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I ended up meeting in the middle. I have a Sunday-only subscription with the New York Times. I get a physical paper on Sunday and the rest of the week I have ac

I ended up meeting in the middle. I have a Sunday-only subscription with the New York Times. I get a physical paper on Sunday and the rest of the week I have access to the replica edition included (which is the print edition, just available through the PressReader app) - I have a 12.9" iPad Pro I read said replica edition on which gets me as close to the experience of reading a broadsheet as possible considering I'm still reading on a screen. Yeah, my promo discount just ended so instead of ~$20/mo it's costing me $40/mo - but I value having a condensed, well curated collection of relevant news articles so the cost is easily justified for me.

cgb223 9y ago
How is their app for reading on? I've heard a lot of people complain about these proprietary digital reading apps for various magazines, papers etc
- snuxoll 9y ago
  PressReader on mobile is pretty decent, there are tons of free sample papers and magazines available you can give a try to get a feel for it to see if it's your thing or not. There's some annoying hiccups with the NYTimes replica edition that bug me, if you pull up the text-view of an article that's on the front page and continued elsewhere you'll often get just the continuation instead of the full article (I don't know who to blame here, it's not deal-breaking but it is annoying) - but in general scrolling and paging around feels good, the app always downloads content to your device so offline viewing is there 100% of the time and the interface is workable. One other little nuisance is you can't link your NYTimes replica edition account to your existing PressReader account, so you have to manage them separately and sign into both (which the app allows, fortunately). Overall, would recommend, but give it a try before you commit to spending any money.
SomeHacker44 9y ago
I have the digital NYT subscription this last year after decades with print. Can I use this PressReader? Googling gave me lots of links to non-NYTimes.com sites which I necessarily do not trust. Thanks!
- snuxoll 9y ago
  The free replica edition is only included with a print subscription, you can subscribe to the replica edition directly [0] which also includes one standard NYTimes.com account however. If you have family members that you share (or would like to share) your NYTimes.com membership with getting a Sunday print subscription may also be an option. It's 2x the cost of the replica edition subscription (as well as an All-Access digital subscription which comes with 2 accounts) without promotional pricing but you get 2 additional NYTimes.com memberships, access to the crossword online and of course the Sunday print delivered to you if that's your thing. [0]: https://account.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/accountingregistration.aspx https://account.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/accountingregistr...

cgb223 9y ago

How is their app for reading on? I've heard a lot of people complain about these proprietary digital reading apps for various magazines, papers etc

snuxoll 9y ago
PressReader on mobile is pretty decent, there are tons of free sample papers and magazines available you can give a try to get a feel for it to see if it's your thing or not. There's some annoying hiccups with the NYTimes replica edition that bug me, if you pull up the text-view of an article that's on the front page and continued elsewhere you'll often get just the continuation instead of the full article (I don't know who to blame here, it's not deal-breaking but it is annoying) - but in general scrolling and paging around feels good, the app always downloads content to your device so offline viewing is there 100% of the time and the interface is workable. One other little nuisance is you can't link your NYTimes replica edition account to your existing PressReader account, so you have to manage them separately and sign into both (which the app allows, fortunately). Overall, would recommend, but give it a try before you commit to spending any money.

SomeHacker44 9y ago

I have the digital NYT subscription this last year after decades with print. Can I use this PressReader? Googling gave me lots of links to non-NYTimes.com sites which I necessarily do not trust. Thanks!

snuxoll 9y ago
The free replica edition is only included with a print subscription, you can subscribe to the replica edition directly [0] which also includes one standard NYTimes.com account however. If you have family members that you share (or would like to share) your NYTimes.com membership with getting a Sunday print subscription may also be an option. It's 2x the cost of the replica edition subscription (as well as an All-Access digital subscription which comes with 2 accounts) without promotional pricing but you get 2 additional NYTimes.com memberships, access to the crossword online and of course the Sunday print delivered to you if that's your thing. [0]: https://account.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/accountingregistration.aspx https://account.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/accountingregistr...