Kindle magazines and newspapers being phased out??

[Quoth]

Originally Posted by tomsem

Magazines and newspapers are endangered species. The digital age giveth, and it taketh away.

Though it's not digital as such that's killing them but switch to Google and Facebook advertising because they claim to be able to target. That has two issues: invasion of privacy and fake snake oil advantage of targeting.

Advertising budgets are close to a fixed sized pot and Internet and in App adverts are damaging radio, TV, newspapers and magazines.

[jkrzok]

I wonder if Amazon isn't trying to force magazines in KU. Four magazines from Penny Publications are now in KU (Alfred Hitchcock, Ellery Queen, Asimov's and Analog). As I subscribed to these previously, getting them in KU is a net gain for me, even at the 9.99/month price. And if i get KU on a promo, even better.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by jkrzok

I wonder if Amazon isn't trying to force magazines in KU. Four magazines from Penny Publications are now in KU (Alfred Hitchcock, Ellery Queen, Asimov's and Analog). As I subscribed to these previously, getting them in KU is a net gain for me, even at the 9.99/month price. And if i get KU on a promo, even better.

Seems most magazines are on Kindle Unlimited.

[kyrilson]

This seems like a death knell for genre magazines like Clarkesworld, Lightspeed, Dark, etc. Those are some great short story magazines that I would hate to see go out because of this.

[Critteranne]

Originally Posted by kyrilson

This seems like a death knell for genre magazines like Clarkesworld, Lightspeed, Dark, etc. Those are some great short story magazines that I would hate to see go out because of this.

At least Clarkesworld has been talking about this on social media (for a few months now), plus in their editorial and newsletter. They've been promoting their Patreon and Clarkesworld Citizens options to subscribers (as well as Weightless Books and Barnes & Noble.) Some of the other genre magazines (such as Uncanny) have also been discussing this on social media -- and probably in their newsletter as well. (IIRC the magazines didn't have access to their Amazon subscription base, so they couldn't contact them directly. )

But I haven't seen anything coming directly from the Dell/Penny Press genre fiction magazines -- Analog, Asimov's SF, or the two mystery magazines. Maybe they did reach out to their Amazon subscribers. But I haven't seen anything on social media or any announcements on their web pages. (From what I understand, they will be on Kindle Unlimited.)

[kyrilson]

Originally Posted by Critteranne

At least Clarkesworld has been talking about this on social media (for a few months now), plus in their editorial and newsletter. They've been promoting their Patreon and Clarkesworld Citizens options to subscribers (as well as Weightless Books and Barnes & Noble.) Some of the other genre magazines (such as Uncanny) have also been discussing this on social media -- and probably in their newsletter as well. (IIRC the magazines didn't have access to their Amazon subscription base, so they couldn't contact them directly. )

But I haven't seen anything coming directly from the Dell/Penny Press genre fiction magazines -- Analog, Asimov's SF, or the two mystery magazines. Maybe they did reach out to their Amazon subscribers. But I haven't seen anything on social media or any announcements on their web pages. (From what I understand, they will be on Kindle Unlimited.)

I’m glad to hear that! I will gladly subscribe to Clarkesworld directly if necessary, or do the Patreon route. I already get Lightspeed from Weightless Books.


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[Cactus Chef]

On the plus side, maybe some of these magazines will start offering subscriptions that distribute EPUBs. The only one I ever had back in the day that did so was Linux Journal, and that was probably due to the tech geek influence.

[untilyouarrived]

I do hope this means that I will finally be able to remove those trial subscriptions from umpteen years ago from my library.