Comments on: Fine Woodworking Index CD

By: jenny schmitz

jenny schmitz — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 23:37:02 +0000

I have recieved eight woodworking related magazines for years. I pay the most for Fine Woodworking, and they are the only magazine that won’t give a free online index. WHat’s up with that?

By: Jerad

Jerad — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:42:11 +0000

I agree with Mike. Not to sound too snarky, but wouldn’t a simple search feature on their website be a much more reasonable solution? If they do want to sell discs, they should look at examples like Rolling Stone for comparison. I can go to Amazon now and buy 4 DVDs with full page-by-page archives of every one of their issues from 1967 to 2007 for $32. That’s a better deal.

By: Mike D

Mike D — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:19:48 +0000

Maybe it’s me, but charging $20 for a simple index, not actual articles, seems like a slap in the face to people who have been buying the magazine over the years. Most of the magazines I subscribe to that have archival quality, have a website with a free index either online or downloadable as a pdf.
And considering the index is out of date as soon as the next issue comes out makes the $20 cost even more outlandish.