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Archive for October, 2010
It’s about time! Newsweek has just updated its iPad app to introduce subscriptions, which means that we’re finally seeing some interesting pricing on iPad magazines. Newsweek was already offering cheaper prices than the competition at $3 per issue (the Time Inc. weeklies are all $5 an issue), but with the two new available subscription options [...]
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This article was posted on October 30, 2010 under the category News, and covers the following topics: Conde Nast, iPad, Magazines, Newsweek, Subscriptions, Technology, Time, Time Inc.
This is something I posted over at SNOW Magazine a couple of weeks back, and forgot to mention here, even though I think it’s important to note in the context of all the digital publishing talk I cover here. It’s a new piece of software called ComiPo, a “manga sequencer,” and the idea is that [...]
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This article was posted on October 26, 2010 under the category Uncategorized, and covers the following topics: Comics, ComiPo, Manga, Manga Sequencer, Patrick Macias, Technology
So we’ve known for a while that Adobe would be releasing the tools they created for use in the Wired and New Yorker iPad apps, and now we finally have a few more details on what to expect. First thing, it’s going to be pricey. There are going to be two editions, Professional and Enterprise, [...]
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This article was posted on October 26, 2010 under the category News, and covers the following topics: Adobe, Digital Publishing Suite, Magazines, New Yorker, Technology, Wired
The November 2010 issue of Wired is out on iPad, and once you get past the giant breasts on the cover, the first think you notice — or that you may not have noticed unless you accessed the app — is that new issues are now just added in-app, and you can set notifications to [...]
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This article was posted on October 26, 2010 under the category Uncategorized, and covers the following topics: iPad, Magazines, Technology, Wired
A funny thing about my love this year for New York Magazine. I’ve seen some terrific covers thanks to blogs like NAS CAPAS and Fuck Yeah, Magazines, I’ve read some great profiles that were hosted on its website (which I then read through Instapaper), and I’ve even seen the occasional interior spread. One thing I [...]
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This article was posted on October 25, 2010 under the category Uncategorized, and covers the following topics: Fuck Yeah, Magazines, NAS CAPAS, New York Magazine
After my post the other day about the new NYT app, someone suggested I check out the one for The Times of London, since there’s a 30-day free trial — The Times app has been a very well known early proponent of not offering its content in app form (or web form) for free. The [...]
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This article was posted on October 20, 2010 under the category Reviews, and covers the following topics: App, iPad, New York Times, Newspaper, NYT, Technology, The Times, The Times of London
I may have had some complaints about the new NYT app for iPad, but one thing I do love is the new photo section, which apes the video section of the previous app. It’s similar to what you get on the excellent Guardian Eyewitness app, but here you get a ton of new great photos [...]
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This article was posted on October 20, 2010 under the category Uncategorized, and covers the following topics: A.O. Scott, App, Guardian Eyewitness, iPad, New York Times, Technology
The sort of big news today in the digital publishing world — although not entirely surprising — is that Wired creative director Scott Dadich has left the magazine to focus entirely on his other gig, that of leading parent company Condé Nast’s digital publishing development. But the most interesting thing to come out of the [...]
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This article was posted on October 18, 2010 under the category Uncategorized, and covers the following topics: Circulation, Conde Nast, iPad, Magazines, Scott Dadich, Technology, Wired
As I’ve written before, one my most-used apps on my iPad is the New York Times’ Editor’s Choice, despite its flaws. One of the biggest annoyances has been that it would include articles that were nothing more than slideshows (like “The Week in Culture Pictures”), but without the photos — how did something like this [...]
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This article was posted on October 17, 2010 under the category Reviews, and covers the following topics: App, New York Times, NYTimes, NYTimes for iPad, Technology
Wired isn’t the only magazine that needs to be more careful about text that refers to images in a dual mode reading environment. I rather like Entertainment Weekly‘s The Must List app for iPad, and check out their 10 picks every week — I like how you can watch trailers and sample tracks from within [...]
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This article was posted on October 15, 2010 under the category Uncategorized, and covers the following topics: Entertainment Weekly, iPad, Magazines, Technology, Wired