From its inception in 1974, the audio edition has been recorded by professional actors in the studios of American Foundation for the Blind. This edition was at first issued as a hard disc manufactured by AFB. A switch was made in 1980 to flexible soundsheets that played at 8 rpm. In 1991 the disc edition was replaced by a tone-indexed, four-track cassette that has proved immensely popular with readers.

The Ziegler continually takes advantage of new methods of distribution. Beside braille and cassette, the magazine now is issued in a selection of electronic formats, including e-mail, podcast, floppy disk, and braille, text and audio files online.

As new publishing alternatives become available, they too will be offered to readers.

Even when it had its own plant, the Ziegler Magazine operated with a relatively small staff. In Monsey days, the full-time employees consisted of four office personnel, a stereotyper, and two pressmen. This was augmented three days a month by 13 part-time workers who collated, folded, stitched and wrapped the magazine for mailing.

In 1979, when the staff consisted of only two people, the editor and the circulation manager, who also handled clerical functions, the frequency of publication was reduced from monthly to 10 times a year. Monthly publication was resumed in 1991, when an assistant editor was added to the staff.