title: Proudly political, and therefore not real science

text:
Like so many others, I grew up reading my dad's stash of Scientific American magazines. Like so many others, I got my own subscription when I moved out. And like so many others, I cancelled in disappointment when they dumped the real scientists and turned everything over to "popular science" journalists.

In the years since then, I've also heard about how they've become increasingly political. I like to think I'm an open-minded guy, however, so I decided to give them another chance.

Boy, did I pick a fine time to do it. The May 2010 issue, which focuses on embryonic stem cell research, begins with an editorial that essentially tells people like me to go to hell and it just gets worse from there. Not only is the current editor-in-chief proud of the political slant -- or as she calls it, the "expert-informed point of view" -- of the modern SciAm, she makes some incredibly condescending and misleading statements to justify it. (That's pretty typical of a politician, actually.)

Well, Ms. DiChristina, YOU can go to hell. What you're writing about isn't real science, it's scientific advocacy. You say you can't have one without the other, but dozens of other magazines and journals seem to manage it just fine. I think I'll take my business to one of them.


title: Best home magazine.

text: My absolutely favorite magazine. The articles are well written, the pictures lovely and the food!  I savor every detail.


title: Art, History, Science + in My Hand in a Way Kindle Can Never Replace

text: Such a beautifully illustrated magazine, which teaches so much, on so many subjects is a required part of my monthly reading. Smithsonian stuns with the quality of its photographs (as much or more as National Geographic, IMHO), the depth of knowledge of its writers and the wide variety of topics it covers. It's brainy, without being too cerebral--history, science, art, etc. that's accessible to all. I love this magazine and tried a digital copy when it was free with Prime reading. For me, it lost something in the digital format. Holding this gorgeous periodical in my hand and studying each photo and illustration in person and at length is just too much of the experience for me. The snail mail subscription is the only was to go for this classic.


title: VERY helpful

text: Must-have magazine for anyone with a house!  No kidding -- it offers hints, tips and help for old and new homes.  Everything is tackled: plumbing, roofing, painting, restoring, etc.  Great housewarming gift!


title: Five Stars

text: great


title: Poor delivery and content

text: I was a fan of the magazine a couple of years ago, but dropped my subscription when money got tight for a while.  Amazon had the deal to get 9 issues for $5 (or something like that) and I thought it would be a good distraction from life instead of needlessly scrolling.  The delivery has been haphazard.  I have not been able to tell when I should be getting a new issue and I'm not sure I've even gotten all of the ones I was supposed to.  On top of that, the magazine content has gone down hill.  You can tell most of the "articles" are just trying to sell you something.  The rest of the magazine is just ads.


title: This use to be a great magazine - I dont know what happened to it ...

text:
This use to be a great magazine - I dont know what happened to it -  I ordered it last year after a several year hiatus and it seems like its an entirely different magazine  - they have articles on cooking - articles written like a PBS documentary, articles to advance PC causes, I think there will be poetry next - what they dont have is articles on mechanics - it has become more of a 'here's how to change a light bulb if you are a yuppy' magazine. It really doesnt even hold my interest anymore - it got so bad that the last one i received I never opened as I knew I would just be disappointed. I cant recommended this magazine anymore - for me it was a waste of money

I did find one magazine that i think is much better called 'farm show' tons of ideas - only bad thing is few directions but at least it deals with 'mechanics'


title: Waiting for Godot

text: Still waiting after six months for the print and kindle editions. Nada.<br />I hope it eventually shows up in one form or another.


title: Three Stars

text: Good men's magazine, but better if you can get them to read it!


title: Love this! My first issue was the one on ...

text: Love this! My first issue was the one on the 25 easiest islands to move to with one of the USVI on the front. I had just come back from vacation there and decided I move somewhere tropical!


title: I will subscribe for many may years!

text: This magazine is amazing.  There is so much information on every page.  I am new to organics, kind of, so I am still learning about everything.  This magazine is great to have for reference and before you buy a house read it so you don't spend thousands on a regular house when you could build it so much cheaper with alternative methods- that are much prettier too.


title: Easy to read and informative

text: I was given this magazine subscription as a gift for the holidays. I loved it so much that when I needed a gift idea for my sister I immediately ordered a gift subscription.....she loved it as well!


title: Great

text: I like most things about it.


title: DON'T BUY IT HERE!

text: All I can say is don't buy this here! You can visit the Magazine's Website by goggling the Clean Eating Magazine.  Here you will have the opportunity to request TWO free copies and then have the choice to purchase or cancel your order.  If you want to continue it is only $14.99 for the year!


title: I wish I could donate my old magazines rather than disposing them after use.

text: Its always been a great magazine...


title: Arrives in mint condition each time.

text: We've had this subscription several times over the years. The magazine is just as it appears in the stores in Germany. Great way for me to maintain my language knowledge and perfect way for my missus to keep up with German topics of interest. She really enjoys doing the crosswords. The best thing; It always arrives in mint condition each time.


title: It’s wired, but new and updated. Not my style anymore. But great price and value!

text: It’s just not the wired magazine from a decade ago...

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title: Can’t Put It Down GOOD

text: This is hands down my favorite magazine! Every article/feature/photo is inspirational and engaging...like spending time with a dear friend! I could read it cover to cover in one sitting (it’s that good), but I force myself to put it down and pace myself, making the good feelings last for a few days.


title: Enjoyable for the motorcycle enthusiast.

text: My son absolutely loves this magazine. He’s a motorcycle enthusiast and rider.


title: Used to be Better

text: I doubt I'll renew my subscription to this magazine.  It seems like there were a lot of real bad articles in the magazine and all the better writers that they used to have are no longer writing for them like Jim Zumbo, Pat McManus and others.


title: Five Stars

text: This magazine came several weeks before it was supposed to! 2 Thumbs up!


title: Disappointed

text: Slow to deliver. Magazine isn’t what it used to be.


title: Lipo Charger

text: This works great.A well liked product for scale helicopter hobby.!!Charging the lipo batteries for remote control heli's does a great job.


title: Five Stars

text: I LOVE THIS MAGAZINE!


title: Five Stars

text: Great magazine with wonderful articles and home decorating ideas.


title: A True News Magazine

text:
I've been reading "Der Spiegel" for over 30 years. To compare "Der Spiegel" to "Time", as it is today, is like comparing "Time" to a comic book. They are in a different league all together. The depth in the articles in "Der Spiegel" are way above other magazines. Some have said it has a "left" leaning. That is surprising because I always got the feeling than people in Germany think it leans "right". That's because in general the political spectrum is more to the "left" in Europe.

In any case, I must credit "Der Spiegel" with helping me learn German and making sure I keep my German knowledge current. Above all I must credit "Der Spiegel" with keeping me informed. If you are a teacher, a student or an expatriate it's a must have.


title: Texas Monthly

text: I don't live in Texas...I live nearby in Louisiana, and I wish our state had a magazine this good...The articles are not all rodeo-red state-redneck rubbish but thoughtful looks at the state, both it's problems and its accomplishments in insightful articles...Often humorous (The annual Bum Steer Awards are worth the subscription and I always read the Texanist's advice column), it also tackles education, illegal immigration, and other issues that are national in scope but local in focus. It handles other articles on musicians, beloved places and local culture with an appreciative and loving eye...I keep several copies for travel references so when I cross the river headed west, I'll know where to drive and where to stop...You don't have to be from Texas to enjoy Texas Monthly...and if you are from Texas, I can't imagine why you don't have a subscription to it.


title: Great Gift

text: I bought this for my father for his birthday. He has only received one copy but he really enjoyed the first and is looking forward to the next!


title: Buyer Beware. Listed number of issues for this price is incorrect.

text:
Playboy hasn't published 12 issues per year since around 2012. For a while it was 10 per year and currently it's 6 per year.. When you buy a subscription here you are actually getting 6 issues for $19.95 or 12 issues for $29.97.

Now the good news: The New Playboy no-nudity thing only lasted about a year (not surprisingly) and they already back to nude pics.


title: Don't Get Too Excited

text: Don't get me wrong, I love the style of clothes in the magazine, but I canceled the subscription because I continually noticed people who do not look like me. For a magazine of style, I'm interested to see how I would possibly look in certain outfits.


title: I'd Rather Read Random Obituaries

text: Boring read. Some content informative and entertaining. Most of it is rather boring. It's currently taking up space in my bathroom as reading material.


title: Why am I just now subscribing?!

text: I came across this magazine while subbing in a school library a while back.  I thumbed through the pages and loved almost every article.  I've subscribed to other mags in the past (of all varieties) and none have lived up to my expectations.  PM exceeds my expectations.  I learn something wonderful in each article.


title: Poor quality in subscription vs newsstand

text:
I've picked up the TOH magazine quite often while in line at the grocery store.  When you buy on the newstands, the magazine recipes are printed individually on card stock.  Each card is perforated to make it easy to remove from the magazine and fits nicely in your recipe box.

However when you subscribe, the recipes are printed on regular magazine glossy stock.  Not easy to clip or store these recipes.  They are not 10% as durable as the copy you get on the newsstand.

The magazine is what it is--if you like a certain home cooking (comfort food) these recipes can't be beat.  In addition, another appeal of this magazine is supposed to be the format and the easy to clip recipe cards.  If the latter is important, don't subscribe--cause they are not "cards"!!!!  They should pay me to take this magazine because the quality of the subscription copy is sub-sub standard.

I will not be renewing.


title: Good deal

text: Gotta have your Sports Illustrated!


title: Rolling Stone and Amazon magazine subscriptions

text: The articles are surprisingly outstanding on lots more topics than music.<br />I am so enjoying Amazon management of magazine subscriptions I will never subscribe in any other way if I have a choice. I can now ignore the two hundred renewal letters from publishers a week telling me my subscription is expiring when it isn't. I can see everything in one place and autorenew if I want. The best thing ever. Thanks Amazon


title: Five Stars

text: Great magazine to have in the workshop.


title: Where’s the subscription copy please?

text: We only received 1 so far and it cost a lot of money! I should have just bought special editions at my safeway. Didn’t know husband bought this. I will not!!!!


title: Five Stars

text: Great information


title: Good Magazine

text: Love the magazine.  Horrible subscription.


title: Five Stars

text: excellent magazine


title: Five Stars

text: Perfect resource guide and idea mag


title: Loving it. Great articles impressed.

text: What a beautiful book full of ideas and planning your Garden this year. I cancelled several other magazines last year glad I exchange a bad one for a good one.

