So I wonder how many people are going to migrate to the on-line version of content? I assume this will be a pay subscription. I know that even
if I subscribe, I probably will be even
less inclined to read the content when it is on the PC (and sure I can print stuff out, but that's a pain and a waste of paper).
You know, one thing I often do is pick up a magazine (I keep ALL my magazines, BTW) and just thumb through it from time-to-time. Even if I'm not actively reading, I'm browsing (the Germans have a term for just such an activity: blättern), picking up ideas or reading items of particular interest. Now I'll have to log on to my account, find an article I want to read, and take up time and electricity looking for stuff. Lacks the visceral feel of browsing.
I also have an account with
Battlecorps, an on-line subscription service for Battletech literature (short stories and serializations). I find even though I pay the monthly fee for the service, I am
far less motivated to log on and read PDFs on my PC. I find it inimical to my reading style as well: most of my reading is done late at night, when all I want to do is curl up in bed and read, not go out and print something and THEN read.
That being said, I can see this working better for Dungeon than Dragon (in fact, I was hoping Paizo would come out with a Dungeon archive someday...no such luck anymore...).
I'm done ranting. So what are you all going to do with your subscriptions?
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