Linn's To Return To Printed Issues

as reported today on Wayne Youngblood's 'Substack.'


"More News and Views from Wayne

Linn's Stamp News is Returning to Print!
"Print has always been about more than ink on paper. It's about connection." -- Jay Bigalke, CEO and president of Scottstamp LLC"

That was incomplete information. Print only or print and e-versions?

Well, let me be the first to say I'm all for that.

I've (somewhat reluctantly) been subscribing to the cheaper online edition of "Linn's" but not enjoying it anywhere near as much as I enjoyed reading the paper edition. Humans seem wired to prefer reading paper, not digitized material -- or at least I am. Reading online operates my brain differently because of the screen nonsense compared to actual pages. So I'd be happy to keep subscribing to a paper edition. Heck, if they brought back "Stamps" magazine or "MeKeel's," or almost any of the other old-style stamp publications, I'd subscribe to them, too. I suppose my main reason for being in the APS is to get its monthly journal. And to support stamp collecting.

As for the cost, my cable TV subscription that provides me 95% garbage we still seem to need even at $150 a month. That's a ridiculous $1800 a year. So why should I complain about a fraction of that for a stamp publication in which I read nearly every article?