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title: Great do it yourself magazine

text: I lo e this magazine. Has great tips on home organization and maintenance. Great step by step projects. I just wish they would do less woodworking projects. I dont want to be a furniture maker.


title: Like an old friend

text:
Field and Stream magazine seems to have been around forever .
Any one who likes the outdoors hunting and fishing would like this magazine .
This was a gift subscription for a preteen , it encourages reading and sparks imagination ,even for living in city apartments . How nice to see them do something that isn't on a screen or played with thumbs .


title: wonderful Magazine

text:
Birds and Blooms provide unusual visual delight . Suitable for any age from very young to very old . If one loves birds and flowers this is a gift that never fails .

This magazine was purchased for a five year old to promote interest in books and reading , As her grandfather I enjoy reading this magazine when she is not about .  Highly recommended


title: What a cool magazine

text: I love all the different DIY ideas. The idea's are not only quality and very realistic, but also affordable. I was completely impressed with this magazines content. I've actually read this quarter's mag 3 times and then let my best friend take it home. Great work! Great ninch Magazine!!


title: Good Magazine for our Grandaughter

text: Very good products. Purchase of scription for our granddaughter who is 8 years old. She waits for a new issues to come and reads them right away. She really enjoys them. Recommend this product.


title: Threads- Reference book for the sewer

text: This magazine has a lot of great tips for any sewer.  There are also websites for fabric and notions in the magazine.


title: RIDE & READ !!!

text: ITS THE # 1 BICYCLING MAGAZINE FOR A REASON BECAUSE ITS THE BEST SO READ & RIDE MY FRIENDS, READ & RIDE!


title: READ & RIDE !!!

text: ITS A GREAT READ FOR ALL THE RIGHT REASONS AND YOU CANT BEAT THE PRICE.......


Five Stars


title: Good Magazine

text: This is an informative magazine.


title: good stuff

text: Like


title: Yummy, goes well with avocado

text: Gift for the wife and she likes


title: Not the greatest

text: There were way too many ads and not enough valuable content -- in fact many of the features were repetitive and seemed recycled. I'd prefer Bust magazine.


title: Great quick read!

text: While each issue is packed with ads, the content more than makes up for it! I look forward to finding it in my mailbox.


title: Five Stars

text: What a beautiful magazine. Full of so many lovely ideas!


title: Amazing!!!!

text: Such amazing quality and well packed. I'm so glad I was able to buy them. Would recommend to other Armys. 💜


title: My son loves your magazine

text:
Hola cuando mi producto renew .

I need details on magazine begin and ending


title: Been buying this for my 16 yr old neice for ...

text: Been buying this for my 16 yr old neice for Christmas and she just loves it.  After doing this for a couple of years, I asked her if she rather have something else and she emphatically said "no!", she loves the articles each month.


title: Not what I expected

text: This magazine had more adds than help


title: Sad

text: This magazine has gone way downhill in recent years - there are no longer any songs tabbed out, the reviews are advertisements in disguise, and most articles are less than two pages. Sadly, it is the only magazine left devoted to acoustic guitars. Maybe there just isn't a market for that kind of music anymore.


title: Great magazine

text: Beautiful pictures.


title: Nice!

text: Only received on copy so far but I enjoyed it!


title: Very interesting and I can see it without reading glasses

text: Great stories


title: The best far right, ultra conservative confirmation bias money can print

text: I am a lifelong believer and seeker of truth. Sadly, this magazine contains too many articles that are outright lies and distortions. It is extremely biased against all believers except those who are politically far right. The factual content is embarrassing. It serves not as a beacon of truth but as an echo chamber to confirm Ultra-conservative Orthadoxy. I have been gifted a subscription for 3 years now. I used to read it through with an open mind. Now it just goes in the “circular file” when it arrives.


title: Good resource for the new renovator

text:
I started picking this up an issue at a time a couple of years ago and then decided to get a subscription. I like the update to TOH magazine and appreciate the regular articles they provide, from a new monthly project, to reviewing all the options for an item (like a cool doorbell or a rocking chair) going through reasonably priced and more expensive options. There are options for the budget conscious and those who can afford more. The easy explanations for projects has led me to grow confident in my own renovation projects.

I do feel like some information is recycled from time-to-time, but that's true with any magazine out there whether it be fashion, running, home related, etc. There is a digital version available with the regular subscription that I can access through a Google app on my phone, which is nice to get more content. I do notice that once a the newest issue comes out, it seems like much of the information from the previous issue is available on the TOH website at that point. So I sometimes wonder what I'm paying for, but I do like getting to relax for an afternoon and flip through my magazine and get inspired.

The colors, layout, photography, etc., are all really great, so it is an enjoyable magazine to peruse. I always find a few things to incorporate into my projects around the house.


title: Four Stars

text: <3 this magazine, not the website with the new design


title: Four Stars

text: Great magazine, all sorts of topics


title: Love love love

text: I love the articles in Yoga Journal.  Not only good information on poses but also on yogic philosophy, and so forth.


For me, this magazine was a waste of time and money. Most the articles I really didn't find interesting enough to read. The workouts they offer are decent but nothing new or innovative about them, and you can find just as good if not better ones for free on sites like bodybuilding.com


title: Covers all the bases

text:
For me, this magazine has it all: technology, automotive, aviation, boats, home repair, and much more. It gives a great overview of what is happening in many industries and hobbies. I have generally read the entire issue two days after I have received it, and I don't have a lot of free time for reading.
One of the best aspects of this magazine is that is does not take itself too seriously. It does a great job creating articles that are informative and detailed, but leaves room for fun and offbeat topics too.
Last year Popular Mechanics readers got to follow a PM sponsored NASCAR car. This year they have switched to a top fuel dragster. These articles give you a good behind the sense look at what it takes to race these impressive vehicles.
If racing is not your style, checkout the woodworking section where a myriad of woodworking projects are presented. Don't forget their annual woodworkers special with a whole host of plans in a single issue.
Got a leaky water heater? Check the home repair section. Car on the fritz? Check the auto repair section. Wondering what is new in the military? Watch for the frequent special articles on the Special Forces and their hardware. This magazine has a great deal to offer!
For an all around look at technology and all things mechanical, you can't beat Popular Mechanics!


title: gift for christmas

text: Magazine subscriptions are great gifts for guys & family living far away.  Popular Science is perfect for the engineer, techy guys!


title: Great magazine!

text: This magazine is full of easy and great tasting recipes! I usually don't get cooking magazines but a friend suggested this one and I have been very happy with everything I have made from it. Definitely worth the money!


title: "Greatest" Southern Magazine

text: A "southern" magazine with great recipes, & gardening info specific to our area.  Always love to see it in the mailbox!


title: Duplicate Magazines

text: I have received duplicate magazines with a different cover over the original magazine.  That disappoints me when I really love this magazine.


title: Awesome!

text: Awesome magazine!


title: Five Stars

text: great


title: great

text: great


title: good

text: good


title: Five Stars

text: Great gift for grandchild.


title: Five Stars

text: Nice gift for grandchildren.


title: delivery issue

text: I love this magazine but recently got my FIRST ISSUE and now it expires 01/2017. Huh ??


title: the magazine was in fine order, but I was expecting for fashion and less reviews and essays

text: I was hopeful of this magazine for its fashion, but I was disappointed when I saw that most of the time it was filled up with reviews, essays, and advertisements. I just want to see more fashion outfits, jewelry, and make-up reviews. The reviews I saw was of books, movies, life obstacles, and life styles. If your interested in these types of things it's perfect, but I'm going to try a different magazine. I'm glad I tried because it was cheap but it kind of feels like a waste of money and is a doorstop.


title: Starts wholesome and then turns into a scam.

text:
I enjoyed the magazine for several years.  Then they started sending me things I didn't order, along with invoices demanding payment.  Upon closer inspection I can see that the invoice also would sign me up for a recurring subscription to more junk I don't want.

It appears that they do this in order to (a) trick busy parents into paying and subscribing; and (b) hoping that if people don't pay at first they'll be scared by threats of "collections" and hurting their credit reports.

