Readers Digest Association S-4 Registration of securities issued in business combination transactions

EXHIBIT 12.1

Computation of ratio of earnings to fixed charges

																For the six month
																period ended						For the twelve
	For the fiscal year ended June 30,															December 31,						months ended
																						December 31,
(All amounts in millions)	2003			2002			2001			2000			1999			2003			2002			2003
Earnings:
Pre-tax income		100.4			140.6			187.8			234.7			211.7			82.9			125.4			57.9
Adjustments for certain (income) expense items:
Minority interest in Gifts.com, Inc.		-			-			-			(2.6	)		-			-			-			-
Undistributed earnings in BrandDirect Marketing		-			-			24.9			29.1			-			-			-			-
Estimated lease interest1(a)		4.8			4.7			4.8			6.3			5.9			2.0			2.4			4.3
Interest expense(b)		46.5			18.6			18.3			5.6			5.7			24.3			25.5			45.3
Total earnings		151.7			163.9			235.8			273.1			223.3			109.2			153.3			107.5
Fixed charges (a+b)		51.3			23.3			23.1			11.9			11.6			26.3			27.9			49.6
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges		3.0	x		7.0	x		10.2	x		22.9	x		19.3	x		4.2	x		5.5	x		2.2	x

(1) Estimated lease interest is approximately one-third of our net rental expense for each reporting period.

Computation of ratio of proforma earnings to fixed charges

	For the fiscal
	year ended			For the six-month period
(All amounts in millions)	June 30, 2003			ended December 31, 2003
Proforma fixed charges:
Historical fixed charges		51.3			26.3
Add: Increase in interest attributable to the rate differential assuming $292 of the total proceeds of $300 is used to refinance existing indebtedness		7.3			3.5
Total proforma fixed charges		58.6			29.8
Historical Earnings		151.7			109.2
Less: historical fixed charges		(51.3	)		(26.3	)
Add: proforma fixed charges		58.6			29.8
Total proforma earnings		159.0			112.7
Ratio of proforma earnings to fixed charges		2.7	x		3.8	x

Computation of as adjusted ratio of total debt to EBITDA

	For the twelve-month
	period ended
(All amounts in millions)	December 31, 2003
Total historical debt		798.1
Add: Increase in debt due to the use of certain proceeds to pay financing fees		8.0
Total as adjusted debt		806.1
EBITDA		168.1
Ratio of total debt to EBITDA		4.8	x

Computation of as adjusted ratio of EBITDA to interest expense

	For the twelve-month
	period ended
(All amounts in millions)	December 31, 2003
Total historical interest expense		45.3
Add: Increase in interest expense due to the rate differential between the Term Loan and the old notes issued in the private placement		13.2
Total as adjusted interest expense		58.5
EBITDA		168.1
Ratio of EBITDA to interest expense		2.9	x