Ask Slashdot: Does Europe Have Better Magazines Than the US?

An anonymous reader writes "Now that all the large chain book stores have disappeared from the landscape, I visited my local independent book store. In the basement I found a dazzling array of amazing magazines from the UK and Germany. Not only were the magazines impressive, they included CDs and DVDs of material. Nearly every subject was there: Knitting, Photography, Music, Linux, and Fitness. I snapped up a magazine called 'Computer Music,' which had a whole issue dedicated to making house music, including a disc of extra content. I subscribe to U.S. magazines like Wired, 2600, & Make, but their quality seems to ebb and flow from issue to issue and I don't ever recall a bonus disc. Are the UK magazines really better? If yes, why and which of them do you subscribe to? The other interesting thing about them is they weren't filled with tons of those annoying subscription cards. What is the best way to subscribe?"

Comments

I don't read dead tree magazines.

[mrmeval]

I read everything I need online. The only dead tree items I buy are hardcover books or special edition ebooks and printed comic compilations. I buy both direct from the author if at all possible to support them.

I mostly despise magazines and have for a very long time the last I recall reading was Nuts and Volts http://www.nutsvolts.com/ and Shotgun news http://www.shotgunnews.com/

Online is more timely and up to date, there's more content and I can participate.