This scam will not work on me.


title: A great little subscription for older toddlers

text: This subscription focuses on animal science concepts, mainly physical features, subspecies, and interesting fact. Very limited on th phonics, and number focus, but maybe that is why it is a science subscription, lol. Some facts were even new for me. Example, you can easily tell the various monkys from apes because monkeys have tails, apes (gorillas, chimpes, orangutans, bonobos) do NOT. How cool is that. The photos are outstanding in this magazine, the poems are sweet and emphasize rhyming. The section in the middle for extension ideas is super and can take it to that 6 ending range or keeps it simple for the 2s. Lots of sensory activities which is great for the little ones.  I will renew. Only thing that would make this a 5 star would be a few more letter/number activites.


title: Magazine

text: A gift that my son  in law looks forward to  for every birthday.


title: Magazine Every Day with Rachael Ray

text:
HI Everyone,
This magazine is everything it says it is.
I have told so many young cooks that work
all day to get this magazine.  Rachael is
to be congratulated for the group she has
put together.  Thanks all of you and Merry
Christmas.


title: Five Stars

text: Great magazine.


title: Five Stars

text: thanks


title: no

text: good


title: Magazine to keep for recipes

text: Great magazine. Recipes the average 'cook' can do.


title: It is not high on building stuff.

text: Mostly agood purchase guide, but I guess not one builds much these days unless they are experts. The hobby used to be mostly builders.


title: Don't bother to subscribe

text: They totally screwed up an icon! Now it is like a cheap version of the Smithsonian Magazine. I have been a subscriber for over 50 years and will not renew. It is not fun to read anymore.


title: Love their photo layouts and ideas

text: I am a regular subscriber of Romantic Country and Romantic Homes.  Love their photo layouts and ideas.


title: ALL YOU Magazine is #1 for coupons

text: All you is my favorite magazine, for a lot of reasons.  Reason #1 is the numerous coupons they offer every month!  Although I do believe that when the magazine first came out there were more coupons than currently, there are still many that I do use.  I'd suggest a subscription to this mag to anyone that uses coupons on a regular basis!!!


title: Unending subscription!!!

text: WARNING:  This is one of those "automatic renewal" deals that never ends!  I now have TWO magazines now coming to my home that I no longer want!  I tried to cancel each within 24 hours of notice, but THEY WILL NOT ALLOW THE CANCELLATION.FOR EITHER!!  SUBSCRIBE WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT IT WILL BE A HUGE HEADACHE TO END!!!


title: Money saving magazine

text: Great magazine with lots of coupons


title: The publication itself is great but I ordered a gift subscription for a friend ...

text: The publication itself is great but I ordered a gift subscription for a friend and she received it months later (that's okay) and several issues at once (I guess that's okay) and a bill for it (that's not okay, it was a gift). I do not recommend Amazon magazine subscriptions.


title: Good info...mostly

text:
I subscribed to Crappie World for four years. The previous post is correct. They will send you a subscription renewal notice about every three months...even when you just renewed! They promise all kinds of free stuff for renewing. I haven't received anything yet. Deceptive trade practices at best. And yes, your mailbox will runeth over with junk mail. I'd love to subscribe again but I'm not willing to do business with that kind of folks.

There is a lot of good info in the publication. However, they often try to test the bounds of extreme fishing techniques (and practicality) as some of the articles are off the wall. Tim Huffman's parts are always good down-to-earth advise that can actually work. Wish he'd hook up with a more reputable publication.


title: Headed in right direction for future growth.

text: Esquire graphically ranks behind Wired in use of grahics effectively to gain readership. Content continues to get better. Suggest use of Fiction to continue to grrow by searching out new writers that become Esquire"  exclusives ".


title: Prettypictures, content no value!

text: This magazine is outdated. It lacks value in that content , graphics and editorial direction is buried in the l980's.  Unlimiting growth with a diffent approach but currently doomed to its own demise.


title: Five Stars

text: Great news


title: Well formatted, great content.

text: Well formatted, great content and better than most (if not all,) American magazines.  Do it.  Well worth the wait.


title: Five Stars

text: Very intresting


title: wrong month

text: Got October's issue in November


title: Love Magazine

text: I love this magazine the price was right .for a years subscription


title: Time Travel in Your Own Home

text: I purchased this magazine subscription for my husband. He loves it! The photos and writing carry him back in time. The quality of the images is good. The variety of the images and stories is great!


title: supporting the media industry that investigates the news

text: We've subscribed to TIME forever, it seems. Yes, we can get the news on TV or online (but NOT selective news on sites that filter to make me think my opinions are always right...) Anyway, we still subscribe to the printed version of half a dozen magazines and a couple of newspapers to support the news media that actually investigates and supplies the news rather than making it up!


title: When does subscription start?

text: Waiting but the reduced subscription cost by ordering thru Amazon worth the wait.


title: Wonderful choice

text: Great magazine


title: Great work

text: Wonderful to read


title: Available on line.

text: Love it.


title: Disappointing!

text: I read this magazine for the first time several years ago while pumping when my baby was in the hospital.  I loved it!  It seemed to cater to young, hip, profressional women (including new mamas!)  I couldn't wait to subscribe!  Unfortunately, the magazine has changed since that time to the point that I canceled my subscription.  There were too many "shock-value" articles that just don't appeal to me now that I am in my 30s.  Also, I didn't want my daughter stumbling upon one of the sizzling (often premarital) sex topics.  Yikes!  I expect this from Cosmo, but not from Redbook.


title: For the armchair archeologist.

text: One of my favorite magazines.


title: Five Stars

text: This a fun way to escape for a few.


title: size impossible for shelf & tired of picking them up

text:
I have subscribed to both Cooks Illustrated (for many years) and Cooks Country (briefly). I have complained several times to the company about the size of Cooks Country. I have yet to get an answer as to the reason for the oddball size????

Strangely enough, they put out special issues of the magazine that are standard size and I have bought several of them. So why not switch the regular publication to that size??? I canceled my subscription after just a few issues because, though I liked the content, I got so tired of fighting with the oversize magazines that stuck out awkwardly from the shelf and fell off the shelf a lot. The color illustrations are nice, but Cooks Illustrated's illustrations are black and white and they serve the purpose. Even so, if they would just change the size, I would subscribe again.

I wish I could give CC two ratings: Content 4 and physical format 1.  If I see something on the Cooks Country TV show that looks interesting I just go to the website and sign up for the 30 day free trial.  The cost of membership to have full access is as much as the subscription to the magazine, and of the two magazines put out by these folks, I'd rather pay for Cooks Illustrated, which is not as glossy but it's a much better value both in print and online.


title: She loves it.

text: Got this for my seventeen year old and it is a huge hit. She really likes the info inside. She reads it cover to cover.


title: Great Christmas gift for Mom

text: It made a great Christmas present for my Mom who is from East Prussia and speaks and reads German. She loves receiving and reading it, keeping up her ability to continue to be fluent in the language.


title: Love

text: Love this magazine !!


title: Love the magazine!

text: Can't wait for each new issue - great stuff!  Good hints for inexpensive decorating.  Great ideas without breaking the budget.


title: Attractive Layout ~ Helpful Information

text: I signed up sight unseen based on information I found here on the Site. I'm pleased with my choice. I've found a few recipes to try. I've found some helpful hints for organizing and home decorating. I'm finding this magazine not only useful, but also attractively formatted in a way that makes it easy to read. I appreciate that this magazine isn't filled with tons of images, funky font to waste space, and articles split up over ten pages when it could fit on one page.


title: Five Stars

text: Daughter loves them.


title: Great gift.

text: It’s a gift for my niece. She loves them.


title: Five Stars

text: Nice graphic content.


title: Two Stars

text: stop cancel


title: Not what it used to be!

text: I loved Taste Of Home and looked forward to it every month. I got busy and when I subscribed to again I was sad to see they totally changed it. It is nothing like it used to be. It was the last one of it's kind. So disappointing...


title: Knowledge

text: The knowledge that the reader will get from the myriad of articles.  I hope that from these artickes it will inspire the reader to read further.  Worth while to get.


title: One Star

text: I was so very disappointed in this magazine,waist of trees.


title: Was a  gift.

text: Average price. Was a gift.  Hope she liked it.


title: A gift. I hope she liked it.

text: Was gift. Quick delivery. Average price.


title: Readers Digest is a  great capturing of short stories, news, and tips.

text: Love receiving my monthly copy of the Reader's Digest edition!  Publisher is great at capturing diverse short stories, news, and tips. Something inside for everybody. Great priced subscription through Amazon.


title: National Geographic of Cooking

text:
In Christmas of 2005 I decided I wanted the most interesting and best cooking magazines out there. But which ones to pick? After buying one here and there I found three that I absolutely love.

Saveur was one. The recipes are nice though some I wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole (ethnic ingredients that don't appeal to me). But the stories and the pictures... they aren't just amazing, they're astounding! Where National Geographic talks about certain things or places, Saveur takes you to different places and shows you what's there and how they eat.

They showed me Ireland and I even made Colcannon (a mashed potato and cabbage dish) everyone loved it. I made a french dish last night that was amazing. It was a little time consuming but worth it!

I do have admit I was a little disappointed with my first issue I received from them with my subscription. It looked like a dog ate it then ran through the water with it. It's readable but I wasn't happy. They also promise two exclusive magazines for new subscribers. I've never seen them. But I have been getting my magazines and they look good.

I was thinking about it the other night, my three magazines I picked... one was articles and recipes about healthy eating (Eating Well), one was easier recipes with no articles (Everyday Food), and then Saveur. If I could only pick one to keep... it would be Saveur. It's really that good of a read.


title: Not bad...

text:
... but not so good I would subscribe to this.

This magazine is much like Gourmet. Same ads, though not as many, same layout. It's almost like another version of Gourmet.

However, I enjoyed the articles more as well as the recipes than Gourmet. There were a few that I am intrigued enough to try. The recipes themselves were more fancy than say, Everyday Food.

Then again, I like Everyday Food more because that's the type of food I eat.

If you're looking for something a little more elegant without so many ads this isn't a bad one. I do think that Fine Cooking might be more your cup of tea. With fewer ads and more recipes.


title: A good magazine

text:
This magazine is like Prevention, there are articles on eating better, different foods and their nutritional value, and so on. I found them all well done and informative. I especially enjoyed in the last issue a large article on faux foods and the differences between getting a loaf of long shelf life bread, the kind most of us eat, or an artisan loaf of whole wheat and the points as to why we should pick the ones with actual food value over convienence.

Most cooking magazines have none to few articles on various topics. Eating Well truly means that - they're telling you about eating well. If you're looking for a magazine with some recipes and more articles that pertain solely to food and their health value then this is one you'll want to check out. I found it a nice change of pace.

As stated in another review. There are very few ads which is amazing and very enjoyable.

They do have the 'recipes that are different' as I like to call it. They had an appetizer of a dried apricot half topped with crumbled blue cheese, pistachios, honey and a little pepper. It sounds interesting and I would probably try it, but I'm pretty sure I won't make it. They did have some I will try out that looked delicious such as another appetizer of sliced beef wrapped around a dab of boursin and thin sliced peppers, sounds excellent.


title: Would you like some recipes with your ads?

text:
Today I purchased my first and probably last issue of Gourmet. While there were plenty of recipes (some of which I won't use but they were still cool to look at) there were TONS of ads.

