About Us
About NoodleMagazine
NoodleMagazine is a small shop for people who still buy magazines. Everything on the shelf is chosen by hand, checked before it goes on sale, and posted out tracked. This page explains who runs it, how a title earns its place, and how to reach an actual person when you need one.
- 10Categories
- 50+Countries Served
- 7Contributors
- TrackedOn Every Order
The Shop
What NoodleMagazine Is
We sell print magazines and digital subscriptions. Not every magazine, which is rather the point. The shelf runs across ten categories, from names you would recognise on any newsstand to independent publications that never reach a local rack at all.
The catalogue is deliberately small. A bigger one would be easier to build and harder to trust, and it would mean listing titles nobody here had read. What we carry, we can answer questions about, which is a promise that only works at this size.
Orders go out tracked to more than fifty countries. If something arrives damaged or wrong, our refunds policy covers it and a person handles it.
Selection
How A Magazine Earns Its Place
Five checks, in this order. A title has to clear all five before it is listed, which is why the shop stays small.
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It Gets Read First
Nobody lists a title they have not opened. That first filter removes most of what we are offered, before any other question is asked.
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The Writing Has To Hold Up
Reporting and ideas that are still worth reading a month later, rather than filler printed between the advertisements.
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The Printing Has To Match The Writing
Accurate colour, clean registration and paper that survives being carried around. Good work deserves to be printed properly.
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It Has To Be Consistent
One strong issue is luck. We look at a run of them before committing to stock a title, because a subscription is a year of your money.
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It Has To Be Worth The Price
If the same money buys something better already on our shelf, the new title does not go on. That comparison is the last check every time.
Who Runs It
Meet Nicole Webb
Founder, Chief Curator And Magazine Enthusiast
I started NoodleMagazine to celebrate magazines and the people who make them. That means I read before I buy and I buy before I sell, so every title on the shop has crossed my desk first. I would rather carry fewer magazines and be able to stand behind all of them.
Alongside the shop I write about the authors, editors, photographers and independent publishers I meet along the way. Different countries, different subjects, the same love of print holding it together. Those conversations end up on the blog, and everything I have written sits on my author page.
If you are making a magazine of your own, or you want to know how small publishers get their work in front of readers, ask me. You will get a real answer from a real person, usually the same day.
The Shelves
The Ten Categories We Keep
Every title we stock sits in one of these. Open any of them to see what is on the shelf right now.
Lifestyle
Design, technology, philosophy and craft
Fashion And Style
Collections, photography and sewing patterns
Business And Finance
Markets, policy and the working week
Health And Fitness
Training, nutrition and long term habits
Women Health
Beauty, wellbeing and evidence led advice
Food And Cooking
Recipes, wine, produce and technique
Home And Garden
Interiors, growing guides and projects
Entertainment
Film, music, television and culture
Sports And Gaming
Fixtures, form, motorsport and releases
Hot Picks
What readers are buying this week
Our Commitments
What We Promise You
Six things we hold ourselves to. Every one of them is something you can check.
We Tell You When It Goes Wrong
A delay, a stock problem or a mistake on our side reaches you from us first, before you have to chase it.
Titles Are Chosen On Merit
No publisher pays for placement here. A magazine reaches the shelf because it passed the five checks, not because of a deal.
Prices Are Shown Before Checkout
Price, format, stock and shipping all appear before you commit. Nothing is revealed on the final screen.
Your Feedback Changes The Shelf
Requested titles go on a list and get assessed with the same five checks. Several of the magazines here started as reader suggestions.
A Person Answers, Not A Script
Questions about orders, subscriptions and delivery are answered by our own team, usually the same day they arrive.
Print Should Not Cost The Planet
We favour publishers printing responsibly and we pack to reduce waste rather than to look impressive in a photograph.
Get In Touch
Find Us
Three ways to reach the shop. All of them come back to the same small team.
Phone
Business hours, Eastern Time. Leave a message outside them.Address
985 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10021
Anyone can sell you a magazine. We would rather sell you the right one.
Nicole Webb, Founder