One of the features of any tablet device that customers have grown used to is the ability to touch an app with a finger tip and have instant access to their content. This instantaneous ability to see all purchased content may be what has driven NextIssue Media to reformulate what consumers may be used to with digital magazine publication. Unlike per-issue purchases or … [Read more...] about NextIssue Media Catalog Grows to Over 100 Titles
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Readers Digest Files for Bankruptcy Following First Digital-Over-Print Sales Month
One of the mainstays of American magazine publishing who enjoyed an extensive international reach announced yesterday that it would be filing for protection under Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. Reader's Digest, who only in December reported its first month in which digital copies outsold print editions of the magazine, will now come out of the action 80% lighter in the debt … [Read more...] about Readers Digest Files for Bankruptcy Following First Digital-Over-Print Sales Month
Newsweek Prints Last Issue, Moves Exclusively to the Digital Realm
Newsweek has been releasing magazines for the last eighty years and is feeling the pinch of a waning circulation. The company announced in October that it will suspend printing up tangible issues and gravitate to the digital realm. Today, the publisher posted the cover art of the last ever issue and gets cheeky using the Twitter Hashtag #lastprintissue.The new digital model … [Read more...] about Newsweek Prints Last Issue, Moves Exclusively to the Digital Realm
eBooks and the Race to Publication
Of the many benefits to come from digital publishing, the reduction of seemingly unnecessary delays and hold times has been one of the most popular for authors, publishers, and readers alike. Where books on current events or notable figures would often take months to reach the market, long after the fervor had died down, ebooks are reaching consumers’ bookshelves within hours … [Read more...] about eBooks and the Race to Publication
Newsweek Will Transition Publication into a Purely Digital Format
Newsweek is going to print its last issue on December 31st and then switch to an exclusive digital format. After 80 years of traditionally printing and distributing the magazine, the company decided to gravitate towards the ebook realm. The new digital model will see a new paid subscription service called Newsweek Global. It will be available to purchase on e-readers, … [Read more...] about Newsweek Will Transition Publication into a Purely Digital Format