It makes you wonder either a) how much the people who make this magazine get paid or b) for all the ads why this isn't free.

I can see the need for a few ads so that we the consumers don't have to pay a fortune for a good magazine. But I took out 33 pages of ads and figured there were about 140 full page ads. That's over half of the magazine which is 260 pages. That's really sad.

Recipe wise, some of them look interesting and very gourmet, but there are things you need to have that I can't get in the middle of the U.S.

And about three of the six articles were interesting to read - when you could find them slipped inbetween their plethora of ads.

Fine Cooking is still the best one out there.


title: Love it!

text:
I understand this may not reflect a TRUE cowboy lifestyle and shows a more upscale style of living, BUT....

This magazine is gorgeous.  The homes, fashions, art, and even the ads are so eye-catching, I can overlook what the other reviewers see as shortcomings. The ads are relevant to their readers and are items you want to investigate further. The articles are well written and accompanied by the best in magazine photography.

I enjoy every issue I've gotten hold of, so much so I plan to subscribe.


title: Perfect! As described

text: Perfect!  As described, arrived on time and well packaged!  Product is well made and a great for kids!


title: Perfect! As described

text: Perfect!  As described, arrived on time and well packaged!  Great product!


title: Great sports info for all ages!

text:
Each issue is full of sports info.
Only complaint is that my kids love it too.
I have to search all over for it and often find it in their bedrooms.


title: Scientific America what can I say

text: Great magazine for those that have taken a few college science courses the average person would get lost trying to understand the you scientific terms used In this publication


title: Love this magazine.

text: I said it all in the headline.  If you quit making folks write a dissertation on everything they buy, we might make comments that are appropriate.


title: Three Stars

text: Unfortunately they stopped publishing.


title: Outdoor Photographer

text: I have not received any copies yet, but have subscribed before and know it is an excellent magazine.


title: Always entertaining, fun and feel good reading.

text: Of  all the magazines I've subscribed to over the years, this one is an all-time favorite. A great, fun and feel good relaxing read.


title: Good old fashioned reading

text: I really love this wonderful magazine! I discovered it several years ago, probably from rummaging through items at a thrift store. I am in my mid-40’s, and have always considered myself an “old soul.” I am old fashioned in just about every aspect of my life. I love reading the feel-good stories of yesteryear. People in general just seemed more decent and moral back in the day. Yes, there were still wars, hate, suffering of every kind, etc., but the general population of human-kind seemed to be more loving and caring toward their fellow man. Thank you for creating a magazine for people like myself who appreciate reading interesting stories about the days of old.


title: Pretty good, but not great

text: I ordered this magazine for a year for $5. I guess I was under the impression that the title would describe what the magazine was about. I found that to not be the case. I like articles about how to save money & buy inexpensive things, etc. The items that are advertised in Real Simple are incredibly expensive, and certainly not anything that I would consider (or even be able) to buy. However, they do have interesting articles, and I am interested in the recipes. I will continue my subscription, since it was such a deal, but I will not renew my subscription again.


title: I love this magazine!

text: This is a fantastic magazine that has stood the test of time. I have always loved the articles in Good Housekeeping, and I seem to love them more now that I am in my 30's. This is also a FAIRLY wholesome magazine, which I am thankful for. I do not care to see half naked women on the cover of magazines, and I don't have that problem with this one. I love the recipes & interesting articles! This is one of my favorite magazines of all time. I look forward to reading it for years to come!


title: Great reading for the mind

text: I bought this as a Christmas gift to myself and my husband to expand our reading material. Only had 2 copies so far but we are delighted and the subscription price when we signed in January made it just over $1.50 a copy. You can rarely pick up a good (or indeed a bad) magazine for under $4 so this in indeed a true gem.


title: Love it

text: I love this magazine.  Quick start of delivery


title: Five Stars

text: Love Bon Appetit!


title: The most informative, enjoyable and useful sailing magazine available

text: This isn't a glossy coffee table decoration, but a periodic, useful update on the current state of small-craft sailing, its enthusiasts, and supporting products and industries. Written by boat lovers for a like-minded audience, back issues are treasured and often-reviewed for their content. Magazines are filled with useful articles, projects, personal stories, and pertinent boat or product reviews. Even the advertisers are pitching pertinent products. Truly, what magazines used to be like, and what a periodical should be.


title: Great gift for my husband

text: My husband loves flying, so I surprised him with a subscription.  I caught him looking & reading through it, so I know he's enjoying it.


title: Four Stars

text: Interesting.


title: A great magazine

text: My husband is a beekeeper and I am a bee lover.  We both enjoy the magazine for different reasons.  He reads from cover to cover and I enjoy looking at the pictures and when my husband asks me to purchase items he needs for his bees, the classified section and the wide assortment of ads give me all the help I need.


title: Five Stars

text: I have loved this magazine for years.  great for gardeners, travelers.


title: Better and better

text: We are really enjoying the Smithsonian so much.  Sent the orchid one to a friend who raises them.  He loved it all so much, that I sent him some older issues.  He read them cover to cover, so I ordered a subscription for his birthday.  He hasn't gotten one yet.[[ASIN:B00005NIOH National Geographic]]


title: Great magazine

text: Love this magazine. If you love fixing things around home yourself will love the articles.


title: but couldn't have done a worse job. And I can't find the way to ...

text: This is how I received my first magazine. It is torn apart, and someone tried to paste it, but couldn't have done a worse job. And I can't find the way to complain about this

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title: Wow! What an awesome resource!

text: This magazine is such a delight! I love the moment I open my mailbox and find the latest issue! I don't set it down until I am done reading every inch of this valuable resource!


title: Great Buy

text: Bought this item for my mother who was super ecstatic.  Although it says that the first issue will be around 2 months from order date, my mother got hers 2-3 weeks after I ordered it.


title: Five Stars

text: Great presentation, good variety of activites. Easy directions to follow. Great magazine...great value!


title: Wonderful

text: Great purchase


title: Great recipe’s

text: Great subscription for price and great recipes


title: Thanks Vogue

text: Great Price


title: Crocheting is my passion.

text: I’m very satisfied with this magazine.  The patterns and selection of items is very helpful.


title: STUPIDLY WRITTEN!

text: Just another brainwashing magazine. Likes to play the, “Woman Ceo “ vs “Housewife” dichotomy.....as if it is their business. Bashes Men. Group mentality. So stupidly written. Be your own person. Make up your own mind. Be objective. Analyze the world for yourself - not what some tongue in cheek journalist major tells you what to think.


title: I was disappointed with in the magazine

text: I was disappointed with in the magazine.  I guess Some of the ideas were way out of my price range.


title: such a waste of talent

text:
Ok so I'll start off by saying this magazine could be great, because of the talent they have signed. But after about 6 issues, and two I didn't receive, which I will touch on later, I realized this magazine was total bull. I have seen so called interview after interview in their magazine contradicted by real life interviews online.
 The magazine also tries to push products that have zero effect on your body, but a dent in you wallet, such as no2. No2 is not real, you can't effect that by taking crap in a bottle,.sorry but I went to college, I know better.
 The service is garbage. They didn't send me two issues and both times gave me extensions on the magazine, and after the second time that they refused to send me the issue, the Mr Olympia issue mind you, I canceled my subscription.
 This is vague but the experience was just bad, while my other magazine comes through every month, and delivers, this one falls well short.
 About me, I'm 6'4, 270lbs, been training for 5 years, at 23 I have 4 years college experience which is in multiple fields, including biochemistry. This magazine didn't make sense to me, a natural bodybuilder, who educated himself and have sacrificed so much, you want an education, stay away from this magazine and read some stuff from Dorian Yates, his teachings are great for naturals.


title: The magazine has great ideas for beginner but not so much interaction with ...

text: The magazine has great ideas for beginner but not so much interaction with the subscribers.  One would think that we would be able to share more written material, but that is not the case.  A magazine who writes about writing should, in my opinion the magazine should incentivate writing as their core business activity, but that is not the case.  Besides, they have a lousy customer service, I have missed a couple of issues becuase they do not update my address, as requested and they cannot be contacted via any other mean than via their own system. I will let my subscription expire and will not subscribe again nor will I recommend the magazine.


title: one word "DISAPPOINTING"

text:
First of all, I was not receving the magazine due to a wrong snail mail address inputted by the Magazine subscription department. Once I started receving the magazine, it totally disappointed me.  I thought it was about OUTDOOR LIFE, BONNIER CORPORATION should rename the magazine to be called HUNTERS MANUAL as that is the only topic that they write about.  I thought it was just the first issues I received, but all the rest were just a paste copy of how to HUNT, not about OUTDOOR LIFE, so I requested to cancell my subscription and BONNIER CORP took their 3 month time aprox to think about cancelling my subscritpion. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS MAGAZINE if you are looking for a real OUTDOOR LIFE TIPS AND TRICKS, if you are intrested in a just HUNTING magazine, then this "could" be an option, regretfully they were only hunting for deers, so there was not much exitment.

It was a totally waste of time and money,

DO NOT PURCHASE THIS PRODUCTS


title: Great Magazine, but....

text: The Magazine is great, nevertheless my physical address was lacking information the senders (POPULAR SCIENCE) so, I only received 4 issues of a 1 year subscription.


title: Good magazine

text: Worth the money on sale but otherwise very expensive.


title: Just right

text: The hat alone was worth the price. Wired keeps me current on new technology and cool and groovy items. Just right.


title: Five Stars

text: Love the magazine, been a reader for 5 years.


title: SI

text: Husband's favorite. I sneak a peek too.


title: Good articles for the homeowner or renter.

text: I really enjoy this magazine and the promotional price was really good.


title: TV Guide certainly not what it used to be!!

text:
Been subscribing for years.  Recently started “Special 3 Week issue” ….. now appears standard subscription is one magazine every 3 weeks.  With these Special issues,  3 weeks of listing now crammed into same size magazine.  to save space they shrunk the font size for the daily tv listings to number 8.  They should  include a magnifying glass for each subscription.  With the special edition the number of articles has stayed the same as previously, hence, 1/3 less content.  Like going to the store and noticing that your the new clerical box has gone up in price and the contents have decreased by several ounces.  I guess they think their subscribers are stupid??

