Analog Science Fiction

jgrasty · 03-18-2009, 10:30 PM

Y'all:

I was considering subscribing to Analog Science Fiction magazine, but was startled to discover that the Kindle subscription is higher than getting the magazine mailed to my house. Kindle subscription is $35.88 per year vs. mailed subscription $32.97.

I bought the Kindle 2 to save money and not have books stacked to the ceiling.

Regards,

Joey

Nate the great · 03-18-2009, 10:35 PM

I'm not laughing at you, but I find it very funny that a subscription a Fictionwise costs only $23.08. If you have a club membership, the price drops below $20.

http://www.fictionwise.com/eBooks/eBook1108.htm?cache

desertgrandma · 03-18-2009, 10:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jgrasty

Y'all:

I was considering subscribing to Analog Science Fiction magazine, but was startled to discover that the Kindle subscription is higher than getting the magazine mailed to my house. Kindle subscription is $35.88 per year vs. mailed subscription $32.97.

I bought the Kindle 2 to save money and not have books stacked to the ceiling.

Regards,

Joey

Welcome to MobileRead, Joey.

Whats an Anarcho-Capitalist?

wallcraft · 03-18-2009, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Nate the great

a subscription a Fictionwise costs only $23.08.

This is also "multi-format", which means that it is DRM-free and includes a Kindle version. Seems that Amazon wants $10+ more for DRM (probably) and the convenience of Whispernet delivery.

Nate the great · 03-18-2009, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by wallcraft

This is also "multi-format", which means that it is DRM-free and includes a Kindle version. Seems that Amazon wants $10+ more for DRM (probably) and the convenience of Whispernet delivery.

Actually, Fictionwise will email it to your Kindle.

pdurrant · 03-19-2009, 09:57 AM

I've been subscribed at Fictionwise since 2003. Fictionwise have 30% off SF in March, so the normal Fictionwise sub price of $32.97 is now down to $23.08. If you're a club member, it's only $19.62. Two year subs are also available.

The Fictionwise Multiformat Mobipocket version will work on your Kindle.

Quote:

Originally Posted by jgrasty

I was considering subscribing to Analog Science Fiction magazine, but was startled to discover that the Kindle subscription is higher than getting the magazine mailed to my house. Kindle subscription is $35.88 per year vs. mailed subscription $32.97.

DixieGal · 03-19-2009, 10:31 AM

This is certainly news I can use. I like Asimov's best, but also enjoy Analog. I've never subscribed online, because it is too much pressure. I'm a slow reader and it takes me a couple of weeks to read the big double issues. Usually toward the end of the year when there are lots of holidays from work, I'll buy a batch and catch up on them.

Bit I digress, as usual. My Point: Did anyone else get an email yesterday from FW? It went something along the lines of: Join now for $10 and get $15 micropay, yada yada yada. I didn't pay too much attention to it.

I think I'll go subscribe, and then just leave the Asimov's alone until next Fall, when I have more reading and indoor time.

jgrasty · 03-19-2009, 11:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nate the great

I'm not laughing at you, but I find it very funny that a subscription a Fictionwise costs only $23.08. If you have a club membership, the price drops below $20.

http://www.fictionwise.com/eBooks/eBook1108.htm?cache

Thanks very much. I haven't subscribed to ASF on Amazon, and this will save me a bunch of money!

Regards,

Joey

jgrasty · 03-19-2009, 11:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by desertgrandma

Welcome to MobileRead, Joey.

Whats an Anarcho-Capitalist?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarcho-capitalism

Regards,

Joey

AnemicOak · 03-19-2009, 12:55 PM

Sorry to side track just a little, but could someone give me a basic difference between Asimov's and Analog? I've never really been much for magazines like this, but I'm thinking of giving them another try since I can get them electronically. If you were picking one, which would it be and why?

pdurrant · 03-19-2009, 01:40 PM

They're both good. If I had to pick one it'd be Analog, if only because they have less blurb between title and the start of the story – usually only a sentence.

