might depend on the books and the magazine. The Atlantic, New Yorker and McSweeny's all seem to be doing okay. Byte, Kilobaud Microcomputing and Starlog all we

might depend on the books and the magazine. The Atlantic, New Yorker and McSweeny's all seem to be doing okay. Byte, Kilobaud Microcomputing and Starlog all went the way of the dodo. Some authors are surprisingly thin on the ground (Burroughs) while some are still easy to find (McCarthy). I think it depends on what you're looking for. Just was thinking I still have Wired and Fantasy and Science Fiction subscriptions. The latter has, apparently, had some financial scares in the past, but is still here. I was going to say thr Magazines that survive provide "evergreen" content, but Wired has found its niche for largely ephemeral articles. Same with Rolling Stone. I think I have a problem with your premise. I don't think magazines are collapsing in general, yet many have. Many of the collapsed magazines I'm thinking of made the leap to a web page where costs were lower. Some even survived (Boing Boing comes to mind.) But they're not all gone.