I am dredging up an old topic that I did a search on, and cannot seem to find any discussions less than 3-5 years old. I think this is relevant again.
On hand are hundreds of woodworking and some other magazines, dating back probably 15-20 years. I am not sure what to do with them all, especially considering the proliferation of information on the internet. With all of the Youtube videos, blogs, discussion forums like this one, Google Images and other resources I probably haven't even seen yet, I begin to question whether it's worth hanging on to them. Except for FWW Tools and Shops special issues, and the very infrequent cover article that catches my eye, it's rare for me to re-read any of these. I would guess that an issue might have one article or tip that I may use at some point during my life, and it seems to have gotten to the point where there's nothing "new" other than tool reviews. I find myself more and more getting away from print and going to digital media for research and reading material.
So as of mid-2016 - what would you guys do? I have considered going through each and every issue and scanning pages that might be of interest to me some day, but the time required to do such a thing is enormous. Another idea I saw is to cut the bindings off each one (effectively destroying the magazine) and then using a color duplexing scanner to scan the entire magazine to PDF. I probably can't sell them for anything, and recycling seems to be the most likely candidate. I've considered craigslist or eBay but the shipping cost is usually a deterrent to the purchase, even media mail.