Forbidden Planet Rocks
Feb. 5th, 2012 11:41 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
multipurposegoddessI love the idea of reading magazines in electronic form - I hate throwing away all that paper, being able to archive or delete an electronic copy is so try appealing. So I've switched over my long-standing Ellery Queen subscription to Nook (I don't have a Nook, but it reads just fine on the various Nook apps (didn't used to be great, but apparently there have been upgrades in the last month or two) and I'm trying out Analog again because I miss having a steady stream of scifi short stories to read. I haven't figured out a way to have an electronic subscription to Entertainment Weekly without also getting the paper copy, but I'm hoping that will eventually become available. Honestly, I was ready to let my EW sub expire completely when they started making an iPad friendly version and sucked me back in.
Anyway, somehow in my attempt to subscribe to Analog I ended up with the January/February issue and the April issue and apparently no way to buy March for Nook (or, for that matter, for Kindle or any other format I could think of (I would think buying recent back issues of e-magazines would be pretty simple, but I can't find a way to do it)). it's driving me nuts because the first installment of a serial was in January and now I have the third installment but not the second and not only am I a completist but I'm really enjoying the serial and want to read it in order. So I found an actual paper copy at Forbidden Planet and ordered it (trying to find it in a physical bookstore or newsstand seems daunting considering the dearth of such establishments near my house).
They just e-mailed me that that copy is a little shopworn and they couldn't find a pristine copy so they are giving me a discount. That's the only item in my order and I'm pretty sure I've never ordered from them before, so that really seems like some above and beyond customer service. I mean, I wouldn't have thought twice about it when it showed up, I'm sure, especially as I am not a collector I just want to read the damn serial.
In conclusion, Forbidden Planet, buy stuff from them, if you need the sort of stuff they have!
Anyway, somehow in my attempt to subscribe to Analog I ended up with the January/February issue and the April issue and apparently no way to buy March for Nook (or, for that matter, for Kindle or any other format I could think of (I would think buying recent back issues of e-magazines would be pretty simple, but I can't find a way to do it)). it's driving me nuts because the first installment of a serial was in January and now I have the third installment but not the second and not only am I a completist but I'm really enjoying the serial and want to read it in order. So I found an actual paper copy at Forbidden Planet and ordered it (trying to find it in a physical bookstore or newsstand seems daunting considering the dearth of such establishments near my house).
They just e-mailed me that that copy is a little shopworn and they couldn't find a pristine copy so they are giving me a discount. That's the only item in my order and I'm pretty sure I've never ordered from them before, so that really seems like some above and beyond customer service. I mean, I wouldn't have thought twice about it when it showed up, I'm sure, especially as I am not a collector I just want to read the damn serial.
In conclusion, Forbidden Planet, buy stuff from them, if you need the sort of stuff they have!