The New Yorker Magazine

I have been a subscriber for years. What a tremendous magazine.
But why can’t I read it on a Kindle? Nearly 50 million Kindles have been sold since 2007 – over eight years ago. Ironically, a subscriber can read the magazine on a Kindle Fire even though only 35,000 have been sold.
Why would a great magazine make itself available on a device that only 35,000 own instead of a device used by 50 million? Does it make cents to the publisher, Conde Nast?

This is for New Yorker anything online review, NOT THE PRINT MAGAZINE. I love the print magazine and have been a subscriber for decades, HOWEVER, all of their online attempts are astonishing BAD. Their website could not be any worse. Really? They have the money! They need to take all their online OFF and REDO the entire thing using a company (I’d recommend Pivotal Labs who has a NY office location) to build a website from scratch. Sadly, they probably NEVER read these reviews.

You call this «customer service»?
I would have given this five stars, because THE NEW YORKER’s editorial content has been excellent. I really enjoy reading it.
BUT — their CUSTOMER SERVICE website has been down for WEEKS, at least a month. They have been after me to renew my subscription and have repeatedly directed me to the website which says something to the effect that «the website is down.» I called Customer Service and they seemed vaguely aware that their online customer interface had been inoperable for weeks. What kind of an organization is this?

This is a great magazine to subscribe to if you’re too busy to find a better one. Your out-​of-​the-​loop friends will see the pile of useless magazines stacked up just inside your front door and think «Oh he’s so hip!» but really you’re just dishing out way too much money for minimal substance (which is practically the definition of «luxury,» right?). If you’re after hot and fresh new literature from exciting writers, try elsewhere, like Barrelhouse or Hobart (almost anyone else). If you’re looking for culture and current events, try Monocle (everything, from content right down to design and paper stock, of much higher quality). There’s nothing the New Yorker offers that you can’t find cheaper, newer and better elsewhere.

Establishment lit. Nuff said. Where are all the young and exciting writers? NYC bores nowadays

A pity the established have their bone to pick with the new and the passionate. Stories are occasionally good when not relying on gimmicks. Comics are dreadful. Worst by far is their attack on theNewerYork. Bad times and bad taste.

Pretentious. They only publish works by people already famous. It is the epitome of elitist trash. They have been bleeding money for ages but Conde Naste keeps them around for clout. They haven’t broken a story in years.
Cartoons are good. Poetry is blah. Stories are eh. Reviews are ugh. Articles are blech. PASS

Magazine = great!
Their customer service, not so much.

I have a confession to make:
I have never actually visited NYC.
I have only been there on layovers for International flights, and yet…
I have an addiction that will never change…
…(Get your mind out of the gutter)…
Every time I go to Barnes and Nobles (or any bookstore), I always open the door and head past the crowds. I rush past the Starbucks, resisting getting coffee and goodies to eat. I don’t even bother looking at the «New Releases» of books that just came out or the «Best Sellers.» I shove my way through the masses at the magazine stand. Nothing can stop me…
I reach over and I look for the New Yorker Magazine. I find a sofa, chair or even just a hidden corner on the floor to sit.
I look at the Table of Contents and I quickly rush to read the «Poems» in the poetry section of each issue.