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progree

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Tue Aug 27, 2013, 11:20 PM Aug 2013

No more print magazines, what do I do? [View all]

First it was PC Magazine that went from print to digital only. Then Newsweek, and now PC World. And numerous smaller publications have done so, like my city's Crime Watch newsletter.

I'm getting old. I LOVE TO READ IN BED! And it's how I fall asleep. I hate reading long articles and books on my computer screen at a desk.

When PC World recently went all-digital, I signed up for the Zinio subscription service and Zinio Reader for reading downloaded magazines offline on my Windows 7 PC. But that royally sucks:

I cannot underline or highlight, I cannot annotate, I cannot copy and paste anything. What worthless crap.

Whereas in a print magazine I underline and annotate. I underline some really key things darker and harder. I put a star or two in the margin for a really key key thing. Sometimes I use different colors. And I do that all FLAT ON MY BACK IN BED. And though with a print magazine I can't copy and paste electronically either, I do type a few sparse notes on some key articles, and clip the article and file chronologically.

I have not explored any e-book readers or tablets. I know with a Kindle, for example, one can underline and annotate, but don't know if I'd be allowed to do that on my PCWorld subscription from Zinio (probably not)

I have similar issues with books too, but let's make that a separate posting.

Anyone else having trouble coping with the modern world?

Thanks for any insights.

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Haven't subscribed to, or read, any print magazines in a few, OK more than a few, years HarveyDarkey Aug 2013 #1
I subscribe to more now, and... TreasonousBastard Aug 2013 #2
Can you underline, annotate, put stars in margin? Things like that? Thx. progree Aug 2013 #3
Yeah, but I never bother. TreasonousBastard Aug 2013 #5
Vanity Fair is still in print HeiressofBickworth Aug 2013 #4
I love Vanity Fair sammytko Aug 2013 #7
My favorite. RiffRandell Aug 2013 #9
They still print Swank. Throd Aug 2013 #6
Lol! RiffRandell Aug 2013 #11
Here you go: Animal Network Magazines antiquie Aug 2013 #8
What is interesting is that the general circulation news magazines Jenoch Aug 2013 #10
Part of the reason Carolina Aug 2013 #13
I was never a news magazine subscriber, Jenoch Aug 2013 #14
LOL! Carolina Aug 2013 #15
That is pretty funny! nt avebury Aug 2013 #21
this is called medium loss = job loss olddots Aug 2013 #12
I really enjoy reading magazines on my iPad! GermanDem Aug 2013 #16
I love magazines. grasswire Aug 2013 #17
On paper we still get ... surrealAmerican Aug 2013 #18
National Geographic johnsolaris Aug 2013 #19
Thanks much all. Yes, there's still plenty of printed material, but I have to explore digital too progree Aug 2013 #20
Maximum PC is a good technology magazine csziggy Aug 2013 #22
The shift from print to online is going to be more difficult for some then others davidpdx Aug 2013 #23
The New Yorker has lots of good reading. Manifestor_of_Light Aug 2013 #24
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