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2015 issues differences between online archive and Australian edition
As per my previous posts (see here for an example), I will make a posting of all differences I see between the online version, and the physical copies we receive here in Australia. I will focus on 2014 next.
2015 December:
-Front cover has text slightly moved around and slightly different.
-Chia Makes Waves page is missing in Australian edition.
-Backyard Universe page is missing.
-Like the 2016 and 2017 edition, on my page of "World Beat" I do not have the "Statement of Ownership, Management, and Monthly Circulation of National Geographic" info. I first noticed this section in my 2018 December issue. Never prior to this. It has been in 2019, 2020, and 2021 December (I assume it will also be in December 2022).
2015 November:
-Contents page has a note for the "special poster"
-"Credits" page is missing in Australian edition.
-Second "You" page is missing.
-Second "Businesses" page is missing.
-Third "Cities" page is missing.
-"Nations" page is missing.
2015 October:
-"Credits" page is missing in Australian edition.
-Is it Billy the Kid? page is missing.
-Faceless Portraits page is missing.
2015 September:
-"Credits" page is missing in Australian edition.
-Dogged Pursuit page is missing.
2015 August:
-"Credits" page is missing in Australian edition.
-Sex and the Persimmon Tree page is missing.
-The Future of Food, page 3, is missing.
-Living Small page is missing.
-As the World Turns page is missing.
2015 July:
-Easy on the Eyes page is missing in Australian edition.
-The Future of Food page is missing.
-Dot Topic page is missing.
-Fancy (Webbed) Footwork page is missing.
2015 June:
-Your Shot page 1 (Editor's Choice) and Your Shot page 2 is missing, but Macro World (Your shot page 3) is present from Australian edition.
-Thank you page is missing.
2015 May:
-Salt of the Earth page is missing in Australian edition.
-Hot Potatoes page is missing.
-Your Shot Assignment (advertisement?) page is missing.
2015 April:
-Front cover of the Hubble at 25 (like the UK issue), identical except there is no barcode.
-Contents page has different image and text different due to this:
-"Credits" page is missing in Australian edition.
-A Mural's New Date page is missing.
-The Future of Food page is missing.
-Pointing the Way page is missing.
2015 March:
-Scenes From a Synagogue page is missing in Australian edition.
-Your Shot Page 1 and 2 missing.
2015 February:
-In Angkor Wat, Art Revealed page is missing in Australian edition.
2015 January:
-Front cover online is different from my physical copy:
-Due to the cover being different, the "On The Cover' wording on the contents page is different:
-First Drive Delayed page is missing in Australian edition.
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