Thread: Magazine Pricing Weirdness - Analog, Asimov's, F&SF
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Old 08-01-2017, 12:11 PM   #19
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Originally Posted by ZodWallop View Post
I have never heard of a subscription that worked this way. Can you show any other newspaper/magazine/comic book subscription that charges its subscribers more than the newsstand price?

Especially considering the state of the newspaper/magazine/comic book industries, charging loyal readers a convenience fee seems very unlikely. A screw-up in price (the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing) seems much more plausible than some sort of business strategy.
He said he could get individual digital issues $1.50 cheaper. Not the paper copy. The paper copy is $5.98.
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