Cannot get Analog and Asimov's anymore...

[Alfy]

Originally Posted by piperclassique

You need to own a physical kindle

And here is the rub...

[cromag]

I subscribe to both Asimov's and Analog via Barnes & Noble. On the plus side, they are epubs and don't have DRM. On the minus side, I can't download via my browser -- which would be most convenient and does work for most book ebooks I buy there. But, since I have a couple Android tablets, I can get them that way.

Originally Posted by ShellShock

I have tried contacting the publishers in the past about the limited availability of Asimov's, but never got a reply. I currently get it via Nook for PC (I am in the UK). Can't remember how I originally subscribed.

By the way, the epub formatting is terrible, in my opinion: stories are displayed in two columns for a start. Plus all the novellas are grouped together, then all the novelletes, then all the shorts, then all the poems, and finally all the editorials. So reading from front to back starts as a very heavy meal that eventually finishes off in a rush towards the end. I can't understand the reasoning behind this.

They show up as single column for me, but they they are sorted by novellas, novelettes, etc., and I navigate via the table of contents.

[piperclassique]

You need to own a physical kindle
And here is the rub...

It doesn't have to work........




Just be registered

[Lemurion]

After FW stopped selling them (ie stopped existing) I went to Zinio. It's not as good as DRM-free properly organized epubs like FW had (I think I have 5 years worth archived from there) but it's pretty good.

(Though I recognize it may not be suitable for everyone)

[AnemicOak]

Originally Posted by Lemurion

After FW stopped selling them (ie stopped existing) I went to Zinio. It's not as good as DRM-free properly organized epubs like FW had (I think I have 5 years worth archived from there) but it's pretty good.

I get Analog this way since my public library offers it through their Zinio offerings.

[AnemicOak]

Originally Posted by Alfy

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.

Sorry, there were rumors of them starting international sales. Guess it hasn't happened yet.

[Purple Lady]

Originally Posted by Lemurion

After FW stopped selling them (ie stopped existing) I went to Zinio. It's not as good as DRM-free properly organized epubs like FW had (I think I have 5 years worth archived from there) but it's pretty good.

(Though I recognize it may not be suitable for everyone)

Originally Posted by AnemicOak

I get Analog this way since my public library offers it through their Zinio offerings.

So how do you read these? Another magazine I get has a text button on the page an article starts which enlarges the text and gives it to me in one column. Zooming and panning two columns gets tiresome real quick. If I go to landscape it gives me two pages and I don't see a way to change this.

[Lemurion]

Originally Posted by Purple Lady

So how do you read these? Another magazine I get has a text button on the page an article starts which enlarges the text and gives it to me in one column. Zooming and panning two columns gets tiresome real quick. If I go to landscape it gives me two pages and I don't see a way to change this.

I have a 10.1" tablet, so I read them on that. It comes out about the same size as a page, so I don't have to zoom.

Then again, I've also been reading Analog for 35 years and I actually prefer the two-column look for the magazine, so I may not be the right person to figure out how to get rid of it.

[Purple Lady]

Originally Posted by Lemurion

I have a 10.1" tablet, so I read them on that. It comes out about the same size as a page, so I don't have to zoom.

Then again, I've also been reading Analog for 35 years and I actually prefer the two-column look for the magazine, so I may not be the right person to figure out how to get rid of it.

If the text was big enough to read I wouldn't mind the two column, it's the two pages in landscape I don't want. I have a 7" tablet so I thought it might be better in landscape.

[AnemicOak]

Originally Posted by Purple Lady

So how do you read these? Another magazine I get has a text button on the page an article starts which enlarges the text and gives it to me in one column. Zooming and panning two columns gets tiresome real quick. If I go to landscape it gives me two pages and I don't see a way to change this.

I read them on my HDX 8.9 so don't need to zoom/pan.

[Purple Lady]

Thanks for the replies. There's a rumor about a Nexus 8.9 tablet - this is a good excuse to get one if it's true!

[pdurrant]

Have you tried through nook.co.uk?

[Alfy]

Well, in the end, nothing worked, there was some stomping, a little bit of crying, then I had a complete nervous breakdown, and finally I ordered a Kobo Aura HD (on Amazon, out of sheer spite). It was a pretty expensive solution, but admittedly, I was already thinking to make the jump to newer hardware. And hopefully, I'll just be able to get my subscription right down to my ereader that way.

[ballfresno]

The whole situation is less than satisfactory. I do manage to get Analog and Asimov's from nook via my Android phone and then onto my Kobo eventually.

I wrote to Analog last year asking why they could not sell directly to their readers. No response at all, which was very disappointing. I have been reading Analog continuously since I bought the June 1973 issue at a newstand on my way home from school (in Canada). I expected better from them.

If the Nook option goes away, I will probably stop trying to get Analog any other way. It's not as if I don't have anything else to read...

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by ballfresno

I wrote to Analog last year asking why they could not sell directly to their readers. No response at all, which was very disappointing.

I wrote a week ago. I got back

"Thank you for your email. I will pass it along to our Digital Team for review.

We appreciate your readership!"

I too would much rather subscribe directly with the publisher. I see no point in a middle-man getting a cut every year. And I'd love to get both ePub and Kindle formats directly, instead of having to convert one.