I was very happy to receive the Complete New Yorker as a gift when it came out. But now I'm miffed. The complete DVD set is going for an absolute steal of forty dollars, while the replacement first DVD, updating for the last year or two depending on when you bought the set, is twenty. Half as much for one DVD, and I guess the software, as for eight DVDs and the package and printed book. It seems natural that many users will want access to recent articles if they remember one they read but can't find, or threw out, the physical copy they had. This is like the razors and razor blades business model, and it's got me feeling like a sucker. Heck, I'd be better off buying the whole set again and giving the outdated version to someone I don't like very much.


