Magazines: Subscribers receive a hefty discount over the newsstand price, but you'll save even more by signing up for your favorite magazines online.

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Del Toro was a good draftsman, but he knew that he would never be a master. (His favorite was Richard Corben, whose drawings, in magazines such as Heavy Metal, helped define underground comics: big fangs, bigger breasts.) So del Toro turned to film.

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With live tiles, NOOK for Windows 8 customers can easily get right back to their last read title, be alerted to the arrival of new issues of their magazines and newspapers, or even pin a favorite book or magazine to the Windows 8 Start screen.

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Publishers applauded the Kindle Fire Newsstand, where readers can find and buy favorite titles, and hope Amazon's marketing prowess will help them sell more magazines.

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