TV Guide Certainly not what it used to be!!!


title: I have enjoyed many years of news from around the world without ...

text: I have had the TIME magazine subscription for 20+ years.  I have enjoyed many years of news from around the world without being so bipartisan with TIME until the past few years.  What has happened to such a great magazine?  Today I just find it depressing.  The entire magazine is written in such a negative light on all stories.  I will never again renew this subscription.


title: Great

text: My Mom loves !


title: Five Stars

text: As always, this magazine exceeds my exectations.  I learn valuable new tips with every issue.<br />Sharon Weeks


title: Magazine subscription

text: Have ordered Time magazine this way for a few years now - no interruption in service and<br />WAY less than I used to pay.


title: Woman's Day

text: My life loves this magazine! That's why I ordered it for her. She reads it from cover to cover! What else ca I say. She loves the cooking part and I love the eating part!


title: Womens Magizine

text: My wife reads it cover to cover first then hands it to my daughter. They are both great at Star Trivia!


title: Great magazine.

text: Great ideas.  Always anxious to see what new projects they will show us.


title: One of the best all-around news mags

text: Like all popular magazines, there's a tinge of subjective writing that leans to the left, but that's a minimal criticism when compared to the wide variety of subject matter & the still fine writing styles that made it famous decades ago.


This magazine more than met my expectations with understandable presentations of new existing scientific developments. I also enjoy their views of future developments.


title: There are so many other things to read.

text: We got this as a joke. The fact that people buy magazines unironically anymore is disconcerting to me. For what it's worth, I can confirm that they do indeed deliver the magazines. If you must, then you can buy it here without suspicion.


title: ESPN magazine

text: This was a Christmas gift for my 14 year old stepson who's a sports enthusiast.  I would say this is age appropriate as well as entertaining for a teenage boy that already loves everything about ESPN.  Great price and great gift idea for teens that are hard to buy for - they will look forward to the mail every month!


title: Five Stars

text: Great magazine. Good value.


title: Five Stars

text: Great value. Thanks!


title: Subscription Savings

text: You may get a Subscription for $19.99 if you pull out a loose  insert from one of the  magazines on the shelf at the books store or super market.


title: Recipes are doable

text: The recipes in this magazine are easy to follow.  The ingredients listed are usually what you already have in the cabinet.


title: Old Hippies!

text: Perfect bathroom reading material for us old Hippies.


title: OOH-LA-LA!

text: When an American photo magazine tests a new camera or lens, they all too often photograph some inane collection of poseable figurines on their desktop, or a boring vista of the office buildings out the editor's window. Photo-France often photographs nudes with their reviews. Strike a blow against the idiocy of 'Freedom Fries' and remember that France helped us win our Revolutionary War each time you buy an issue (at the newsstand).


title: Top Notch

text: What else can you say about this magazine. It looks good, great articles, fab photos and the bonus....makes ya look real high-brow when people see it on your table.<br />Never a dissapointment!


title: I never ordered this and it's impossible to cancel.

text: We've had a subscription for years directly from Highlights, which is easy to manage and you can switch between different magazines easily as your kids grow. I never ordered from Amazon, yet after contacting them twice, I still can't cancel it.


title: Classic magazine, great price.

text: Great price for a classic magazine.


title: Best Magazine ever

text: Lovely, wonderful, brilliant.


title: New Magazine Format for 2018: No longer a magazine for visual artists.

text: The Artists Magazine used to be a wonderful source of information and tips for an artist.  I read it from cover to cover, and enjoyed nearly every page.  But this year the magazine reformatted into a glossy home & garden fluff magazine, with few useful tutorials, and sparse practical information.  Articles about oil paints and materials were replaced by commentaries about yoga and nutrition.  Detailed descriptions on how to create visual art (including material lists) have been replaced with eye-candy photos of 'yellow things to celebrate the color yellow'.  The new format may be nice reading material while soaking in the bathtub, but it has lost its appeal to many working artists.


title: great magazine

text: Full of informative information, great writing. Good mix of hunting, tactical and bullet reloading tips. Would recomend this magazine to any gun enthusiast


title: A great gift to new home owners

text: I get this every year for my son in law.It is all that he asks for.They are fixing up an older home and it has helped him greatly.


title: I Wish I Could Tell you

text: The only reason I gave it one star is because I have yet to be able to access it! I'm sure it's, however since I originally purchased it, along with the print magazine, I haven't been able to read the digital version and keep getting the runaround from customer care; I don't have time to keep calling different groups without anything being fixed.


title: Five Stars

text: My husband's favorite magazine.  I like it too, as there articles for my interests as well.


title: It's very convenient to get the magazine every month.

text: I enjoy reading my magazine every month.


title: Best Magazine Ever.

text: Great magazine for following things in Texas. Too much of a focus on Austin but indispensable.


title: A great magazine

text: Wonderful, the best watercolor magazine.


title: A great magazine

text: This was a gift for my wife. She likes it a lot!


title: Awesome

text: , awesome,


title: Five Stars

text: I have subscribed to this magazine for over 45 years -  always a winner.


title: Love it!

text: This is a great magazine for anyone who does wire especially if you are just starting it.  The diagrams are great and show the small details that a lot of other magazines leave out.  I've always looked forward to getting this magazine.


title: Fun!

text: Fun magazine to browse


title: Pictures are amazing

text: Very nice magazine, informative & the photography is amazing!


title: More magazine is fabulous.

text: More magazine is excellent.  I have alot of reading material in it which means less advertisements. One of the best women's magazines on the market.  I have sent many subscriptions to friends as gifts and they love the magazine too!


title: Still Enjoyable

text: I still enjoy SL Magazine but it has certainly changed over the years. There are others that are better and you can get great recipes online if you are willing to search for them. I think they have lost a little of their southern charm.


title: Lots of Ideas

text: My teenage daughter and I fight over who gets to read it first. We get great decorating ideas and the articles are not lame like many magazines.


title: Biased Scientific Magazine

text: I've been buying this magazine at a local bookstore (Sorry, Amazon.  I didn't get it through you.) for many decades and stopped buying it because the magazine now publishes articles with a severe and obvious bias.<br />I won't get into a political discussion, here, but the facts point to many forms of media being controlled by those who have decided not to report unbiased material and who, simply, would like to control what you read/think.  Sadly,  Scientific American has taken this route.


title: Awesome

text: Love the mag.  Have not receuved yet.  5 Star for mag.


title: Love This Publication!

text: I have been a loyal subscriber of The Whole Dog Journal for years, and am a total fan of the publication. I read it cover to cover and always either learn something new or put something into practice afterwards. It provides practical information that is well researched regarding dog behavior, health, care, and treatment, from puppy-hood all the way to when we must say goodbye to our special family members. I really appreciate in particular the articles that teach us humans about why our animals may be doing the things they do - whether it's about stress, fear, anxiety, or health reasons. I love the actual photos of dogs behaving in a particular manner, as well as the step-by-step techniques shown for handling different situations. I have used many of the natural home remedies with much success, and share much information with my dog parent friends. I like that it is 3-hole punched, ready to be kept in a special binder if you wish. I recommend this publication to any dog lover who wants to have the most current information on how to best care for their special furry one.


title: ENTERTAINMENT BATHROOM READING!

text: OKAY FOR THE PROMO PRICE.  I WOULD NOT RE SUBSCRIBE


title: 358 pages of wasted trees. A dozen or so brief lifeless articles

text: I was looking forward to leafing through Southern Living again. Got first issue today and promptly cancelled.  A dozen or so brief lifeless articles, a handful of recipes, and the rest is ads. This is the spectacular 50th Anniversary issue too!  I'd cancel even it had been free, to save the trees and a trip to the recycle bin.  Maybe Time doesn't understand this, but we don't pay to look at advertisements when there's so little of value between them.


title: decorative

text: Very nice products  but expensive.


title: Five Stars

text: enjoy it!


title: Five Stars

text: We enjoy it!


I wish I could review this --- but I haven't received an issue yet. The order was placed over a month ago.


title: fantastic

text: Love this magazine. I like that it's not just for woodworking (which I have Woodcraft for). It has some super helpful tips for cleaning, fixing, building, etc.


title: Five Stars

text: My child love it


title: Disappointed

text: I’ve always enjoyed Woman’s Day magazine but this subscription has been very disappointing, haven’t received consecutive issues, missed 2 or 3 so far. I love the magazine especially with Bible quote every month at the beginning of the magazine but disappointed in not receiving all the issues I have paid for


title: I love the content of this

text: I love the content of this, but it's fairly expensive for a magazine that only puts out 4 a yr.


title: Twist

text:
Why do these magazines sell so well? They have dreamy pop stars on posters, and gossip, passing  off as facts. This publication does just that.
They may have one or two feature stories.
 Music artist are a huge draw, though few things  are ever said about them. Instead comes a repeat of their favorites, and dislikes. I have a ton of these publication. Each has their own little quirks, making them more appealing to certain individuals.
Things have changed since the earlier teen magazines which consisted of mainly pictures, and not all in color.
However, these magazines need to further rethink. These magazines continue to push girls into something they may not want to be. There are females out there who could careless about the beauty, makeup, and fashion tips.


title: Picture Books For Big Boys............

text: I do not have a subscription, and am a female. I have bought this product for interviews with Justin Timberlake in it. It floored me seeing all these advertisements. I understand it is a magazine primarily about latest hip clothes, but it could have articles on why it's cool, price ranges, or comparison buying, and how to get these advertised items.<br />I have a good selection of various periodicals, and note GQ has a greater number of ads than "Teen People,","YM," and other similiar publications.


title: The Graddaughter is happy with Click

text: Granddaughter loves it!  She hides it under her pillow for after hours reading!


title: Love it!

text: Awesome!


title: I like it....

text: Interesting topics, makes me want to try things I might not have thought of... plus I found a coupon for a store that I enjoy shopping at.


title: Worth a look for a cheap price

text:
I've been a subscriber of Popular Photography off and on since the mid 90s.  I enjoy it for its brief articles and the photos in the contests and articles.  The content of the articles is often aimed more towards beginners to intermediate, but I sometimes find some interesting tidbits in them.  The series on how a shot was done with a diagram included can be of some interest from a curiosity perspective, but I've found it of little practical use.  The reviews of the gear can be handy, but can be dependent on if they are reviewing cameras/lenses from the brand you use (unless you are looking to switch).  I do like some of the first looks at new gear coming out, particularly things that can be used with any camera system (like tripods and lighting).

