Magazine Subscriptions

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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>I’m considering subscribing to the following magazines to read them regularly (The list is not in any specific order):</p>

<p>The New Yorker
The Economist
Harper’s
Scientific American
The Atlantic</p>

<p>Realistically, I can’t subscribe to read every issue of all those magazines, because I simply don’t have enough time to read every issue of them, and I don’t want to spend approximately $300 on magazine subscriptions alone every year. So I have to pick only 2~3 magazines out of those five, but I can’t decide on which ones to choose. I went to a bookstore and quickly read through each of those magazines. Every single one of them seemed so good and beneficial that it was very hard to reject any of them.</p>

<p>Which magazines from above would best help me develop into a great reader? Please help narrow down the selections.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>I like Vanity Fair alot, some fluff, but some really good indepth articles</p>

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<p>I think the Economist is definitely a keeper, personally.</p>

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<p>If it is not too expensive, I would go with the Economist. It comes weekly, and is always topical and well-written.</p>

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<p>Most libraries will have subscriptions to all of the magazines on your list. </p>

<p>I would pick one of magazines on your list (my choice would be the New Yorker) to subscribe to and then plan to spend an hour or so a week perusing the others in the library reading room.</p>

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<p>Well the one our household chose from your list was Scientific American, but if it were up to me I’d probably choose the New Yorker as it’s more wide-ranging in it’s subjects. But really I think it depends on what your interests are.</p>

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<p>If you want magazines delivered to your home, and you want to pay bottom dollar for them, check eBay for “magazine subscription” listings first (include the name of your magazine).</p>

<p>Example:
3 years of The New Yorker $40
1 year of The Economist ~ $50
3 years of Harper’s < $10
1 year of Scientific American $34
1 year of The Atlantic $2.99</p>

<p>Not all magazines are available, but so many are that it pays to do a search.</p>

<p>My grandmother has been getting her subscriptions (and her renewals) through eBay for years.</p>

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<p>^^Note that New Yorker comes once a week and Scientific American only once a month. So New Yorker is a great deal - in fact the year we did subscribe, the problem was it took too long to read!</p>

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<p>My husband has a subscription to the Economist. When I went online, I found I was able to get a big discount by putting it under my college sons name, I got an educational discount.</p>

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They’ll be the one’s whose subject matter and writing style most interest you.</p>

<p>If you’re not sure which ones those are, maybe try reading the copies at your local library for a month or two.</p>

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<p>I’ve subscribed to the Atlantic for years, and love the in depth articles. Though in a given month, the subject may or may not be of interest. But whatever it may be, is always well written and researched, and accompanying articles also have an incisiveness that I like. Harpers is lots of fun, but I find myself wanting the depth of the Atlantic. Subscriptions to the Atlantic can be reasonable-I give it for Christmas. </p>

<p>This is quite the list, and I’d think one might be closer to your heart, and if you want depth, choose something that would intriniscally be a stretch from your area of interest.</p>

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<p>Parts of Scientific American will be incomprehensible if you don’t already have a good grasp of science, but The Economist is always worth a read. I wouldn’t spend my money on the other three – but that’s just my preference.</p>