Cannot get Analog and Asimov's anymore...

[Tom Swift]

I subscribe to both through Magster in iTunes. I used to subscribe through FictionWise but then that folded, I tried to go through Amazon. I discovered to my disgust that the price in the Amazon Canada web site for a digital copy was almost twice of the same magazine in Amazon USA. I never received any reply to my numerous questions about this. I started the subsription again when Magster came into the scene and the price was reasonable.

I really want to support both these magazines but they make it really hard to do so. They seem to have no customer support at all and their ideas about digital magazines are bizarre. It is almost as though they don't really care about the customers and have little interest in selling issues.

The last time I tried to contact them was for an electronic issue I received that had a missing page. Of course, no reply.

[ShellShock]

I have always assumed that the poor customer service was because money is very tight, and the magazines are run on a shoestring budget, plus unfamiliarity with digital publishing.

[ebrahimpak]

Originally Posted by Alfy

Thanks for the info! And it seems B&N lets you get the magazines on your PC and Mac app, so that might be the solution! Still, if that goes away, I think there will be nothing left...

EDIT: nope, does not work. Unlike the Sony and Kobo stores, I cannot use my French credit card with an American address at B&N, and the product is only available in the US. I'm a sad, sad panda.

And not a little bit mad. There remains one last, easy solution to get my beloved magazines, that will take take me 30 seconds of searching the net and will not cost me a dime. What kind of a completely idiotic world is this, where one is unable to actually spend money on a product he likes and wants to support? Argh, this is just so completely, utterly dumb...

Dumb's just a word, it's %&*@# rediculous!

[6charlong]

Have you tried Google books? They list Asimov's for subscription, as individual issues or back issues. I know they download books as ePub and their magazines are listed as being formatted in ePub as well.

https://play.google.com/store/newsst...?id=CAowouKPAQ

[susan_cassidy]

Did you realize how old this thread was when you posted to it?

[6charlong]

Originally Posted by susan_cassidy

Did you realize how old this thread was when you posted to it?

A month since the previous post. People overlook Google Play but it's a good source for ePub books.

[ballfresno]

Originally Posted by susan_cassidy

Did you realize how old this thread was when you posted to it?

The thread may be old but the issue (no pun intended) is still not resolved. Getting Analog and Asimov's magazines, especially outside the USA, is still difficult and any pointers are more than welcome!

On that note, I need to check out Google but in a few weeks as I have just downloaded the latest issue of Analog.

[mbovenka]

Originally Posted by ballfresno

The thread may be old but the issue (no pun intended) is still not resolved. Getting Analog and Asimov's magazines, especially outside the USA, is still difficult and any pointers are more than welcome!

On that note, I need to check out Google but in a few weeks as I have just downloaded the latest issue of Analog.

The only seller I have found that will sell Analog to me is Amazon, and if I want a desinfectable version you need a physical Kindle to boot (only goes to Kindles and Kindle for Android, and AFAIK Alf won't help with the latter)

[Graham]

I still get Asimov's each month as a DRM-free epub from Nook.

Graham

[mbovenka]

Originally Posted by Graham

I still get Asimov's each month as a DRM-free epub from Nook.

Grandfathered, perhaps? B&N won't sell either Analog or Asimov's to me, claiming 'We're sorry, but this product is only available within the U.S.'

[Graham]

Originally Posted by mbovenka

Grandfathered, perhaps? B&N won't sell either Analog or Asimov's to me, claiming 'We're sorry, but this product is only available within the U.S.'

I'm in the UK. It's a shame if it's restricted to certain territories.

Graham

[mbovenka]

Originally Posted by Graham

I'm in the UK. It's a shame if it's restricted to certain territories.

Yeah, seems to be.

I used to get my Analog from Fictionwise, and moved to Amazon when they stopped selling subscriptions. Back then I used a Kindle DX, but nowadays I use an Aura HD, so I'd prefer to get it in epub directly. But no epub store will sell it to the Netherlands, it seems. B&N won't, Kobo won't, and Google Books will sell it only through Magzter.

So Amazon is still the only game in town for me. And to be able to convert to epub I must download a copy for my DX, as they will only send it to a physical Kindle, Kindle for Android or Kindle for iOS. And Alf's magic won't work on the latter two, AFAIK.

[ballfresno]

Originally Posted by mbovenka

Grandfathered, perhaps? B&N won't sell either Analog or Asimov's to me, claiming 'We're sorry, but this product is only available within the U.S.'

I bought the latest issue of Asimov's two days ago from Nook. No problem at all. I had never bought it before although I have had an account for a year or two. I'm in the UK.

[mbovenka]

Originally Posted by ballfresno

I bought the latest issue of Asimov's two days ago from Nook. No problem at all. I had never bought it before although I have had an account for a year or two. I'm in the UK.

Odd. I'm in the Netherlands, At bn.com I get blown off with 'only available in the US'.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by mbovenka

Odd. I'm in the Netherlands, At bn.com I get blown off with 'only available in the US'.

They probably mean 'only available in the US and UK (and perhaps Canada, Australia and New Zealand)'.

It does seem to be a curious restriction. It might be to do with the terms of the magazine's contract with authors.