Besides a nifty digital cover, is there anything even in the book worth reading? I'll pick up a copy of the magazine if it talks about technology it self beyond the simple scope of adding the ability to do childish trinkets of giving the magazine a flashing cover.
Other wise I'll just hunt down a few issues and start selling them on Ebay in a few months. It can't be that hard at all to replace the batteries in the books without too much noticeable damage going on.