| Author | Message | ||
     Tankhead |
Do people on this site subscribe to any? Are they enjoyable? I guess they save paper? My brother-in- law owns his own newspaper locally and we got on the topic that he offers his paper online. His readers pay subscriptions, i guess. We never finished the debate but I would like to know what people like or dislike about them and how many subscribe to them. So, what say you. | ||
| Skinstains |
I'm hoping that two magazines I used to subscribe to offer an online sub simply because the sub's are $100 each and I can't afford that. They are European and I'm in the US. | ||
| Oysterman |
I subscribe to a few on my ipad. I prefer the old fashioned paper ones but the online ones make my spouse happy since they save paper, cut down on clutter around the house, and are cheaper.... Guess that leaves more room & money for Buell parts!! | ||
| Tankhead |
I hear that the Ipad is awesome for this type of media delivery method. What do you pay for subscription fees or are they free? Do the mags have actual pages that turn or are they formated differently? | ||
| Fahren |
I'd probably drop an iPhone down the toilet while trying to read a magazine on it. | ||
| Slaughter |
Cycle World. Went ahead and e-subscribed with the publication of the Steve Anderson article on the Demise of Buell. Online isn't bad at all. Magazine-like format, functional table of contents. Not quite half price of paper subscription. SURVIAC Bulletin (freebie from da Gubbmint) some good articles for folks in the survivability business: Latest Issue SURVIAC Bulletin - available on demand - and paper. E-version is easier to search. | ||
| Blake |
Cycle World and Road Racing World work great online, better than print. | ||
| Ezblast |
Thats what I have as well, the paper don't reach destination half the time. EZ | ||
| Fahren |
I subscribe to HomePower online, which is an alternative energy, ergo "green" publication. So it makes sense not to print it and send it with planes and/or trucks. The tendency, though, is to read it less, since it doesn't just "sit around the house on a coffee table" unless I print it out with expensive ink, on one-sided copier paper. Which would pretty much defeat the purpose. | ||
| Loki |
I use Zinio with my iPad. Works and looks pretty good. can print any part of a pub, just has a watermark on it. Subs are about half price. Get them as soon as they are published. | ||
| Lemonchili_x1 |
Yes, I have several e-subs now, all except Roadracingworld are through Zinio. I got Cycle World for the Buell articles that were coming out, then Zinio emailed some special sale offers with 12 months being around the price of 1 or 2 hard copies, and it was hard to say no... I now get Spin (music), Dwell (architecture/design/living), Road Racer X and SuperStreetBike. It saves me a lot of money and I don't feel bad if I don't read the whole magazine. (Remember a hardcopy of Cycle World is $10 or $12 here) I like it as e-subs are fairly cheap, and I never have to make that decision of storing them somewhere or throwing out/recycling/giving away. I have boxes and boxes of magazines from years past. I have only two hard copy subs now. One thing I have noticed is US magazine e-sub prices are generally quite a bit cheaper than hardcopies, like Loki said usually half the price or less. Eg Cycle World is $12 for 12 issues. On the other hand UK and Australian e-subs tend to only be a little less than hardcopy. Eg Fast Bikes from the UK is $40 for 13 issues... (Actually, that's not bad) cheers, chili | ||
| Blake |
Fahren, >>> Which would pretty much defeat the purpose. Good news, trees and thus paper are a renewable resource and paper production is also a key industry that employs many, many good Americans. So print away and feel good about it. You can be conservative by doing double-sided though, most printers provide options for that.  |
