I like the dashboard that breaks down my subscriptions, tells me how many issues are remaining and gives the ability to cancel or add another payment method. The main reason is cost, its actually more affordable to buy the print or digital edition on Amazon, but there is also the ability to do so much more. I subscribe to a few magazines on Amazon, such as the Economist and the New York Times Kindle Edition. Publishers who have been invited will be provided an estimate for their annual income and a contract. Readers with a Kindle Unlimited subscription can subscribe to magazines in the program. Unlike books in Kindle Unimitated, magazines will not be required to be exclusive to Amazon and instead of being paid by pages read, you are paid based on calculations around “qualified borrows” or basically, active subscribers. If you are already familiar with Kindle Unlimited from the author side, this version is a little different.

It turns out that some (not all) publishers are being offered an opportunity to offer subscriptions in Kindle Unlimited Magazines. Advertising tends to be a leading source of revenue for glossy magazines, so it’s easy to see where they could get that impression. Some people think advertising is a major source, but it actually represents a tiny fraction. If you don’t already know, genre magazines are subscription-driven, meaning that subscriptions make up the bulk of their income. Earnings from Amazon subscriptions provide a varying and sometimes significant portion of the revenue that publications require to stay in business. The imminent shutdown of magazines will be a blow to their earnings. We are winding down this program in a phased manner and will work with you throughout the wind down process to help ensure the best experience possible for our mutual customers.” Following an assessment of our magazine and newspaper subscription offerings via Newsstand, we have made the difficult decision to discontinue the individual subscription programs for both print and Kindle, which also includes Kindle single issues. “As part of our annual operating planning review process, we always look at each of our businesses and what we believe we should change.

In an email to publishers, Amazon stated. What sucks about this move, is you will no longer be able to buy print editions of magazines anymore through Amazon and everything is going to be digital. Print and digital editions for magazines and newspapers is going to be shuttered and everything is going to be gravitated to Prime Reading and Kindle Unlimited. Amazon Publishing for Periodicals is going to be closing in September 2023.

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