NewsMax Magazine had a banner year from Q1 of 2006 through Q1 of 2007, according to a new report from Barnes & Noble, one of the major chains that carries the award-winning monthly.

For Q1 2007, NewsMax ranked #503 in sales among the more than 5,000 titles carried by Barnes & Noble's 800 stores. That is a significant rise from #1,147 at the end of Q1 2006 — a climb of 644 places in 1 year.

Interestingly, with its top tier B&N ranking, NewsMax Magazine is now outselling throughout the chain such well-known publications as Reader's Digest, Better Homes & Gardens, Woman’s Day and Family Circle.

NewsMax Magazine is carried in some 800 B&N stores. It is also sold in other major book and magazine retailers including Hastings, Follett, Borders, B.Dalton, Books-a-Million and Joseph Beth, and at Hudson News and Paradies airport newsstands.

Another footnote: B&N also operates 387 college bookstores. NewsMax was recently recognized as one of the top 25 best-selling magazines in college bookstores by College Store Executive Magazine 2006.

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