Digital magazines or books
02-01-2013, 06:34 AM
#31
Super Member
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Illinois
Posts: 9,018
I don't download and read books as I ONLY listen to books in audio format
on my iPod (classic).
But I love magazines in digital format.
Although I getting HIGHLY upset with McCall's Quick Quilts digital. I purchased
a subscription in Dec. and I still can not access it. I have sent 3 emails about
this issue and have not received a response to any of them. Tomorrow I call
and they WON'T like me after I get done.
I am hoping the 2 NEW magazines that came out recently will become available
in digital format. They are "Quilt-it...Today" and "Sew-it...Today" these magazines
are ONLY $3.99 newsstand price each. MUCH cheaper than any of the other mags
in print. But you can get a subscription for about $13.00 (give or take). It is chock
full of good stuff also.
on my iPod (classic).
But I love magazines in digital format.
Although I getting HIGHLY upset with McCall's Quick Quilts digital. I purchased
a subscription in Dec. and I still can not access it. I have sent 3 emails about
this issue and have not received a response to any of them. Tomorrow I call
and they WON'T like me after I get done.
I am hoping the 2 NEW magazines that came out recently will become available
in digital format. They are "Quilt-it...Today" and "Sew-it...Today" these magazines
are ONLY $3.99 newsstand price each. MUCH cheaper than any of the other mags
in print. But you can get a subscription for about $13.00 (give or take). It is chock
full of good stuff also.
02-01-2013, 07:00 AM
#32
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Washington state
Posts: 474
I subscribe to the digital version of QuiltMaker. I did this because I don't have room for the print versions. So far this works for me. I do make sure that I save each issue to my hard drive. I don't know that I will resubscribe, but that has more to do with all of the junk mail that comes along with it - email and paper. Plus I already have so many projects lined up I don't need any more ideas right now!
02-01-2013, 08:39 AM
#33
Super Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Posts: 3,354
"My FAVORITE magazine is Quilter's World for 2 main reasons.
First because I get the digital version about 1-3 weeks before
my print copy arrives.
Second because with QW you can download and save to your
computer ALL copies of the magazine including all the archive
issues. "
I totally agree with this sentiment.
First because I get the digital version about 1-3 weeks before
my print copy arrives.
Second because with QW you can download and save to your
computer ALL copies of the magazine including all the archive
issues. "
I totally agree with this sentiment.
02-01-2013, 11:11 PM
#37
Super Member
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: my heart is in texas, philly and london
Posts: 4,756
i have a combination of e- and hard copy. i have a file associated with my e-mail and that's where i put my e-copies. i can draw up my e-mail and start reading the mag in seconds(?). i do have to upload (or is it download?) them to my i-pad and then they are portable. my 18 mon old dgd has my nook so she can watch elmo and sing songs when they are in the car, or even waiting in line. surprisingly, she not only knows how to find her videos, she is very careful with it. i'm waiting for them to get her a used one, but right now i'm giving them netflix, too.
i was a bookseller for many years and i love books, but physically i can't always read them. the ipad lets me get as close up as i want, and that is a real benefit. i've even used it to see other people's avatars when i can't figure them out (usually an animal) or if it's a quilt i get more detail. there is room in the world for both types of communication. i hope we will always have hard cover books
and printed magazines.
i was a bookseller for many years and i love books, but physically i can't always read them. the ipad lets me get as close up as i want, and that is a real benefit. i've even used it to see other people's avatars when i can't figure them out (usually an animal) or if it's a quilt i get more detail. there is room in the world for both types of communication. i hope we will always have hard cover books
and printed magazines.
Last edited by nancia; 02-01-2013 at 11:17 PM.
02-06-2013, 04:06 AM
#39
Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Georgia
Posts: 13
I just purchased Quilters World for my I-Pad. When I opened it it looks the size of a cell phone screen and won't let me make it larger. Does anyone else have this problem? Any ideas how to enlarge? Is this the normal size?
02-06-2013, 04:45 AM
#40
Power Poster
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Georgia
Posts: 11,189
I guess I'm still old school, I like the printed magazines. I like to put the mag with the project and know at a glance what I'm gathering the fabric for or have the mag on my cutting table. I even print the block instructions when I get a pattern off the Internet.
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