I got rid of my paper ORG subscription and switched to digital about a year ago. I found myself still craving the magazine in my hands feeling and finally reupped last week. How do the rest of you feel? Do you have both and or which do you prefer. I do love the digital library better than saving every issue.
"HONGZ" stands for HO scale, N scale, G scale, and Z scale.
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I'm not as old as the average train guy, but I still prefer paper. I like to sit down and read a magazine and see the sharp pictures without having the computer ping about an email every few minutes. And while I hope that OGR stays around for many years, there's no guarantee that the content will continue to be available online. I sometimes refer back to Model Railroader copies from nearly 50 years ago; what are the chances of being able to do that with online content?
I have been able to purchase archives of Fine Woodworking on disk, which allowed me to let go of some of my paper. Unfortunately, I am not aware of archives of any of the train magazines being available in this manner.
I'm a digital subscriber. When I look at the publication, I tend to scan it maybe once front to back. When I was getting the paper copies, they would be read front to back to front over and again.
I prefer paper but do understand the advantages of digital, but I have subscribed to digital with other magazines and found I would rarely read them with paper I read them as soon as I got them in the mail.
I have the digital subscription. I would much rather have that compared to a bunch of magazines taking up space in my house. I do download them and save them every time a new one comes out though. I like that my books I am using for college are all e-books, less for me to carry around, just need my cellphone, tablet, or PC and I can read my chapters for school from anywhere.
Digital for me. I am overwhelmed with train magazines going back to the 30's. 21 storage crates worth. I just don't have the room!
Don't get me wrong, I love paper as it is so much easier on my eyes, but the practicality of storing magazines has not worked out for me these day.