The magazine has seemed to shrink since I started subscribing, and has grown in its ads.  It doesn't offer much meat these days, but it is a pretty cheap subscription.  I have come and left subscriptions over the years, but there has been usually enough to bring me back, especially cheaply.  It is definitely a worthwhile look for the price.  I do miss the American Photo magazine that has folded into this one that offered more articles on the photos and photographers with a more artistic bent than the more gear heavy Popular Photography.


title: Saveur magazine auto renewal

text: The magazine has such excellent photography and interesting articles it was qualified for auto-renewal which was great for me. I'm glad I subscribed and re-subscribed to the magazine!


title: Love

text: Great magazine


title: Five Stars

text: Excellent, arrived as promised


title: Great Magazine!

text: Love this magazine!  Great photos, great ideas, great articles!  While I don't like advertising in magazines, I realize that they are necessary, and the ones in BH&G are usually well-placed and pertinent.  It helps make for an appearance of a well laid-out magazine that is a pleasure to look at.  I always renew for another year when I see a great deal come up, and Amazon offers a great deal.  I've received this magazine probably for 10 or more years, I think I've got 2-3 years on my renewal so far, and have no intention of ever letting it lapse.


title: Readers Digest

text: Excellent. highly recommended.


title: One of life's guilty pleasures

text: Oh, why not just go ahead and subscribe?  Over the years I've let my subscription lapse several times, but I always renew it because I just end up buying the damn thing at the grocery check-out.  Nothing in this magazine is going to improve the quality of your life; it's pure escapism.  The Oscar coverage, the best/worst dressed, the sexiest man alive...who can resist?  It takes me about 30 minutes to read it cover to cover every Saturday, but it's always a pleasant 30 minutes.  Sometimes I get a little tired of the public relations-placed celebrity coverage (the "50 most beautiful people" being the worst offender).  While they generally stick to the fluff they do best, the editors can rise to the occasion - their fabulous 9/11 coverage did a great job of addressing both the individual losses and the emotional impact on the whole nation.


title: Mostly for people who eat out in NY, not home cooks.

text: After subscribing to and enjoying "Gourmet" for over a decade, I recently let my subscription run out.  Over a year ago the editorial staff of the magazine changed, and with it, the content of the magazine.  The "Gourmet" I knew and loved was always a treat to receive because it focused on exciting and complex recipes that were going to be fun and challenging to cook at home.  The recipes were very user friendly, and no matter how advanced, always designed to be prepared in a home kitchen.<br />The new "Gourmet" is much more of a travel magazine than a cook's magazine.  It particularly focuses on New York restaurants, and most of the recipes showcase famous dishes from various restaurants, not recipes that were designed for the home cook.  While the old "Gourmet" certainly had its fair share of restaurant and travel coverage, the focus was on different culinary traditions and exciting culinary innovations.  In other words, it was a more scholarly look at cooking.  The new magazine feels like a bunch of fluff pieces set up by New York PR agents.  Next time I'm planning a trip to New York, I'll probably pick up an issue to see what's new and hot, but this isn't the kind of information that's useful to me on a monthly basis.


title: Not the flashiest food magazine, but consistently delivers.

text: Of the three primary cooking magazines (Gourmet, Bon Appetit and Food and Wine), Bon Appetit is the one about how people cook on a daily basis.  There is some travel and restaurant coverage, but it is not the focus of the magazine like it is in Gourmet.  There are articles on wine and contemporary recipes combining exotic ingredients, but not to the same extent you find in Food and Wine.  Here, the food is the star, and it lives up to its top billing. For people who cook more often than on special occassions, this is the magazine for you.  The photography displays the food to advantage and the recipes are consistently well-written and produce delicious results.  While you will find complex and elaborate recipes that are fun to make when you have the time, there are also plenty of recipes and menus that you can incorporate into your daily cooking.  Bon Appetit may not be as flashy as its peers, but if you're looking for a magazine to cook with, this is the one.


title: Best of its kind

text: As far as fashion/women's interest magazines go, this is the best.  There are usually a few traditional fashion spreads - models in urban locales wearing weird clothes and jumping around a lot - but the main fashion offerings are lots of pictures of just the clothes.  This means that there is a lot less emphasis on unnaturally skinny body types.  My favorites spreads are the "Splure v. Steal" articles where the editors compare two nearly identical outfits - one from couture designers and the other from cheaper, more mainstream retailers.  They also do the same thing with makeup.  Whoever puts these together does a great job of showing how you can get the same high end look for a fraction of the price.  The art department uses a lot of briliant color and the fashion spreads usually revolve around a color theme.  The articles tend to focus on interviews with real people.  Lots of articles where a couple are interviewed separately about their sex life and then compare their answers.  There is also usually one article about a serious subject, usually a political topic that effects women.  Nothing in this magazine is going to particularly challenge your intellect, but for a light, fun read, you can't beat it.  The perfect magazine to take to the gym and read while you work out on the stairmaster.


title: Good Reading

text: I've taken the magazine in the past, but have not yet read a recent issue.  However, I've always enjoyed it previously.


title: Great views of Texas

text: I think my son enjoys this magazine even more than I do. It gives interesting stories of each Texas city it highlights.


title: Good stuff

text: Wired Magazine is a very interesting and useful magazine, and at this price its even better. Its nice to know I'll always have a good, large magazine to read for bus and subway trips.


title: Five Stars

text: This is a great machine


title: Boring Boring Vogue

text: This magazine is insipid and even worse it just keeps coming. I ordered a one year subscription and it has been arriving like clockwork for years. Apparently once they have your credit card number they renew it without permission.<br />The "free gift" with the subscription should have been a warning of how sophisticated Vogue actually is. The tote arrived, dirty and wadded up in a much too small plastic bag. I threw it out... now to get off the Vogue hook as well.


title: Five Stars

text: This is a great magazine and super cheap on Amazon!


title: Five Stars

text: gift


title: Five Stars

text: good price on good magazine for my gf


title: Not Girl Friendly- blatantly sexist

text: I was excited to receive the first issue for my 2 1/2 year old Grandson. I noticed right away how skewed, let's say it, sexist the story lines were. Little boys were cowboys and little girls had girly tea parties. Hello, 1962 called and wants their magazine back.


title: Great Way to Keep In Touch

text: This is a premier magazine in the Philadelphia area and the Newstand price is much more. Having a subscription makes It easier to keep in touch about Philly events.


title: The incredible shrinking magazine...

text: I've been a loooong time subscriber, but I don't think I'll be renewing this time around.  Maybe it's because digital media is swallowing up the old printed media of the past, but this magazine has shrunk to almost the size of a pamphlet.  The price hasn't decreased, but the amount of content certainly has.  Also, I would enjoy more articles related to MUSIC and fewer on pop culture, movies, TV, politics, etc.  I used to enjoy reading RS, but now I guess I'll have to get my music news elsewhere.


title: Great for repair-friendly. Lotd of ideas on how to improve the home environment.

text: Just as I expected. Love the magazine.


title: Good articles and patterns

text: Great magazine.  Very happy.


title: Is always on time and very helpful articles and recipies!

text: This magazine has very helpful info, also gave me great decorations and recipies for the Holidays!I love when it is in my mailbox!


title: Southern Living best choice!

text:
Lived in NC for 18 years and always had a subscription for Southern Living.
Loved the recipes, the decorating ideas especially for the holidays, and vacation destinations.
I moved back to NY 5 years ago and missed getting this magazine monthly. So glad I’ve decided to subscribe again!!


title: Nice Conservative Magazine

text: Really good reading in this magazine.


title: Great info

text: Great magazines!! So many new ideas and full of info if you want to do anything as an entrepreneur.


title: I have loved this magazine for years

text: I have loved this magazine for years. I love the health articles and years ago read an article about a diet that helped me to really slim down, fast.  I get great info about health issues and books on those subjects that help me to research health issues further. The current issue had a small article about how Canadian researchers tested effects of 55 natural anti-cancer agents on two forms of breast cancer and found an ingredient in black pepper was the most effective. The article said take 1/4 tsp a day. I can do that. Where else can I get these little tidbits of incredible information. Another article has info how I could consider a vitamin that could make me look 15 years younger and slim down if needed. The magazine is written well, informative not lofty. It has beauty info, recipes that are kind of fun, some decorating info, some pet info and more. It's my "feel good" magazine and never disappoints.


title: Great price

text: Great price


title: Great Magazine

text: This is one of my very favorite magazines. But this particular subscription purchase was for a friend as a Christmas gift who I know  also loves it. She was, indeed, delighted to receive it and is looking forward to enjoying throughout the year!


title: Best magazine for women!!!

text: Great magazine,great articles and excellent recipes


title: Great for the Curious ones in the world.

text: Great magazine filled with quick reads about so many new and marvelous things. Lots of photos.


title: Esquire is good reading

text: Always has been a good magazine.Enjoy the issues.


title: lucky nagazine

text: I just love all the information the magazine as to offer.The best in the back of it It'll have what's new in your area.


title: STILL--BY FAR!--THE BEST IN ITS FIELD

text:
I've been subscribing to SciAm since I was a physics major at age 19, more or less continually, and am now 75, looking back on a career in energy technology. I very much value the magazine's decision to report on the social impact of technology, which is absolutely necessary in a country that so badly lacks science & math education in the schools, never teaches philosophy or critical thinking, and lets school boards & church schools pervert science with unreal religious dogmas.

