Question about magazine subscriptions

[tecweston]

Does B&N charge you every month for a magazine, even if a new issue doesn't come out?

I got a free trial to Analog Science Fiction and Fact, and the current issue (which came out in early November) was a double issue, meaning the next issue won't come out until January. But I just got charged $2.99 from B&N even though I haven't purchased a book since October, and that was $14.99. There's nothing new that downloaded when I synced, and nothing new under "My Nook" on the website.

So did I get charged for nothing?

[geertm]

Originally Posted by tecweston

Does B&N charge you every month for a magazine, even if a new issue doesn't come out?

I got a free trial to Analog Science Fiction and Fact, and the current issue (which came out in early November) was a double issue, meaning the next issue won't come out until January. But I just got charged $2.99 from B&N even though I haven't purchased a book since October, and that was $14.99. There's nothing new that downloaded when I synced, and nothing new under "My Nook" on the website.

So did I get charged for nothing?

You are not paying per copy. You have a subscription that you are paying per month, and that you can cancel any month.
You can compare it to a regular subscription, but instead of paying for a whole year at once, you pay per month.

[tecweston]

Originally Posted by geertm

You are not paying per copy. You have a subscription that you are paying per month, and that you can cancel any month.
You can compare it to a regular subscription, but instead of paying for a whole year at once, you pay per month.

Got it. I thought I was being charged per issue, and would not be charged again until the next issue came out. Kind of annoying since I was still deciding whether or not to keep my subscription (haven't finished reading the issue yet), but oh well. I basically paid $3 for this issue so it's not a huge deal, in print it would be $6.