We love magazines. This admission comes as no surprise to anyone who knows us well. We actually managed to crack a brick wall in an old apartment – we had a shelf above our couch to keep our magazines out from under foot. From time to time, we’d throw out the old, add new.
Well, lo and behold, one day, we looked up – and there was a foot long crack, spidering out from the shelf. The weight of our magazines had cracked the brick, the drywall, and the plaster on our walls. We promptly took them down, spackled it up and moved. We did not move the magazines with us.
We rarely throw out back issues – who knows when you might need to reference something? And some magazines cost so much that you may as well throw a $10 bill down the drain (British Vogue, we’re looking at you here). We’ve tried to cut down on how many we get a month, subscriptions have lapsed, but we still get giddy when we get new ones.
A family member told us today about maghound.com; telling us, ‘It’s like Netflix for magazines’. We checked it out immediately, and then became confused. Do we have to return them at the end of the month? How can we possibly have all these magazines for $5 a month? It seems too good to be true. We called family member back, and as soon as she stopped laughing at us, she assured they magazines are yours to keep! Amazing! Or, we’re just really dumb. Either way.
Here’s the deal. For a set price a month, you get a set number of magazines a month. For $5, you get 3 titles, for $7 you get 5, and so on. You’re not locked into a year subscription – so you can hop from title to title as you wish. And, you get to keep them. For your basic fashion titles, this doesn’t make sense – you can get Marie Claire for $8 a year. But for more expensive titles, like Real Simple, Martha Stewart Living, Dwell, etc – it ends up being a pretty decent deal.
We’re starting with Popular Photography, Real Simple, Saveur, NY Magazine and Outside – we’ll report back after we get our first issue(s). It’s amazing!
If anyone else decides to give it a shot, let us know what you get! We love to know what others are reading!
-LB
