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Feb 18, 2023 03:29PM
It's probably because so many of those magazines have their own apps. I remember when Amazon removed the linking an exterior subscription so it would work on an app on their site bit.
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I’ve had a Kindle F&SF subscription for years. It’s very cheap. It’s unlikely I’ll buy more than an occasional copy if the subscription goes away.
I support some of these magazines and get copies of their issues through Patreon. But, as Neil Clarke says, it's not "... the same level of convenience." It's multiple steps to get the issues into my readers. The more direct involvement with the publishers and the knowledge that they're getting a larger fraction of my payment is enough compensation for me. I suspect that's a minority viewpoint.I don't think that he's overstating the impact.
I don't like this a bit.I subscribe to half a dozen literary and SF&F mags and have a pretty huge backlog of unread issues. I hope at least those back issues stay in my library - if not, I would have to figure out how to download them all and preferably free them from DRM.
Amazon's "ecosystem", once vastly superior to the competition, is losing more and more of its edge. Apparently, selling everything but books is more lucrative...
Bnz wrote: "I don't like this a bit.I subscribe to half a dozen literary and SF&F mags and have a pretty huge backlog of unread issues. I hope at least those back issues stay in my library - if not, I would ..."
my guess, is that like all my old expired subscriptions, the issues will stay on your account
Corinne wrote: "(deleted by me)so, so sorry. I thought that post was in the librarians group. *embarrassed" *wave*"
LOL! Do you see what you've started? :)
Corinne wrote: "i deleted the post i was referring to. i had made some bozo comment that would of been appropriate in the librarian group not a reader group. i was apologizing to whoever saw it."Oh, I had thought you meant the thread in general. Sorry!!
Corinne wrote: "i deleted the post i was referring to. i had made some bozo comment that would of been appropriate in the librarian group not a reader group. i was apologizing to whoever saw it."Why? What was there that was too rich for gentle eyes of us mere readers?
