Thread: Several quilt magazines to stop hard copy publication

Originally Posted by caroloto

That maybe great for those with internet but there are still plenty of older quilters which I feel sorry for whom get these magazines that do not own a computer or an ebook or even smart/iphone phones. In fact I have younger friends whom can't even save or send a file to a disk/SD card.

The family member that taught me to quilt is 88 years old and still quilting and a subscriber to the printed magazines. She does not have a computer, so does not do internet either! She has made many award winning quilts and continues to do so, using ideas from her quilting magazines that she eagerly awaits every month. This will be a sad state of affairs for her.

One of my embroidery magazines (I quilt using embroidery machines) just informed me that my subscription went digital. I informed them I did not sign up for the digital (I did have the choice) because I frequently lose stuff on my computer! They are sending me the printed subscription. It will be interesting to see how long my 2 years subscription lasts in the printed page.

That's odd cause I just got a letter asking me to subscribe again. No mention of it being digital only.

......okay digital gurus out here........I "use" a computer, have a smart phone, and an iPad, oh, and also a Kindle, but am no way very sophisticated in any of their uses.....I do not do any personal banking, paying bills or purchasing electronically.....fear hacking, etc. Having said that, what happens to digital mags if/when there is a loss of Internet service or your device "dies"? Can info be retrieved when source is regained? Just wondering....I personally have cut back on subscriptions, but do like to sit down and flip pages and make notes on something I may be interested in...I guess I am a Luddite.

Originally Posted by Geri B

......okay digital gurus out here........Having said that, what happens to digital mags if/when there is a loss of Internet service or your device "dies"? Can info be retrieved when source is regained? Just wondering....I personally have cut back on subscriptions, but do like to sit down and flip pages and make notes on something I may be interested in...I guess I am a Luddite.

I bought two external hard drives....use one for backups of my PC, and on the other I copy things from my PC that I want to look at/read on my laptop. So I can take the LT to my recliner and look through the mags and watch videos too. DS loaned me the LT to use to watch netflix movies in the lvg rm (before I got a Roku). With the 2 ext hd's for backup and etc. I feel pretty well covered.

I have a question - we own a tablet, not an Ipad. My husband says it would be hard to print from the tablet. Would I be able to email the pattern to myself, then print it out from our laptop, if I had a digital subscription??