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Readers of First Things now have new ways to access online articles.

As always, print subscribers get free access to the latest issue, as well as twenty years worth of articles, reviews, poetry, and more from our archive of previous issues. (Has your subscription lapsed? Renew today and get ten issues for $39.)

Starting this week you can also subscribe to the online-only edition for just $15 a year. You won’t receive the print edition, but all the online archives and articles, including those from the current issue, will be available for you. Need just an article or two? Get a one-day online pass to all the archives for $2.50 or a 7-day pass for just $7.

To get your online access, simply fill out this form with your subscription information. (Note: Because of changes in our system, your old username and password may no longer work. Our customer service page can help you find your subscriber number.)

First Things is committed to improving the way we deliver our magazine’s content to you, both in print and online. Please continue to let us know what you think about our changes and how we can improve your online experience with First Things. Send your suggestions and recommendations to our web editor, Joe Carter, at jcarter@firstthings.com.

Comments:

5.2.2010 | 3:14am
wolskerj says:
I am extremely disappointed by this new policy. Free online access to back issues and articles was what first prompted me to subscribe many years ago. I reflected on how much I was reading and learning from this magazine's website and felt I could justify the cost of a subscription. New readers (and potential subscribers) will now have to guess at the magazine's content.

This new policy also breaks the links on many, many web pages that refer to articles published in First Things. This reduces this magazine's usefulness as a source of reference to others and diminishes FT's internet presence. This is troubling, given the importance of the ideas and issues discussed in First Things.

A sad day indeed.
5.2.2010 | 6:24pm
I agree with the commenter above. This is an act of greed, and not in the spirit of what First Things stands for.
5.2.2010 | 10:06pm
Tony says:
It seems to me the new policy makes perfect sense. Many other publications, secular or parochial, have been doing this for years. I was wondering when FIRST THINGS would get up to speed. Contrary to the complaints of previous commentators, I don't see how this new policy can possibly be greedy. For the price of $15, vs. the printed price of $40, the subscribers retain identical benefits other than not having the privileged printed copy at their perusal. Hardly a troubling proposition.
Regards from Canada.
Tony
5.3.2010 | 10:46am
Gordon says:
Bravo! Thanks for recognizing that most of your readers are up to their waist in books and paper. I only subscribed to the print version because paying for what you use is the right thing to do. But the hard copies are a waste and bother.

I sympathize with those who can't afford the subscription, since I couldn't at first. But I suspect that FT would be amenable to offering free access to a truly hard case. And if you aren't a "hard case," just cheap, you've just been given the opportunity to do right thing at less than half the price. So rejoice.
5.3.2010 | 3:48pm
Sean says:
This is seriously, seriously lame.
5.10.2010 | 6:47pm
James says:
I'll pay the $15, the free website, prior to 1 May got me hooked. I'd suggest that offer some of your articles for free, so that prospective subscribers get hooked and desire to pay to see the rest of your offerings.
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