Ask HN: Do you subscribe to print magazines anymore? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Do you subscribe to print magazines anymore?

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Post by un_montagnard » Sun, Feb 04, 2018, 5:31 PM UTC

I'm considering subscribing to The Economist.

I was a Time subscriber, but I stopped a year ago as I felt it was too focused on the US. I've been reading newspapers online since then and feel like I don't remember anything I've read online whereas I still remember some articles from the printed Time edition.

Re: Ask HN: Do you subscribe to print magazines anymore?

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Feb 04, 2018, 5:35 PM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: Do you subscribe to print magazines anymore?

#23

Post by jugg1es » Sun, Feb 04, 2018, 5:38 PM UTC

I subscribe to Fine Woodworking. It is hands-down the best publication on the topic and does a great job with its content. I could use the website to get the information, but it is far faster to read a magazine than navigating the website and nothing really beats full-page color diagrams above trying to fit it on my phone's screen.

Re: Ask HN: Do you subscribe to print magazines anymore?

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Post by hprotagonist » Sun, Feb 04, 2018, 5:42 PM UTC

i just began my first print edition subscription to the new yorker.

Re: Ask HN: Do you subscribe to print magazines anymore?

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Post by brennankreiman » Sun, Feb 04, 2018, 5:42 PM UTC

I subscribed to Wire because I remember how awesome the articles were at my tech-industry family member's house. It has definitely gone downhill from what I had remembered, all ad selling articles.

Re: Ask HN: Do you subscribe to print magazines anymore?

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Post by bhickey » Sun, Feb 04, 2018, 5:44 PM UTC

I previously subscribed to Clarkesworld in paper. Last year I switched to digital only so that Neil would get more money.

Re: Ask HN: Do you subscribe to print magazines anymore?

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Post by jrgaston » Sun, Feb 04, 2018, 5:44 PM UTC

The New Yorker is my only print subscription. Literature, art, science, and current events, every issue has articles I find worth while.

Re: Ask HN: Do you subscribe to print magazines anymore?

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Post by r3bl » Sun, Feb 04, 2018, 5:48 PM UTC

un_montagnard wrote: post #21

I'm considering subscribing to The Economist. I was a Time subscriber, but I stopped a year ago as I felt it was too focused on the US. I've been reading newspapers online since then and feel like I don't remember anything I've read online whereas I still remember some articles from the printed Time edition.

I'm not in a first-world country, so I don't subscribe to any magazines (nor have I ever) because I think that the physical delivery would be a pain in the ass and that I will always be one issue behind, but the last sentence is the reason I like to pick up a copy of Wired at the airport (their website is not even close quality-wise).

At this point I should probably just subscribe to the digital edition, but it seems like I can't do that on my Kindle without having them waste paper on me specifically every month or so.

Re: Ask HN: Do you subscribe to print magazines anymore?

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Post by jvagner » Sun, Feb 04, 2018, 5:51 PM UTC

The Wire (music magazine)

Trail Runner magazine

That's it.

Re: Ask HN: Do you subscribe to print magazines anymore?

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Post by copperx » Sun, Feb 04, 2018, 5:57 PM UTC

gallerdude wrote: post #5

No, but it's not for a lack of trying. I like tangible things. All magazines I've seen just recycle existing information, or are just full of text. Maybe I have too high expectations, but I want a magazine that's both brainpower & beauty.

Have you read Lapham's Quarterly?