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ozron · 07-12-2013, 08:11 AM

OK so I'm a bit slow here... I picked up the last editions of both Analog and Asimov's from FW at the end of last year. Was planning to start a subscription elsewhere but forgot and lost track of it due to serious personal and family dilemma's at the time. Only just remembered this week that I haven't picked up any this year. No problems I thought, I can start a new subscription and pick up the older issues at the same time. Ha! Not so easy...

First up. So it seems the only way to get back issues is through the iBookstore onto my iPad's Newsstand. And of course it's DRM'd. There are ways to copy the contents onto my Mac for backup purposes, but I hate DRM and am very cross with myself about ending up in this situation! Is there any other way of obtaining back issues I've missed?

Now regarding a subscription, apparently you can subscribe from B&N US or UK stores, but I'm in Australia. It won't let me subscribe and is insisting on a credit card, presumably which will need a US address. So I don't seem to be able to do the dodgy trick I use with Amazon where I purchase gift cards and send to my Amazon US account for Kindle purchases. So I'm unable to purchase the subscription I'm after to get non-DRM'd epub's. Has anyone here found a work around for this? Haven't considered the Amazon subscription method as they're also DRM'd, although I do have a Kindle.

At this stage I'm now very very cross and am writing a very rude email to the publishers about their ridiculous and unnecessary insistence on market restrictions and DRM. I have money and want to buy their product, but I b###dy well can't. Bugger!!!

Does anyone else have any suggestions? It's rubbish like this which leads people to pirate. The music industry finally got it. Why are the publishers so damn stupid? Grr...

07-12-2013, 08:11 AM	#69
ozron Groupie Posts: 158 Karma: 344054 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Melbourne, Oz Device: Kindle Touch, iPad, iPhone	Help! OK so I'm a bit slow here... I picked up the last editions of both Analog and Asimov's from FW at the end of last year. Was planning to start a subscription elsewhere but forgot and lost track of it due to serious personal and family dilemma's at the time. Only just remembered this week that I haven't picked up any this year. No problems I thought, I can start a new subscription and pick up the older issues at the same time. Ha! Not so easy... First up. So it seems the only way to get back issues is through the iBookstore onto my iPad's Newsstand. And of course it's DRM'd. There are ways to copy the contents onto my Mac for backup purposes, but I hate DRM and am very cross with myself about ending up in this situation! Is there any other way of obtaining back issues I've missed? Now regarding a subscription, apparently you can subscribe from B&N US or UK stores, but I'm in Australia. It won't let me subscribe and is insisting on a credit card, presumably which will need a US address. So I don't seem to be able to do the dodgy trick I use with Amazon where I purchase gift cards and send to my Amazon US account for Kindle purchases. So I'm unable to purchase the subscription I'm after to get non-DRM'd epub's. Has anyone here found a work around for this? Haven't considered the Amazon subscription method as they're also DRM'd, although I do have a Kindle. At this stage I'm now very very cross and am writing a very rude email to the publishers about their ridiculous and unnecessary insistence on market restrictions and DRM. I have money and want to buy their product, but I b###dy well can't. Bugger!!! Does anyone else have any suggestions? It's rubbish like this which leads people to pirate. The music industry finally got it. Why are the publishers so damn stupid? Grr...