The magazine's not perfect.  The editors still push nuclear energy rather brainlessly, but it is by far the best source of information on cutting-edge scientific ideas and new technologies. That's because most articles are either written by scientists or compiled from interviews with one or more of them--and they span practically every field in science.  I certainly don't know all fields of science, but everything is interesting and worth reading!  I end up reading every single article plus the little info clips up front, which are similar to spoken sound-bites.  When I'm done I let the magazine sit for a year or two, go back and re-read it, take my scissors and clip out articles worth saving, staple them, put them into more than 20 manila folders labeled "Paleotology", "Evolution", "Particle Physics", "Animal Psychology", "Cosmology", "Microbiology", etc. and file them in my somewhat extensive personal science library in the proper place.  They are worth keeping.  As a result I have not only books in, for example, the exciting field of cosmology (which was never my field) but a running history of hypotheses, experiment & evidence, up to current speculations!  Wow!

Two suggestions:  Some of the stuff SciAm allows on its daily emailed updates and website isn't worthy.  You expect idiot blogger comments, many from the usual nut cases, but some articles are poorly written, and almost all are by science writers not scientists.  The other suggestion is for the magazine itself: bring back photos of your contributors and forget the little sketches.  Photography was invented a long time ago, editors.  A while back I read that on a SciAm "150 Years Ago" archive page!


title: Not nearly as reliable as Scientific American

text:
I'm retired, and refuse to give up Scientific American, which I've taken--more or less without interruption--since age 19.  DISCOVER is enjoyably written but just look at all the apologies for errors in the  next issue!  The difference is that about 85% of SciAm's articles are by real scientists & technologists reporting on their work.  In Discover, almost none are written by scientists, but by science or tech writers, whose knowledge is often superficial.

It's OK for the less science-educated public--but I worked in technology most of my career, caught too many obvious errors, and won't take it again.

At least the magazine isn't affiliated with that boneheaded "Discovery" channel on cable!  The magazine used to have an occasional little icon in the back pages telling people that they were not.


title: Somewhat disappointed

text:
I hadn't taken this magazine for years, not since I read reliable reports about the old management and their CIA connections.  A while ago I got in my snailmain mailbox "an offer I couldn't refuse" for a year's subscription. I bit.

It's OK. The photos are still good, but the magazine kills a whole lot of trees.  It comes loaded with loose ads that fall out as I turn pages, and are not interesting.  The attitude is still rather imperialistic, so I won't be subscribing again.


title: Best dog magazine!

text: I’ve been getting this magazine for several years now.  I love the articles, they are always up to date and pertinent to caring for your furbaby !


title: Awesome for the DIY or Hobbyist Person

text: Simply put: This magazine is addicting. I look forward to every edition, yet dread it at the same time since it will refill my "To-do" list. I have found so much inspiration and creative ideas from this magazine. The cost pays for itself in DIY repairs alone. Get it!!


title: best read

text: give lots of information that you can't get anywhere else.  Just wish it came more often.  Every other month is a long time


title: Great magazine

text: I enjoy looking at all the  stylish  ways to decorate your home


title: Not what I expected

text: I dislike the magazine because the projects are not stylish or functional<br />I am not renewing the magazine


title: Five Stars

text: This magazine is for my husband which he enjoys very much, especially the cartoons.


title: great

text: Have been reading the New Yorker for years, great magazine


title: Always the best

text: I have read this magazine since I was about 13 years old.  If they offered a lifetime subscription I would be on board.


title: Magazine

text: Its a magazine, what else can I say.  It is good, but there are some better outdoor magazines that I would rather buy.


title: Gave as gift

text: Gave as a gigt


title: Wonderful magazine - but don't get caught like I did!

text: A wonderful magazine for little people -- but beware!  It should be labeled as a book rather than a magazine.  A magazine changes from month to month.  Books don't.  I got this for my first grandson a couple of years ago, and he has now "graduated" to the next level of Highlights magazines.  So I got a subscription for my second grandson, only to find that the magazines he is receiving are an exact duplicate of the ones sent to grandson #1.  (And because they're such nice sturdy magazines, grandson #1's are all still collected neatly on his bookcase.) We certainly didn't need two copies of the exact same thing, so I cancelled the subscription and went with Baby Bug for grandson #2 instead.


title: Garbage information/articles

text: This magazine is absolute garbage... the PC culture throughout is ridiculous. Why does everything have to be about gender and race these days? I just want some factual information pertaining to diet, exercise, healthy living, etc. Simple, right? Apparently not. There are articles condemning the consumption of meat. Why is this still a debate? Meat = good. Again, simple. There is an article about “must have health foods for men”, and soy sauce is the first item listed. SOY SAUCE! What in the efffff?! There is another article that takes up several pages about how the “American Healthcare system is failing black people”. Why is this about race? The American Healthcare system is failing everyone, and has been! Why endorse separatism? This magazine blows and you can get your fill of all the BS diets and PC culture online for free. Save your money.


title: Excellent Styles

text: I like the styles they have in this book, long and short. However, I don't think I would renew because of the delay it takes to received the first issue. I don't understand why it takes so long (8wks) just to be put on a mailing list.


title: TV Guide keeps me in the loop.

text: I love TV guide. I can review new shows and decide what to record. I can see what movies are coming up. And I enjoy getting the inside story on my favorite show. I prefer the “hard copy.” And keep it by my side.


title: Limited shelf life, shady practices, and unresponsive customer service

text:
The magazine is nice enough in an aspirational sort of way.  I do well financially, but even for me, the endless parade of super-luxe, oligarchy-level escapes becomes relatively pointless.  One only gets so much time off - you could read the condensed guide to the top destinations and have more than enough to chew on for a few years.  Much of the rest here is fluff - glossy advertising, cutesy puff pieces & tips, etc.  Escapism, which is fine if that's your bag and you have time for it.

I really didn't like something they did (read below) and wrote them a letter, which they never even bothered addressing.  So I canceled my subscription.  Amusingly, I received a "how did we do" survey shortly after....I couldn't really say because they never even tried.

Below is the letter:

"Hello,

I'm a subscriber to your magazine, and was surprised to receive the "100 Greatest Trips" hardcover book in the mail today.  I didn't know what the package was, so I opened it and wondered why I had received it - was it a promotion?  An interesting offer?  What?

Then I opened the attached envelope and saw that I now owed close to $40 (with S&H and tax) for a book I never requested.  Sure, there's a "no-risk, return it if you don't like it" notice in the letter.  But your sales department hasn't thought it through from the customer's standpoint.  I have an extremely busy job and life; I thus do not want to be on the hook for things I haven't even been asked about beforehand.  Now I have an extra thing on my massive To Do List: go down to the post office, stand in line, buy new packaging on my dime because your box is torn open now, and pay $8 or $10 for the return shipping!  That's about 12 dollars total and more importantly, about 30 minutes of my time.

Not only is this kind of aggressive push marketing presumptuous & ill advised (much as the letter describes it as a nuisance-free experience), but nowhere on the package is a return shipping label provided.  Since I didn't ask for this, it's the least you could do.  And if I do nothing or take my time, I'm sure you'll be sending increasingly strident bills about what I "owe" now.

I suppose I'll have to swap the time & money I invest in this in exchange with not renewing my subscription.  And please never send me any books with strings attached again.

Put yourselves in the customer's shoes - if you received, say, a $100 toaster oven on your front porch from a company that now says you owe them that money for something you never asked for, and have to return at your inconvenience and expense - how would you feel?

Your letter says, "pay only for what you keep!" which sounds great on paper, but what do I do with the book without being inconvenienced or having to pay for a box & shipping?

Might I suggest that you promote your book via e-mail, send fliers asking customers if they would like to purchase it, or even offer it as some kind of incentive under special circumstances.  I subscribe to several other publications, and the only other times I've received a 'surprise' book from them was because it was some kind of free incentive.  It makes me very angry to think that your sales department thought, "Oh, since they already have it, most will  just keep it because it's fait accompli in their hands and we've made the return a hassle, so we've just made a sale!".

The irony is that I might have bought the book later on if the sale had been handled differently.  But not like this, and not now.

It's no way to treat your paying customers."

EDIT:  Long after I returned that first book and called, asking them to never send me anything I hadn't explicitly ordered again....they sent me another book.  And another.  And another.  Each time, I kept writing, "Return to sender".  I couldn't make them stop.  Then it seems one of the books didn't arrive back, and they were trying to charge me...insane.


title: Fluff, but fun.

text: It's Marie Claire. Mindless reading for the poolside or beach. Sometimes there are very interesting articles, but mostly about clothes and makeup.


title: SHE LOVED

text: GIFT FOR DAUGHTER.  SHE LOVED IT


title: cancelled

text:
bought it as a gift 4 a friend
then they decided they did
no want it
b--okc


title: Didn't miss an issue!

text: Great price....picked up right where my old subscription finished!


title: yes

text: great magazine, don't confuse it with the Playstaton version, totally different animals, but I think you will like this magazine, I sure did.


title: The classic

text: If you are a gamer, you need this magazine like a fish needs water.  Essential reference guide.  There also is an online version, yo!


title: Best magazine in the world

text: I love Wired magazine!  Tech junkies like me gobble this stuff up.  We are truly living in an amazing time and Wired does a good job of continuing to write stories that are about amazing things.


title: A shadow of its former self

text:
This is a model example of a long-standing and widely read magazine turning into a waste of ink and paper.

Honestly, I think it is now run by a high school club of some sort.  There are SO MANY basic science and factual mistakes that I gave up on trying to flag them in order to write to the publisher.  It is more annoying than informative.  Not sure they even employ a fact checker or editor.

Pains me to see it and say it.  But less people read paper and ink so there is less advertising money, which in turn equals less funds for quality writers, editors, and staff.  Seems like whatever company that took over this magazine is just milking the household good name of the magazine to make some cash before it completely dies.  I will no longer contribute to this rip off.


title: One of the last good magazines

text:
As magazines continue to go extinct and/or have less and less good quality content, WIRED stands out as on of the remaining high quality magazines.  They seem to find excellent journalists who investigate or report on some interesting topics.  Definitely tech oriented but my wife who is not in tech, enjoys reading it also.

