At the time, many publishers were considering such ventures, but Details is one of the few new men's magazines to have survived.
Like Avon, most publishers still consider it worthwhile to display their goods to booksellers once a year.
However, currently publishers and readers consider her style as having gone out of fashion, claims Minami.
The novel received mixed reviews in the United States, although its publisher considered it successful in terms of sales.
For consumer magazines, Latin America's economic growth means more readers, and some publishers are considering new titles to serve the region.
But they also provide the mix of titles that publishers consider essential to survival.
Increasingly, it is being left to the family and friends to provide authors with the good time that their publishers no longer consider financially viable.
Still, the degree to which publishers consider female buyers when deciding which books to publish remains an open debate.
Seeing their success, other publishers have made or considered similar expansions.
The publisher is also considering a tax-free split into two separately traded companies.