With all of the changes in the last several years regarding how consumers read, there are several critics who argue that so much of the reading experience is lost when reading on a digital device. ShopAdvisor, the shopping app that lets consumers keep a running tally of products they see in digital magazines for iPad, almost a personal wish list of sorts, has introduced a new … [Read more...] about ShopAdvisor Likens Print Magazines to Digital for Product Discovery
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Adobe DPS Optimized for the Upcoming Kindle Fire
GoodeReader spoke with several of Adobe’s professionals on exactly what the Digital Publishing Suite does for both magazine publishers and consumers of digital tablet editions of popular titles. The new Kindle Fire 7 inch was just released and soon the 8 inch version will be available later next month. Lynly Schambers-Lenox, Group Product Marketing Manager, Digital Publishing … [Read more...] about Adobe DPS Optimized for the Upcoming Kindle Fire
Publishers Breaking Down Print, Digital Barriers
Random House Canada, a division of the major print publisher, has launched an online magazine and an ebook platform that is blurring the lines between the expected roles of the publisher and the current popularity of digital publishing. Named after a 19th century essayist, the online magazine, Hazlitt, will feature new content and short form reading. The ebook platform, Hazlitt … [Read more...] about Publishers Breaking Down Print, Digital Barriers
ShopAdvisor, Zinio Partner for Interactive Purchasing
One of the chief complaints that critics of digital reading have is that nothing much has changed about the way we read, despite the advancements in the technology behind it. While their remarks pertain typically to the educational sector, the point is valid. Whether it’s on paper or on a screen, reading really hasn’t changed much. But with the advent of digital publishing … [Read more...] about ShopAdvisor, Zinio Partner for Interactive Purchasing
Adobe’s Digital Publishing Suite Developing Publisher Content for Smartphones
GoodeReader recently spoke with representatives from Adobe about the features of the industry popular Digital Publishing Suite, specifically as it relates to giving publishers control over digital editions of magazines, optimized for both the growing tablet market and the emerging smartphone reading market. Lynly Schambers-Lenox, Adobe’s Group Publishing Marketing Manager for … [Read more...] about Adobe’s Digital Publishing Suite Developing Publisher Content for Smartphones
Digital Newsstand Zinio Offers Customers Bundles, Incentive Pricing
With the rise in popularity of digital magazines, consumers have still missed out on the perks that go along with print subscriptions. Aside from the ability to bundle their subscriptions, digital subscribers can now take advantage of some of the offers like subscription gifting, renewal incentive pricing, and discounts on other titles for being a subscriber of a similar … [Read more...] about Digital Newsstand Zinio Offers Customers Bundles, Incentive Pricing
Time Magazine to Finally Allow Subscriptions on Apple Newsstand
Time, Inc., the nation’s largest magazine publisher, has until now refused to allow digital subscriptions of its titles through the Apple store, opting instead to require subscribers to purchase per-issue or allowing print subscribers to access digital content via a code on their mailing labels. Today, however, Apple and Time, Inc. came to an agreement in which digital … [Read more...] about Time Magazine to Finally Allow Subscriptions on Apple Newsstand
Libraries Receive New Digital Periodical Platform
Digital magazine newsstand platform Zinio and leading audiobook provider Recorded Bookshave joined to offer a digital magazine lending service to public libraries. The format, which allows readers to not only read on PCs and Macs as well as portable devices through Zinio dedicated apps but also supports multiple-user simultaneous checkouts, lets lending libraries select a … [Read more...] about Libraries Receive New Digital Periodical Platform
Publishers to Release Figures on Digital Magazines
Highly specific information on sales figures involving digital publishing has always been kept very quiet, with most retailers only releasing very general hints about how their numbers appear to be faring. Everything from the precise units of devices sold to the exact number of ebooks purchased has been closely guarded. Now, Hearst publishers will be following the lead of … [Read more...] about Publishers to Release Figures on Digital Magazines
Time, Inc. Brings All of its Titles to Tablet
Sports Illustrated Golf Group announced Friday that its newest digital publication would be Golf Magazine, according to a press release issued by publisher owner Time, Inc. Time announced earlier this year that all twenty-one of its magazine titles would be available in digital format by the end of this year, making it the only magazine publisher to attempt such a lofty … [Read more...] about Time, Inc. Brings All of its Titles to Tablet