Barnes and Noble will stop selling new magazines

Barnes and Noble has shuttered over 500 of their 600 bookstores in…

Google has cancelled Magazine Replica Editions in PDF

Google Magazines was launched in 2012 and then incorporated into Play Newsstand…

Apple Texture Relaunch has digital newspaper companies worried

The Texture relaunch will be a premium product that will be rolled into Apple News. As part of this relaunch, Apple is looking to incorporate newspapers as well as magazines, but it sounds like some publishers aren’t sold on the all-you-can-eat approach to news. They worry that Texture may effectively steal subscribers by offering access for less than some of these publications charge for their own subscriptions. Top-tier newspapers like The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times are the primary focus for Apple, both of which provide a small selection of free content in the News app today. But getting just a small piece of Apple’s $10 subscription would be a huge drop in per-reader revenue for those daily newspapers. Apple believes that newspaper publishers would be making a substantial amount of money – potentially more money than some publications make from their existing subscriber bases. The pitch to newspaper companies is that the Apple News app is installed by default in 1.3 billion iOS devices (and is part of macOS Mojave, too). Even if just a fraction of those users subscribe to the premium Texture content, it could mean tens of millions of new subscribers or more. Just a few cents a month from each of them could generate millions in revenue for those newspapers.

Overdrive has doubled the amount of digital magazines on their platform

Overdrive unveiled a new digital magazine system in June and they launched…

Overdrive digital magazine service is now available

Overdrive announced a few months ago that they were getting back into the…

Do you prefer audiobooks, ebooks or other digital content?

Good e-Reader Intelligence recently conducted extensive research on what type of digital…

Digital Magazine Subscriptions Increase by 6% in 2015

In 2015, the average number of digital subscription sales rose 6% to…

The Japanese Print Industry is being Disrupted by Digital

The Japanese book industry has fallen 5.2 percent in 2015 and magazine…

Podcast: Top Tablets and Kobo Loyalty Program

Welcome back to the Good e-Reader Radio Show! Today you will be…

Can eBook Subscription Services Evolve?

Amazon Kindle Unlimited, Entitle, Oyster and Scribd all have e-book subscription models…

PressReader Adds 30 New Publications to Its Unlimited Reading Lineup

With more than 60 million Americans owing at least one mobile device,…

Digital Magazines Now Qualify for the Pulitzer Prize

The Pulitzer Prize for journalism has now been extended to print and…

Canadians Firmly Embrace Digital Magazines on Smartphones

Canada is forecasted to be the 5th highest ranked market in 2015…

PressReader Kiosk Adds 50+ Titles From Singapore Press Holdings Magazines

NewspaperDirect announced more than 50 titles from Singapore Press Holding Magazines will…

Interview: Symbolia Editor Erin Polgreen on Graphic Journalism for the Tablet

Symbolia is a magazine of graphic journalism designed specifically for the tablet;…

Periodical Reading on Tablets on the Rise, Kindle Fire in the Lead

comScore, a global leader in measuring statistics on digital content consumption, released…