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fjtorres · 03-25-2010, 09:44 AM

The Economist is pricey everywhere.
But a subscription to the *print* edition gets you past the Paywall with Calibre which outputs decent (if sadly ADE-specific) e-versions.
I pass the hardcopy editions around the office, often untouched.

Essentially what these pubs are saying is you're paying for the content; the delivery medium is irrelevant. As long as they're consistent across editions (The Economist is) its a fair position to take.

Of course, others (WSJ, NYT) aren't consistent on what you get for what you pay...

03-25-2010, 09:44 AM	#3
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	The Economist is pricey everywhere. But a subscription to the print edition gets you past the Paywall with Calibre which outputs decent (if sadly ADE-specific) e-versions. I pass the hardcopy editions around the office, often untouched. Essentially what these pubs are saying is you're paying for the content; the delivery medium is irrelevant. As long as they're consistent across editions (The Economist is) its a fair position to take. Of course, others (WSJ, NYT) aren't consistent on what you get for what you pay...