Although I've tried to cut down on the amount of mail we get, we still subscribe to six or seven magazines. There may be an end to that soon, though -- I just checked out Zinio.com, which hosts digital versions of entire magazines online. Although it doesn't have most of the magazines we subscribe to yet, I can see myself making the switch to reading my magazines online in the future. It works much the way a traditional subscription does, but you read your magazines online (page by page, just like the print version... complete with ads) and can save them in your library for future reference. It's also a money-saving idea: users can purchase back issues of magazines for really reasonable prices (like Elle magazine for 99 cents an issue). Readers of foreign magazines or expats living abroad will especially love this -- they can subscribe to their favorite magazines without paying extra for overseas shipping. It's a brilliant concept -- I can't wait to see how the site expands.
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