This document compares subscription prices for various magazines from different subscription services for the 2009-2010 school year. It lists over 100 magazine titles and the prices charged by 10 different subscription agencies. Prices range from $5.95 to $166 for individual magazines, with SSA and WT Cox offering the lowest overall prices totaling around $1850 and $3133 respectively while Magazine City and TCM had higher overall totals near $1636 and $2540.

1. Periodical Price Comparison
2009-10 School Year
SSA WT Cox EBSCO Aradco Magazine. Magazineline Magazine City TCM Magazines4Edu Discount
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Subscription
Title
Service
American Cheerleader $15.00 $14.95 $14.95 $5.95 $14.95 $14.95 $23.94 $14.95 $14.95
American History $25.00 $21.95 $25.00 $24.95
Astronomy $39.95 $42.95 $29.95 $42.95 $29.95 $39.95 $42.95 $37.95
Back Home in Kentucky $21.00
Better Homes and Gardens $14.97 $22.00 $12.00 $12.50 $14.97 $15.00 $14.97 $14.97 $14.97
Black Enterprise $22.00 $22.00 $5.95 $17.50 $17.95 $22.00 $17.95 $14.95
BMX Plus $19.98 $19.99 $19.38 $19.99 $19.99 $19.99 $19.98
Brides $11.97 $20.00 $13.50 $11.97 $11.97 $11.97 $11.97 $11.97 $11.97
Business Week $39.97 $60.00 $46.00 $39.95 $9.97 $49.99 $60.00 $40.00
Car & Driver $10.97 $22.00 $11.00 $5.95 $9.97 $11.97 $11.97 $10.97 $10.97
Coach and Athletic Director $23.95 $12.00
Consumer Reports $26.00 $26.00 $29.00 $22.50 $29.00 $29.00 $26.00
Cooking With Latinos
Cycle World $10.97 $22.00 $10.95 $9.97 $12.97 $12.97 $10.97 $10.97
Dance Spirit $16.95 $17.70 $5.95 $16.95 $16.95 $16.95 $16.95 $16.95
Discover $24.95 $29.95 $19.95 $15.95 $24.95 $19.95 $19.95
Drum $19.95 $18.00 $29.95
E: The Environmental Magazine $20.00 $29.95 $24.95 $19.95 $29.95 $20.00
Ebony $12.95 $17.00 $18.97 $13.95 $16.97 $19.00 $42.00 $18.97 $12.95
Elle $14.00 $28.00 $14.00 $5.95 $14.00 $14.00 $14.00 $14.00 $14.00
Elle (Spanish) $254.00 $356.27
Entertainment Weekly HS) $34.95 $59.95 $24.95 $19.95 $19.95 $59.50 $34.95
Entrepreneur $19.97 $19.97 $17.97 $11.97 $11.97 $11.97 $11.97 $19.97 $14.97
ESPN Deportes $24.00 $29.97 $18.00
ESPN Magazine $13.00 $19.95 $14.97 $15.00 $14.97 $29.97 $13.00
Fantasy Sports $9.97 $10.00 $9.97 $9.97 $9.97 $9.97
Field and Stream $10.00 $11.97 $11.97 $11.90 $10.00 $10.00 $10.00 $11.99 $11.97 $10.00
Fitness $14.97 $19.98 $13.97 $5.95 $10.00 $14.00 $14.97 $13.97 $13.97 $11.97
Four Wheel and Off Road $12.00 $18.00 $5.95 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $11.97 $12.00
Four Wheeler $10.00 $19.97 $11.95 $10.00 $10.00 $10.00 $10.00 $10.00
Golf Digest $14.97 $27.94 $15.97 $13.95 $14.97 $17.77 $14.97 $15.97 $14.97
Good Housekeeping $12.00 $21.97 $12.00 $12.95 $7.97 $12.00 $12.00 $21.97 $12.00
Guitar Player $15.00 $19.95 $24.95 $24.95 $24.95

