Book post here! I worked at the NY Review of Bks for 30 years. One thing we heard over & over is that the issues pile up and no one has time to read them. Trying to develop a model that fits into modern life, makes people feel plugged in, not guilty. Looking not to compete with the old lions but offer something different.
Like the subscribers to the London Review of Books ($49 US / year), the New York Review of Books ($89 US / year), or the LA Review of Books? ($100 US / year for a quarterly, if I'm not mistaken).
There are lots of people who are serious enough about books to pay these kinds of prices, and the price they're asking is around market (though maybe a little high for digital only).
My question is this: Are they as good as these other very famous publications?