstreets does not have the resources to continually bombard subscribers with renewal mailings, so it really helps if you take note of your expiration issue— and, we hope, renew!

To renew your subscription online, you have two options:

• Use our secure subscription form (currently inactive)
• Use the Backstreet Records secure shopping cart

  In either case, we'll receive your order securely and process your renewal. If you choose to use the shopping cart, you can combine your subscription order with other Boss items from our online shop.

To pay by check or money order, mail your renewal with payment in U.S. funds to: Backstreets Subscriber Services, 1818 MLK Jr. Blvd. #300, Chapel Hill, NC 27514.

Current U.S./Canada Rates:
1 year: $28 - $7 per issue; save $4 off the cover price
2 years: $48 - $6 per issue; save $16 off the cover price;
3 years: $66 - $5.50 per issue; save $30 off the cover price

Current Overseas Rates:
1 year: $36 - $9 per issue
2 years: $64 - $8 per issue; save $8 off the one-year rate
3 years: $90 - $7.50 per issue; save $18 off the one-year rate

THE BACKSTREETS SUPERSUB
Years ago—partly due to the demands of our phone hotline, partly to satisfy those supporters who wanted the fastest possible service—Backstreets began a "SuperSubscriber" program. The telephone hotline may be obsolete, but the SuperSub continues.

Our SuperSubs are those hardcore fans who also serve as the supporting members of our magazine. Besides faster shipping for their magazine, SuperSubs get some extra perks in addition to their magazine subscription. At $55 a year ($65 overseas), it's not for everybody—but the first class service alone can be worth its weight in gold when you need your Boss "fix" as soon as possible.

SuperSub benefits include:

• FIRST CLASS (or AIRMAIL overseas) Subscription to all Backstreets Publications. This subscription includes all issues of not only Backstreets Magazine, but also the Backstreet Records Catalog and Hot Sheets. Backstreets Magazine is sent by bulk mail to regular subscribers, so being a SuperSub means the fastest service. In addition to Backstreets Magazine, Supersubs also receive any and all publications from Backstreet Records, including all catalogs (of Springsteen poducts available by mail — without the SuperSub, a catalog subscription must be purchased separately) and Hot Sheets (available only to SuperSubs). Our Hot Sheets (there are usually several each year) list additions to the Catalog along with Supersub-only sales. When Backstreet Records comes across limited quantities of collectibles, SuperSubs generally hear about them first.
  
  
• Exclusive SuperSub-only Backstreets Staff T-Shirt. SuperSubs receive our exclusive Backstreets staff t-shirt made especially for them. A new shirt is designed each year, usually around the holidays, and sent out to SuperSubs only. These shirts have featured some gorgeous designs, and we've seen them sold for a considerable price on the collectors' market. The Backstreets staff t-shirt, while FREE for SuperSubs, is not made available to the general public. Be sure to let us know your T-shirt size when you subscribe, and expect your shirt around the end of the year.
  
  
• Holiday Cards from Backstreets. We send our own Holiday card (and special gifts sometimes, too!) each year to SuperSubs to show our thanks for your support.
  
  
• A free classified ad in each issue. A 20-word ad in each issue — if you choose to take advantage of it, this alone is an $80 value (sorry, no "For Sale" ads in this deal, only trades, wanteds, personals, pen pals, etc).

You can use the Backstreet Records secure shopping cart to sign up online or to renew your current one. If you're a current regular subscriber and you'd like to convert to a SuperSub, we recommend calling us (919-968-9466) so we can give you a pro-rated deal on the remainder of your current subscription. As a SuperSub, you're making an extra contribution that helps to keep us going, so we do our best to provide you with super service. We really appreciate your support!

Current U.S. SuperSub Rates:
1 year: $55

Current Overseas SuperSub Rates:
1 year: $65

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