Next Issue

Magazines have not been part of my content consumption effort for many years. Before the internet I used to subscribe to multiple computer magazines to keep up with tech trends. Internet content was sufficient to provide the info I needed and was less expensive.

A new service has caused me to reconsider my magazine decision. Next Issue is an app allowing “all you can eat” access to magazine content for $10 a month. Unlike the Amazon unlimited access book plan, the magazine options cover most of the magazines I am interested in reading. The opportunity to add multiple devices allows my wife and I to share an account.

One warning. The service is dependent on the formatting options allowed by the magazine. Some allow rotation of the page view or alteration of the text size and some do not. The pages look very attractive, but I have trouble with the small size font for some of my choices. The Kindle experience of altering text size to suit personal taste should not be expected. For example, I like the appearance of the content from the free MacWorld web site, but I have trouble reading the articles from the app. The free trial period is a good idea. I would recommend checking out the magazines you value and not being satisfied just knowing they are available.

So, this is not actual size, but you can see what I mean by an attractive page layout. The problem is that the pages from several of the magazines I want to read do not adjust themselves well to an expanded view and I need an expanded view to easily read the text.