newsstand

The baffling stall of tablet magazine evolution Members Public

Interesting piece from a couple of months ago, on the faltering pace of change in tablet magazines [http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2014/09/why-your-tablet-magazine-isnt-getting-any-better/] . It makes a good case for what’s gone wrong – and an even more compelling one for some missed opportunities: > A successful tablet magazine

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
apple

The digimag bloat problem Members Public

While I’m quoting Tweets: > The people have spoken. And they have said: stop delivering bloated-for-no-reason payloads to my iPad each month. pic.twitter.com/O0E3BZA24F [http://t.co/O0E3BZA24F]— MG Siegler (@parislemon) September 14, 2014 [https://twitter.com/parislemon/status/511273684502605824] Hard to disagree. And people have been

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
digital editions

iPad Magazines: a predictable publisher road-crash Members Public

[http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/assets_c/2014/04/newsstand-again-3682.html] David Jacobs of 29th Street Publishing [http://www.29.io] talking about magazine apps: > What we have learned is that the replica will never be successful. Consumers have soundly rejected them: digital subscriptions make up only 3% of

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
iPad

Are the old B2B publishers leaving the digital edition market wide open? Members Public

[http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/assets_c/2014/01/ios7-newsstand-screenie-3443.html] When this morning’s TheMediaBriefing B2B e-mail [http://briefing-media.msgfocus.com/q/1mfce7ntidXCHtCpQJC3/wv] (written by one of my ex-students, Henry Taylor…) hit my in-box, I learnt of this article by DB Hebbard [http://www.talkingnewmedia.com/2014/01/

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
B2B

Tablets: there's no easy answer for publishers Members Public

[https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2013/12/newsstand-7.jpg] This piece tallies with what I’m hearing about magazine apps on tablets [http://gigaom.com/2013/12/15/the-tablet-magazine-ship-is-sinking-fast/] right now: > Publishers must break free of the Newsstand and InDesign/PDF trap and invest in

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
apps

Do digital editions enhance print? Members Public

[https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2013/07/image.jpg] Don Brown on tablet magazine editions [http://donbrownsblog.wordpress.com/2013/07/22/will-digital-save-print/]: > Where publishers are seeing interesting stats is with ‘bundled’ subscriptions. What seems to be happening is that the digital version deepens these

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
bundling

Is it worth publishing to Google Magazines yet? Members Public

Jasper Jackson [http://www.themediabriefing.com/article/google-magazines-is-it-a-credible-competitor-to-newsstand] : > But is Google’s content store anywhere near being a credible competitor to Apple’s Newsstand, which has had a year headstart and can tap into Apple’s customer base of more than 400 million? Spoiler: The answer’s “no”. It’

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Android

Push button Newsstand publishing? Members Public

Is Newsstand publishing about to become as easy as blogging [http://www.niemanlab.org/2012/12/29th-street-publishing-wants-to-make-selling-magazines-for-ipads-as-easy-as-blogging/] ? > Publishing to a Newsstand app looks a lot like publishing a blog post, a matter of filling in fields — but instead of hitting “Publish” and winding up at a URL, you pop

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
iPad