Only concern is that occasionally they have an author who is way too heavy on left leaning issues.  So much that it gets in the way of good journalism.  It is the rare journalist who can report without editorializing and for the most part that is what they have.  I hope they don't go down the slippery slope of lax journalism by undisciplined writers.  But for now, it is high quality.


title: The best building magazine

text:
Taunton Press, the publisher of this magazine, has always produced top notch publications.  This magazine in my opinion is the best on the market for its particular niche.  I hope they can stay in the print business for a long time to come since many magazines are being forced to go electronic only.  I receive magazines in both formats but far prefer a printed copy.  There is just something to having it in your hands and being able to tab a page and/or write notes for later use.

This magazine does talk to a level of reader that would have some construction, carpentry, home building experience.  A complete novice might not get the most out of it but if you are mechanically inclined and want to learn more about this subject it is helpful and they do enough teaching that you would enjoy it.


title: Five Stars

text: Perfect!


title: but still a great magazine.

text: Quality has declined with new editor, but still a great magazine.


title: kids love to read scientific magazines

text: kids love to read scientific magazines, even Businessweek, many times over! Muse on the other hand, for some reason, they've never been excited about.


title: Too much advertising but the workouts will kick your butt!

text: If you want a good workout, this magazine is for you. The diet advice is questionable but the workouts are challenging!


title: better than expected

text: The first few pages are nothing but ads.  But there are several good articles.  I would reorder this magazine.


title: Just Isn't  Carrying The"Vibe" Like It Used To (Rating: 7 out of 10- -3.5 stars)

text:
I started reading the Vibe magazine back in late '02/ early '03 (which ever issue that had Snoop Dogg's [[ASIN:B000075A20 Paid Tha Cost to Be Da Boss]] as their featured review and gave it a 3.5). Since then Vibe magazine has been one of the three magazines that I consult before I buy an album (the other two were The Source and the XXL). Vibe magazine is good when you want to know whats on your favorite artist's mind for the most part. What I seem to notice is that they interview the same artists over and over again and never have any substance to show for it.

What really pains me is their review section. Just about a year ago, they stopped giving out ratings on albums (at one point they are records and then became, what I call, "V-Stamps"...sort of like Mics from The Source). Why, I don't know. (It made my day when I saw someone get a 2.5 on their album). Also I've gotten under the impression that they use reviews from other magazines and put them in theirs (did anyone else find it odd that Lil Kim received 5 V-stamps on "The Naked Truth"?) Since they stopped giving out ratings, they crammed in more reviews into their magazine, most only a paragraph long, and never really go into detail.

Vibe still gives information that I'm looking for, but not as much as I would like it to. I read this magazine every once in a while (especially looking foward to the "20 Questions" part at the end), but not as much as I used to. But if you're looking to read about whats going on in the Rap and R&B, this magazine would be a good starting point, especially for someone who is a fan of a lot of overrated artists (I seem to notice that they have expanded widely into pop culture). I wouldn't recommend you subscribe to this magazine unless you're in your teens and a fan of a lot of popular artists.  Peace.


title: nice clean interesting magazine

text: This magazine contains everything that is relevant to a 50-ish American raised woman like me.  Ideas on organizing, meals, losing weight, looking pretty, and dealing with family and friends.  I like it because it's not overrun with pictures of 70-pound models and articles about sex.  I like it because it has a Bible verse on the first page of the table of contents.  I like it because it isn't about politics or religion (despite the bible verse).  I like it because it makes me feel GOOD after I read it.  It makes me smile.


title: Good mag if you have an OLD house and LOTS of money

text: Beautiful photography, very upscale ideas and furnishings.  Current styles represented.  However, most of the homes are ENORMOUS and very very old, this mag is NOT for the average Joe homeowner.  I was disappointed in how "snobbish" it is. I am by no means saying it's not a good publication, but for a very limited target demo, evidently.


title: Geek Lit

text: SPIN is the type of magazine that tries too hard to be hip -- which, of course, is the exact antithesis of hip.  Because of this geeky obsession to remain on the "cutting edge" (the editors obviously have no clue that they're about as close to the "edge" as FAMILY CIRCLE), the magazine doesn't age well -- track down some back issues and try not to laugh.  On the other hand, if you're one of those intellectually stunted individuals who think tribal tats and Staind is as good as it gets, by all means send in that subscription card and join the ranks of the Supercool....


title: Five Stars

text: Very pleased.


title: Really?

text: Retains the flavor of old time hunting with a delivery time of 3 to 4 months for first issue.


title: To Many Adds

text: There are way to many advertisements in this magazine and not much of anything else was pretty disappointed I enjoy the Pioneer Woman cooking show and was hoping to like this also.


title: The Family Handyman magazine - Projects galore

text: I have been subscribed to The Family Handyman magazine for a few years and have always thoroughly enjoyed each issue that is sent to me.  My co-workers also enjoy reading this magazine because I bring my copy to work.  Luckily, none of my co-workers keep my magazines because I always go back and re-read previous issues because they always have some nice information for some small project.  Too bad I do not own my place as I am renting.  Otherwise, I would have a lot of tools that I may or may not need along with multiple projects that I would be trying out from this magazine.


title: I have been getting for years. Love it.

text: Great price for great magazine. Have made many projects from wood. Always pleased with quality of articles. Really can't go wrong here.


title: Horrible customer service

text:
I was a loyal National Geographic Society member—for 58 years. My granddad gave me a subscription when I was 9 years old, and I was still subscribing two years ago, at age 67. At that point, I became disappointed in the subject matter I saw on the NatGeo television channel, and in the articles in the monthly magazine, so I ceased supporting them when my 2014 subscription ran out. But I liked the idea of showing my 8-year old nephew the world of National Geographic in the children's publication, NG Kids, so I decided to send him a subscription.

I tried ordering his gift subscription on Dec 28. Went straight to the NatGeoKids webpage, to avoid potential problems. What's better than going straight to the source, right? Wrong! The web page froze on me as I was sending my completed gift order. There's a link at the site that says something like "...to check on your gift subscriptions, click here." I did. The form that popped up needed an account number. I didn't have one since I hadn't rec'd anything—including a confirmation— from the magazine, and the form wouldn't accept the "Send" command without one. So I immediately called the 800 number listed. After a 30-minute hold, the marginally English-speaking operator explained that she couldn't tell me anything until 24 hours after the order was placed. So I hung up, and the next evening, 30 hours later, called again. After a 15-minute wait, I got a recorded message "…our offices are now closed." A second day's wait, and I made my third phone call, I finally got a very nice operator, Bonnie, who spoke clear English. She checked the records, found nothing under either my name, my address or the gift child's name or address, so assured me that the order must not have gone through. She kindly offered to place the order for me, but by that point, I had had such problems getting through to customer service that I decided I didn't want anything more to do with National Geographic.

I then ordered with a different kids' mag, and didn't worry any more about the Nat Geo fiasco.

One week later, an email came from NG Kids, announcing that my gift subscription had successfully been filed, and that the lucky recipient would be receiving his first issue soon. So I started on my second round of phone calls and useless emails. Again, 30-minute holds, and emails that may or may not have gone through (there was never any indication, one way or the other). On my second phone try, I talked to "Christian" who spoke with a very heavy Indian accent. He was very nice, and told me he had found the subscription, which he would cancel, and that I should be receiving my PayPal refund within 7-10 days.

About 4 days later, I got an email from PayPal, notifying me that I would be receiving a partial refund of $12. No explanation of why it was only a partial refund. I thought about fighting for the rest of the amount, but was so tired of the whole situation that I decided to just let it go and think of it as a $3. lesson in "why not to deal with National Geographic - EVER AGAIN!".

Bottom line: think carefully before dealing with the National Geographic mega-enterprise. If you do decide to order any of their publications, don't do it from their web pages. Either buy your subscription from someone like Amazon or another online magazine subscription service, or use the good old US Post Office.


title: Give PM a chance again!

text: A great American magazine rises again like the Pheonix. Less ads, more cool contraptions and junk. Great for kids!


title: Great for the little ones!

text: Had it sent to a five year old for Christmas. Easy and enjoyable


title: Dropping my subscription... magazine is becoming the ...

text: Dropping my subscription...magazine is becoming the journal of Liberal Internationals if that's what you want. I want facts....lots of them and no innuendo. Picking up the New Yorker this last year has helped stop the slide of journalistic information to lower levels. Time is a joke. Pearson-----how about a new NEWS magazine?


title: Five Stars

text: Just love Dr. OZ


title: easy to read

text: It was a nice present to my dad who is in a retirement center.  He enjoys reading the articles that are simple enough for him to retain the content.  The magazine is an historical publication.


title: Great magazine.

text: I love this magazine and look forward to receiving it! Now, I wish I had a Leica camera.


title: great mag.

text: Even came earlier than expected, great mag.


title: Five Stars

text: kids liked it


title: Coupon heaven!

text: I just received my first issue, and it has tons of coupons in it!! This is just what I needed!!


title: Hmmm...

text: This magazine is sent through the mail in a envelope and is only like 4 inches long and 2 inches wide. Has around 20 pages with poems, stories, and pictures inside. I don't think I would buy it again. You can view the magazine online for free.


title: Great for techies and non-techies

text: I bought this magazine for my husband who is a network administrator and he reads cover to cover. I have no tech background and I enjoy looking at some of the articles as well.


title: Good cat magazine

text: It is a little expensive, but this is the best cat magazine out there. I would give six stars if i could.


title: not like the old TV Guide

text: Got this for my mother and after only a couple of issues they sent her a renewal notice


title: Important magazine

text: Good magazine, nice pricing, it’s got a good history.


title: Magazine is good to review

text: Good for ideas for mechanics magazine comes on time