Several quilt magazines to stop hard copy publication
#31
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Does anyone else's library offer Zinio? It's a free service that lets you read magazines digitally, even if they are published in hard copy. I love it and peruse several mags each month. You can print right from the computer page. You could print the entire mag, I suppose, if you wanted to use up all your printer ink.
I mention this to assure you it is different to read a mag online, but not worse. Perhaps I am in the minority. I read books on my Kindle and in hard copy and they each work perfectly for me. Digital is the wave of the future. Ink and paper and postage are only getting more expensive. I expect to see many more mags (Newsweek anyone?) going all-digital.
I mention this to assure you it is different to read a mag online, but not worse. Perhaps I am in the minority. I read books on my Kindle and in hard copy and they each work perfectly for me. Digital is the wave of the future. Ink and paper and postage are only getting more expensive. I expect to see many more mags (Newsweek anyone?) going all-digital.
#32
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Central Florida
Posts: 242
I'm not against digital magazines and regularly read several online but not quilting mags. I hope this isn't a trend. Can you imagine your power is out and you want to read? Forget it. Or your computer is corrupt and you lose everything?
#34
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Lowell, MA
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That is so, so sad and it makes me angry. I subscribe to two of those magazines, and I am now re- thinking whether I will renew my subscription or not. I like to hold the magazines in my hands and not be forced to sit at the computer to read them.
#35
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Location: Walton Hills, OH
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I love digital magazines. I started scanning articles and patterns I wanted to keep from all the magazines that are taking up space in my sewing room, so digital subscriptions are perfect for me.
The subscription prices should fall drastically - no files to be sent to the printer, no printer, no paper, no shipping, no tracking of consignments to stores, no handling of return copies...WoW!...should be less than half of the subscription price!!!! Hope it happens.
The subscription prices should fall drastically - no files to be sent to the printer, no printer, no paper, no shipping, no tracking of consignments to stores, no handling of return copies...WoW!...should be less than half of the subscription price!!!! Hope it happens.
#36
......okay digital gurus out here........Having said that, what happens to digital mags if/when there is a loss of Internet service or your device "dies"? Can info be retrieved when source is regained? Just wondering....I personally have cut back on subscriptions, but do like to sit down and flip pages and make notes on something I may be interested in...I guess I am a Luddite.
#38
My husband makes paper for a living so I love it when people buy magazines!!! I live in a rural area and a lot of people don't have access to high speed internet. I like both forms of magazines but prefer the paper copy. The price of a digital copy won't drop because they still have to pay advertising
#39
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Texas
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I to like the hard copy to sit and read, but the other thing I don't like about the digital copy is that I have to use my paper and ink to print out the directions for the pattern even after paying the full subscription rate. This doesn't seem right to me. I'm glad I have so many magazines because I definitely won't be going digital.
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