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Ask HN: Do you subscribe to print magazines anymore?
Do you subscribe to print magazines anymore? What is your favorite/Best one if so?
- rgacote 9y agoBi-weekly Science News is a must have for me in print. https://www.sciencenews.org/ https://www.sciencenews.org/
- bharrison 9y agoLikewise, but Nature shows up weekly. I react to most of the research papers like a dog who's been shown a card trick, but the front half of the book is always interesting and up to the minute.
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- brent_noorda 9y agoScientific American and Atlantic Monthly. Gotta have something next to the toilet that won’t set me back hundreds of dollars should it fall in while I’m reading.
- madez 9y agoGet a waterproof phone or tablet?
- gallerdude 9y agoNo, 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.
- mrks_ 9y agoI only subscribe to print magazines when it's literature (The Paris Review). News/science/technology is easier to filter and read through online, in my opinion.
- sgillen 9y agoThe economomist continues to be high quality. It is an expensive way to get your news but I think it’s worth it.
- johncla99 9y agoDitto. The Economist covers topics in depth that I don't see covered at all elsewhere. I also subscribe to 'The New Yorker'. I disagree vehemently with their politics but respect them as a source of good writing on diverse and sometimes tweaky topics.
- bdwalter 9y agoI have a hobby that I read 3-4 print magazines for (fishing in the northwest, not that it matters) and after numerous times talking to the publishers, I still, in 2018, cannot get them to distribute an electronic version. I would pay big money for a digital archive of one of them all the way back to the 60's. They all fear piracy so strongly they won't innovate. Boggles my mind.
- Meltdown 9y agoI buy a subscripton to a Home Interiors mag for my sister every year at Christmas.
- ggregoire 9y agoNo, the same way as I avoid to buy anything available in a digital version (books, movies, video games, etc).
- Kagerjay 9y agoI do prefer a hard copy print of things, but the issue I have with print magazines is its loaded with advertisements everywhere normally. Its like browsing a web article without running uBlock origin. Once you have an adblock its hard to go back The only ones I remember enjoying are national geographic though.
- usrme 9y agoNational Geographic and I'd like to get Nautilus' prints as well, but I've heard that they have (or had) a tough time getting orders fulfilled in a timely manner. I'd really dislike getting a certain month's magazine a month or more later; for me, in such cases, consistency is key.
- piecu 9y agoI am also a happy NG subscriber.
- jccalhoun 9y agoNo. I sometimes miss it but reading on a tablet has taken over that. I will semi-regularly see what electronic mags I can get through the public library or what is available on Amazon's prime reading.
- dev1n 9y agoBloomberg Businessweek
- themodelplumber 9y agoI get the AAII journal and Ad Astra because of my memberships in those orgs. Rarely have time to read them but they are sometimes really interesting. Have been considering getting one of the ham radio mags.
- inDigiNeous 9y agoNot counting the engineers union magazines I get, the only one I subscribe is Skrolli, which is a Finnish hobbyist computer magazine. They have international numbers if you are interested, highly recommended for anyone interested in specialized topics and retro computers. Check out the international edition here: https://skrolli.fi/en/international/ https://skrolli.fi/en/international/
- Finnucane 9y agoI think the last magazine I had a subscription to was actually Print.
- julian55 9y agoCurrent Archaeology (which covers the UK) and Current World Archaeology (the rest of the world).
- un_montagnard 9y agoI'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.
- sofaofthedamned 9y agoI'm considering it too. Also occasionally get a sub to Viz and Private Eye but let them go when the quality dips, as it does occasionally.
- r3bl 9y agoI'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.
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- jugg1es 9y agoI 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.
- hprotagonist 9y agoi just began my first print edition subscription to the new yorker.
- brennankreiman 9y agoI 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.
- bhickey 9y agoI previously subscribed to Clarkesworld in paper. Last year I switched to digital only so that Neil would get more money.
- jrgaston 9y agoThe New Yorker is my only print subscription. Literature, art, science, and current events, every issue has articles I find worth while.
- jvagner 9y agoThe Wire (music magazine) Trail Runner magazine That's it.
- kapauldo 9y agoThe Atlantic
- a_cactus 9y agoSunset Magazine. They have high quality content about living, eating, and traveling in the West (western US). Almost all of my other content digest is tech focused, so it’s nice to have something a little different once a month.
- closeparen 9y agoFor some reason it’s much easier for The Economist to hold my attention in print vs. on my phone. It’s perfect for a public transit commute (when there’s room to hold reading material).
- guan 9y agoI subscribe to Logic, A Public Space and The New Yorker.
- mrep 9y agoI bought a year subscription to wired and popular science for 5$ each on amazon prime during black friday. Don't know if I will continue it after a year but for the price of a coffee, why not?
- markfer 9y agoThe Economist for arguably the last good journalism Esquire for entertainment and fashion GQ for fashion
- BenjiWiebe 9y agoYes. Popular Science, Popular Mechanics, QST, Nuts 'n' Volts. And my parents subscribe to Nat Geo, Readers Digest, and I think a few dairy farm/cheese industry magazines as well.
- danielblazevski 9y agoMIT Tech Review, which keeps me up to date with a whole spectrum of advances and trends in tech, and The Atlantic for politics — most if not all The Atlantic is free online, but it’s dirt cheap to get the physical copy and I’m more likely to read the longer articles with the physical copy.
- mcintyre1994 9y agoI've come across texture.com, it's US+Canada only so I can't subscribe but I'm pretty sure I would if I could - unlimited mobile access to lots of magazines for $9.99/mo.
- danso 9y agoYes, the New Yorker
- jongold 9y agoOther than the usual suspects that have already been mentioned, I'm really enjoy New Philosopher recently http://www.newphilosopher.com/ http://www.newphilosopher.com/
- m_ransing 9y agoYes. I have subscribed to Digit Magazine in India. I especially like their FastTrack supplememt, which is kind of short course for the subject it covers.
- cimmanom 9y agoI've worked for a well established print magazine publisher in the recent past, and can attest that in a period when online subscription increased by 100x, print subscription shrank by a factor of 10. My understanding is that they continue to produce a print edition mostly because of certain advantages it confers in terms of positioning, and that it's now a loss leader.
- throwawat870809 9y agoFitness magazine. Usually the information is rehashed stuff from last month but I subscribe for two reasons. 1. Monthly renewal of motivation to workout. 2. I limit screen time at home. So magazines are fun to read/look at.