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Magazines online
Posted by wblock on Wednesday, March 3, 2021 6:55 PM

Several weeks ago I got an email telling me that Trains Mag. is now available to read online. It mentioned an app where I could read it. Unfortunately, I can't locate that email to see what app I need.

  Any help would be appreciated.

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Posted by BaltACD on Wednesday, March 3, 2021 6:57 PM

Personally - I want my MAGAZINES to be printed on PAPER.

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Posted by Convicted One on Wednesday, March 3, 2021 9:27 PM

Probably Zinio. there was another thread recently

 

http://cs.trains.com/trn/f/111/t/286810.aspx

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Posted by SALfan on Wednesday, March 3, 2021 9:31 PM

BaltACD

Personally - I want my MAGAZINES to be printed on PAPER.

 

Me, too.

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Posted by tree68 on Wednesday, March 3, 2021 10:00 PM

With an on-line resource, I could clean out a significant number of magazines (going back to the 1970's) from my spare bedroom/stacks.  I've considered it.

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Posted by wblock on Wednesday, March 3, 2021 10:02 PM
Me too, but there are times when electronic is handy.
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Posted by MMLDelete on Wednesday, March 3, 2021 10:19 PM

BaltACD

Personally - I want my MAGAZINES to be printed on PAPER.

 

Me too.

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Posted by York1 on Thursday, March 4, 2021 7:38 AM

wblock
Me too, but there are times when electronic is handy.

 

I'll second that.  I like to read the magazine in its paper form.

However, since I also got the online version, I like it, too.  I use a large screen laptop, and I like the fact that I can zoom in on photos.

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Posted by Flintlock76 on Thursday, March 4, 2021 8:07 AM

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BaltACD

Personally - I want my MAGAZINES to be printed on PAPER.

 

 

 

Me too.

 

Me three!

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Posted by touchdownillinois on Thursday, March 4, 2021 9:34 AM

I never recieved my April hard copy, only the link to the electronic copy on Zinio (of which I was given free access). Does that mean the hard copy is going away? My 91 year old uncle didn't get his hard copy either and he's not online...

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Posted by Overmod on Thursday, March 4, 2021 9:55 AM

This just in (but not in linkable form):

You will be able to access archives of Trains (presumably up to 'last month's issue' on a rolling basis) for $2.99 a month.  You can do that with Model Railroader, too, but that's another $2.99.  For an extra buck a month (ignoring TVM) you could get 'everything but the magazine subscription' with the Unlimited membership...

More interesting:

Customer service e-mail: customerservice@trainsunlimited.info

Customer service TELEPHONE (866) 926-1494

Questions about anything going on: questions@trains.com

(It remains of course to be seen just how they respond to 'questions' e-mailed this way -- I'll certainly give them more credence than I did Yahoo when they introduced their own question address and then never responded to anything... Clown

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Posted by York1 on Thursday, March 4, 2021 10:23 AM

touchdownillinois
I never recieved my April hard copy, only the link to the electronic copy on Zinio (of which I was given free access). Does that mean the hard copy is going away? My 91 year old uncle didn't get his hard copy either and he's not online...

 

No, you will still get your hard copy.  Kalmbach is not to blame for the late deliveries.  I got my copy last week.  Blame the post office for the late deliveries.

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Posted by Ulrich on Thursday, March 4, 2021 10:24 AM

In a few short years everything will be online as printed material becomes more expensive to produce and distribute. I'm surprised it hasn't happened already. 

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Posted by York1 on Thursday, March 4, 2021 10:38 AM

Ulrich
In a few short years everything will be online as printed material becomes more expensive to produce and distribute. I'm surprised it hasn't happened already. 

 

You're right.

Most of us are in an older group of readers.  As we die off, paper communications will become less and less.

My children are all in their 30s, and they don't subscribe to paper anything.

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Posted by Flintlock76 on Thursday, March 4, 2021 11:21 AM

York1
My children are all in their 30s, and they don't subscribe to paper anything.

They'll miss paper the first time they drop the smart-phone in the "john!" 

If it hasn't happened to them yet, just wait, one day it will!  Wink

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Posted by Ulrich on Thursday, March 4, 2021 12:05 PM

I still have landlines in my home and receive printed magazines in the mail.. just a regular Ulrichsaurus.. 

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Posted by Convicted One on Thursday, March 4, 2021 12:11 PM

Flintlock76
They'll miss paper the first time they drop the smart-phone in the "john!" 

A "tablet" seems to me to be best suited to e-zine reading. Portable, easy to manipulate, yet big enough to get the whole page without continual scrolling.

 

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