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ballfresno · 04-02-2016, 12:41 PM

I also have been using Nook in the UK to be able to subscribe to Analog and Asimov's and have been left high and dry by their retreat from the UK market.

I wrote to Kobo a while back, asking why they could not make Analog and Asimov's available as epub books for the Kobo ereaders. Their response was to the effect that magazines were glossy and required colour screens and Kobo ereaders were not suitable. When I responded by telling them that these "magazines" were more like books than magazines, they never got back to me.

I have also written to the publishers of Analog and Asimov's asking about direct epub purchases from them but they have not responded.

I have now given up on Analog despite reading every issue since July 1973! It is depressing that a magazine on SF cannot move into the 21st century.

04-02-2016, 12:41 PM	#7
ballfresno Addict Posts: 249 Karma: 5774804 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: UK Device: Kobo (Sage, Aura One, Aura HD, & Touch); reMarkable tablet.	I also have been using Nook in the UK to be able to subscribe to Analog and Asimov's and have been left high and dry by their retreat from the UK market. I wrote to Kobo a while back, asking why they could not make Analog and Asimov's available as epub books for the Kobo ereaders. Their response was to the effect that magazines were glossy and required colour screens and Kobo ereaders were not suitable. When I responded by telling them that these "magazines" were more like books than magazines, they never got back to me. I have also written to the publishers of Analog and Asimov's asking about direct epub purchases from them but they have not responded. I have now given up on Analog despite reading every issue since July 1973! It is depressing that a magazine on SF cannot move into the 21st century.