WP Candy is clearly going the "old school" route.

I live in NYC and have friends working in the book and magazine industry and as most of you already know, physical media is dead or close to it. Electronic media is where it's at.

Personally, I have not purchased a book or magazine since I bought my first Kindle in 2009. (I have since picked up an iPad, which I also love.) I like the idea of consuming media and not having to worry about discarding it afterwards. I don't miss lugging old magazines and books out to the Dumpster.

I also travel by subway and bus and it is so much easier to read on a Kindle or iPad than to tote around books and magazines. I don't think I'll ever purchase another paper-based book, magazine or newspaper again.

Getting back to WPCandy, I like the idea of a WP magazine for developers. I might be willing to buy an e-version, but I don't want to start filling my home with physical media so I have no plans to subscribe.

I am with Jeff. It is going to be interesting to see how successful WP Candy is with this project. I have noticed that Sitepoint continues to sell physical books along with e-books so there apparently is a demand from people who like to read from paper.

With that said, I like WP Candy's website and hope the publishing venture is a success.