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Originally Posted by AnemicOak

Sorry to side track just a little, but could someone give me a basic difference between Asimov's and Analog? I've never really been much for magazines like this, but I'm thinking of giving them another try since I can get them electronically. If you were picking one, which would it be and why?

DixieGal · 03-19-2009, 02:35 PM

Asimov's is harder "hard" scifi.

catsittingstill · 03-19-2009, 02:55 PM

Boy--one of my issues with the new Kindle 2 is that I can only transfer over the last 3 issues of Analog I bought at Amazon (leaving 7 issues stranded on the old Kindle). If I'd subscribed at Fictionwise I wouldn't have this problem. Now I'm kicking myself...

pdurrant · 03-19-2009, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by catsittingstill

Boy--one of my issues with the new Kindle 2 is that I can only transfer over the last 3 issues of Analog I bought at Amazon (leaving 7 issues stranded on the old Kindle). If I'd subscribed at Fictionwise I wouldn't have this problem. Now I'm kicking myself...

Ouch! That's very nasty.

Past issues aren't available for new purchase, but I can still download all my issues of Analog from Jan 2003 at my Fictionwise bookshelf.

Not that I have any need to do so - as they're all DRM-free multiformat ebooks. Well, unless I get a device that can't read the mobipocket ones I have downloaded.

kevindorsey · 03-19-2009, 05:44 PM

I've never heard of this magazine before. I'm going check it out.

03-18-2009, 10:30 PM	#1
jgrasty Anarcho-Capitalist Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Kindle 2	Analog Science Fiction Y'all: I was considering subscribing to Analog Science Fiction magazine, but was startled to discover that the Kindle subscription is higher than getting the magazine mailed to my house. Kindle subscription is $35.88 per year vs. mailed subscription $32.97. I bought the Kindle 2 to save money and not have books stacked to the ceiling. Regards, Joey

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Nate the great Sir Penguin of Edinburgh Posts: 12,375 Karma: 23555235 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC Metro area Device: Shake a stick plus 1	I'm not laughing at you, but I find it very funny that a subscription a Fictionwise costs only $23.08. If you have a club membership, the price drops below $20. http://www.fictionwise.com/eBooks/eBook1108.htm?cache

03-19-2009, 10:31 AM	#7
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	This is certainly news I can use. I like Asimov's best, but also enjoy Analog. I've never subscribed online, because it is too much pressure. I'm a slow reader and it takes me a couple of weeks to read the big double issues. Usually toward the end of the year when there are lots of holidays from work, I'll buy a batch and catch up on them. Bit I digress, as usual. My Point: Did anyone else get an email yesterday from FW? It went something along the lines of: Join now for $10 and get $15 micropay, yada yada yada. I didn't pay too much attention to it. I think I'll go subscribe, and then just leave the Asimov's alone until next Fall, when I have more reading and indoor time.

03-19-2009, 12:55 PM	#10
AnemicOak Bookaholic Posts: 14,391 Karma: 54969924 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minnesota Device: iPad Mini 4, AuraHD, iPhone XR +	Sorry to side track just a little, but could someone give me a basic difference between Asimov's and Analog? I've never really been much for magazines like this, but I'm thinking of giving them another try since I can get them electronically. If you were picking one, which would it be and why?

03-19-2009, 02:35 PM	#12
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	Asimov's is harder "hard" scifi.

03-19-2009, 02:55 PM	#13
catsittingstill Guru Posts: 643 Karma: 551634 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Kindle 1.0.8, iPod Touch, Kindle Keyboard	Boy--one of my issues with the new Kindle 2 is that I can only transfer over the last 3 issues of Analog I bought at Amazon (leaving 7 issues stranded on the old Kindle). If I'd subscribed at Fictionwise I wouldn't have this problem. Now I'm kicking myself...

03-19-2009, 05:44 PM	#15
kevindorsey Evangelist Posts: 488 Karma: 258 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: kindle	I've never heard of this magazine before. I'm going check it out.