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We print six issues per year in January, March, May, July, September, and November. All of them are chock-full of content covering everything from technical articles to how-to’s and thought-provoking features.

In addition to six issues per year of the magazine, print subscribers also receive our Headline News email blasts, plus access to the SAM Digital Archives on saminfo.com. The archives are home to articles from as recently as a year ago to some dating back to 1962. SAM also works with partners to offer promotional discounts and items to subscribers occassionally.

You are right, the digital archives pre-2005 are brand-new and we’re working to get all of our content online. In the meantime, if you are a subscriber and there is an article you are looking for just email karolyn@saminfo.com to get a PDF version.

We release the current issue online over a period of about 5 weeks from the first of the month it was published in. You’ll get an email as soon as new articles hit the website! Subscribers get access to the full issue first when it lands in your mailbox though, so it pays to subscribe.

To a small extent, yes. We’ve tried to set it up so that it’s similar to sharing a print magazine. Print subscribers receive complimentary access to the digital archives through their own personal login. We use cookies, so that once you login to view one article, you are logged in for that session. However, if the cookie is placed on too many devices or is used on multiple devices at the same time, your account can get locked out. We limit sharing in this way because we can’t afford to give away our work—we depend on subscriber support to produce quality content. If you find the content valuable enough to share with others, perhaps they should have their own subscription. It’s pretty inexpensive, after all, and we’re always offering new subscriber deals to make the decision an easy one.

With our new website, you can save articles to read later and listen to articles via audio recording, and of course, renew your subscription, update your address, etc.

If you’ve tried logging in and your credentials aren’t working, please contact Karolyn Towle at karolyn@saminfo.com.

Every SAM subscription is print and digital.

Why? SAM has always believed that some journalism deserves more than a scroll.

Our print magazine is where we bring together the stories, ideas, photography, voices, and industry perspective that matter most into a thoughtfully edited issue. It is designed to be read differently—to slow down with, return to, pass around the office, and keep on the shelf.

But the way you use information has changed. Sometimes you need an article now. You want to search for it, share it with a colleague, listen to it on the road, or pull it up when a question comes up months later.

That’s why every SAM subscription includes both.

Print is the experience. Digital is the access.

Your subscription supports the journalism, editing, photography, reporting, and industry expertise behind both—and gives you the freedom to read SAM however the moment calls for it.