There's a French expression (or it may be German -- or I may have invented it...) "There are many ways to make an omellette".
So tackle the
Miscellany debacle from the other end: reduce the size to A5, get rid of all the blank white spaces, and use lower-quality paper. Years ago when I was a member of the TVR Car Club, their
"Sprint" mag was just like that -- and crammed with good articles and
captions on all the photos. Here's an example:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224372884694When they decided to "go large", in came acres of white space and glossy covers (which fall over when you have a stack of them). Not interested.
