I don't really know how I originally subscribed to Billiard Retailer, but I believe I have been getting it since it came into existence.
I wish that it came out more often than it does and would expand to have more pool news. I do look at the advertising and contact any new/promising company if they offer something different.
The economy is in the dumper and a room owner has to constantly search for something that will catch a potential customer's eye.
I'm a wannabe cuemaker and have been repairing cues for quite a while. I screenprinted for a number of years until my business burned down. I have been slowly getting back into the screenprinting business as another source of $.
Unless the economy turns around after the election in November, I may have to close my current poolroom and get a "real" job....lol. Just not enough quarters in the coin slots to make it profitable.
(but I shoot for free. that's one perk...lol.)
I wish you luck.
Jack