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Came here to say the same as well.

My guess? The same management that "knee-jerk reaction" bans a mag just because it has the word HACK in bold large text doesn't bother to figure out the actual contents of 2600.

You'd think a book store's manager wouldn't judge a book by its cover.

I came to say the exact same thing.

And they still carry "The Hacker Quarterly".

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/c/2600-magazine

They must think it's about woodwork with axes or for people who have chronic coughing problems.

They still carry them, but recently (starting maybe 2 or 3 years ago really), the BN in Philadelphia has been 'hiding' their copies of 2600 in the cabinets underneath the magazine racks.

I don't know if poor sales or customer complaints are the cause.

well back in the early/mid 90's in the Uk Forbidden Planet used to have Mondo 2000 and Wired in the rack next to Skin 2.

Skin2 is a famous Fetish Mag - for those you who don't get out much.

Same here. Additionally Amazon carries the digital version of 2600 (although I wish it came in the same visual format as the print version.)

I did too, though it made for some weird conversations at the checkout counter.