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Originally Posted by HarryT

Is this the same magazine as the Atlantic Monthly that's been around since the mid 19th century? If so, it's good to see such a venerable publication embracing new technology in this way.

Indeed it is.

Scott Stossel, deputy editor of The Atlantic, said the new arrangement would allow the magazine to offer more stories than it can in its annual fiction issue, and to make a little extra money. The magazine, founded in 1857, stopped publishing monthly fiction in 2005.

Mr. Stossel said the new Kindle format would allow writers to experiment with work that was either too long for a magazine or too short for a traditional book. In the age of the Kindle, Mr. Stossel said, “you can do publishing that’s not constrained by the limitations and costs of the printed page.”