BANGKOK READERS ARE MISSING OUT

Fans of English language magazines in Bangkok are missing out on copies of recently launched publications, as my recent trip to Singapore highlighted.
The three magazines pictured here have all launched with the last few months, all are in English yet none are available from any bookshops in Thailand.
From left to right there is Jamie (May is the third edition of this magazine devoted to fans of Jamie Oliver), CNC (dubbed 'The Geographical Magazine on China' which has launched this month) and Lonely Planet (April was the fourth edition of this global travel brand spin-off).
Singapore has the largest English language readership in Asia so I can understand why distributors and publishes would send magazines there in preference to places like Bangkok. But it does seem that very few (if any) newly launched overseas publications make it to the shelves in Thailand.