2. Periodical Price Comparison
2009-10 School Year
Health $15.97 $16.00 $9.00 $14.00 $15.97 $15.97 $15.97
Hispanic $18.00 $18.00 $13.90 $15.00 $15.00 $18.00 $15.00 $15.00
Hispanic World
Hot Rod $14.00 $18.00 $9.95 $14.00 $14.00 $14.00 $14.00 $14.00
Hunting $10.00 $19.94 $13.95 $10.97 $10.00 $10.00
j-14 $14.97 $14.97 $12.00 $14.97 $16.95 $14.97 $16.95 $14.97
Jet $28.00 $26.00 $29.97 $5.95 $22.00 $30.00 $26.00 $29.97 $26.00
l'express $154.26 $162.25
Ladies Home Journal $12.00 $16.97 $12.00 $11.95 $12.00 $12.00 $16.97 $12.00 $12.00
Latina $14.97 $11.70 $5.95 $11.97 $11.97 $11.97 $19.97 $9.97
Library Media Connection $69.00 $69.00 $69.00
Mad Magazine $29.99 $24.00 $14.00 $14.99 $23.00 $24.00 $16.00 $16.00 $24.00
Men's Fitness $14.97 $21.97 $21.97 $14.97 $9.97 $21.97 $21.97 $21.97 $14.97
Modern Bride $11.97 $20.00 $13.50 $10.95 $11.97 $11.97 $11.97 $11.97 $11.97 $11.97
Motor Trend $10.00 $18.00 $10.00 $10.95 $10.00 $10.00 $10.00 $10.00 $10.00
Muscle & Fitness $24.97 $34.97 $39.97 $29.95 $9.97 $39.97 $39.97 $39.97 $29.97
National Geographic $34.00 $34.00 $34.00 $34.00 $34.00 $34.00 $34.00 $34.00
National Geographic en Espanol $29.00 $34.00 $21.95 $24.00 $29.00 $24.00 $29.00
Natural History $15.00 $30.00 $25.00 $30.00 $30.00 $30.00 $15.00
Newsweek $40.00 $42.00 $25.00 $40.00 $40.00 $40.00 $40.00
O $28.00 $28.00 $28.00 $23.95 $18.00 $28.00 $28.00 $28.00 $24.00
Parents $9.97 $15.98 $42.00 $5.95 $9.97 $10.00 $9.97 $9.97 $9.97
People $116.07 $116.07 $52.47 $56.94 $39.96 $116.07 $116.07
People en Espanol $14.97 $19.97 $11.00 $19.97 $11.00 $19.97 $14.97
Play $17.95
Popular Mechanics $24.00 $21.97 $24.00 $23.95 $10.00 $24.00 $24.00 $24.00 $24.00
Popular Science $16.00 $19.97 $12.95 $12.00 $12.00 $19.95 $14.95 $15.97 $15.94
PSM: Playstation $20.00 $5.95 $18.00
Reader's Digest $13.96 $29.98 $24.98 $10.90 $14.98 $24.98 $24.98 $24.98 $13.96
Ride BMX $19.99 $18.97 $18.97 $19.97 $15.00
Road & Track $10.97 $22.00 $11.00 $5.95 $11.97 $11.97 $11.97 $10.97 $10.97
Rolling Stone $14.95 $25.94 $14.95 $13.95 $14.95 $14.97 $14.95 $14.95
Scholastic Art $34.95 $34.95 $34.95
Scholastic Choices $19.95 $19.95 $19.95
School Librarians Workshop $48.00 $50.00
School Library Journal $129.99 $129.99 $136.00 $130.14 $149.00 $141.99 $129.99

3. Periodical Price Comparison
2009-10 School Year
Science Illustrated $19.97 $24.00 $9.97 $19.95 $39.00 $19.95 $19.97
Science News $54.50 $54.50 $54.00 $49.95 $49.95 $54.50 $54.50 $49.95
Scientific American $34.97 $44.00 $24.97 $33.00 $24.97 $24.97 $24.97 $24.97 $34.97
Self $12.00 $17.97 $12.00 $12.00 $15.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00
Seventeen $12.00 $19.95 $12.00 $10.95 $7.97 $12.00 $12.00 $19.95
Shojo Beat $34.99
Shonen Jump $24.95 $32.05 $29.95 $29.95 $34.95
Shutterbug $20.00 $22.95 $18.95 $17.95 $22.95
Skateboarder $17.97 $14.97 $14.97 $14.97 $14.97
Sky and Telescope $42.95 $42.95 $37.95 $49.95 $42.95
Smithsonian $16.00 $34.00 $19.00 $27.95 $19.00 $12.00 $32.00 $32.00 $16.00
Sound & Vision $14.50 $29.00 $14.50 $12.95 $9.97 $12.00 $12.00 $14.50 $10.00
Southern Living $28.00 $19.95 $19.95 $28.00 $18.00 $28.00
Sporting News $20.00 $39.00 $11.95 $19.97 $20.00 $20.00 $20.00 $20.00
Sports Illustrated (56 issues) $39.95 $88.95 $39.00 $39.95 $39.00 $88.95 $39.95
Successful Farming $15.00 $15.95 $15.95 $15.95
Super Street $22.97 $14.97 $14.97 $14.97 $14.97
Super Street Bike $18.00 $18.00 $18.00 $18.00
Taste of Home $17.98 $17.98 $13.00 $12.95 $17.98 $17.98 $17.98 $17.98 $17.98
Teen Ink
Tech Directions $30.00 $30.00
Teen Vogue $10.00 $15.00 $12.00 $10.00 $10.00 $12.00 $10.00
Tennis $12.00 $15.00 $11.95 $15.00 $15.00 $15.00 $15.00 $12.00
Time (56 issues) $29.95 $76.13 $29.95 $29.95 $19.95 $76.13 $29.95
Track and Field $43.95 $43.50 $38.95
Transworld Skateboarding $17.97 $19.97 $14.97 $17.97 $14.95 $19.97
Truck Trend $10.00 $15.00 $10.00 $10.00 $10.00 $10.00 $10.00
USA Today (260 issues) $166.00 $175.00 $190.00 $190.00 $190.00
Wired $12.00 $24.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $10.00 $12.00
Women's Health $15.97 $15.97 $15.97 $11.95 $9.97 $14.97 $18.00 $15.97 $22.00
Workbench $12.95 $15.94
Writer's Digest $19.96 $14.95 $19.96 $19.96 $35.94 $19.97
1850.7 3132.97 985.99 1557.75 1580.79 $1636.33 2540.04 1765.43