Re: Scientific American

On Fri, 11 Oct 2024 11:04:56 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:

I didn't know National Geographic no longer existed as a magazine. My
great aunt bought us kids a subscription for a few years in the 60s. I
used to look forward to the maps. I don't think they've been what they
once were for a quite a while now.

https://ngmdomsubs.nationalgeographic.com/pubs/NG/NGM/
NGM_Print_MultiTitle_Premium_Imp.jsp?
cds_page_id=272759&cds_mag_code=NGM&id=1728672180699&lsid=42851343006070669&vid=1

Apparently it still exists but is not on the newsstands. The subscription
model has its benefits since the publisher has a handle on how many copies
are needed for the month. Digital is even better since the marginal cost
approaches zero.

There is a downside. I used to subscribe to Dr. Dobbs but they started
doing a theme every month and all the articles would be about the same
topic. There might be three months a year when I was interested in the
topic and the rest were something I had no interest in so I dropped the
subscription and bought the ones of interest off the newstand.

I haven't bought a magazine from a display in ages but I pass by a
selection in the supermarkets so they still exist.