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Old 04-27-2011, 09:56 AM   #101
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I started reading F&SF magazine when I bought my eReader last year. I was so cross when I heard they had moved from Fictionwise to Amazon - I want my issues in DRM-Free EPUB format.

So, I am display my anger by... buying back issues at Fictionwise.

Look, F&SF are obviously in deep financial trouble. I don't want them to go out of business, so I'm not going to boycott the magazine and I'm not going to pirate their work instead of paying for it. But equally, I am not going to pay for the privilege of tricking Amazon's georestriction, cracking the DRM and format shifting from mobi to epub in order to get the magazine onto my Sony Reader.

But for the moment, at least, Fictionwise still has issues of F&SF back to 2002. That's 8 years of magazine that I haven't read yet! So buying back issues is how I'm going to protest. I get to read new issues, F&SF gets money but realises that some people choose DRM-free over DRM-locked.

Anyone care to join me? We could start a retro reading group in Reading Recommendations or something...
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