Apple Opens Door to Free iPad Content for Print Magazine Subscribers

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Sweet! Even easier access to last months news!

Seriously, who the hell reads magazines or the news paper anymore. Its old news ... no pun intended.

 

[transmaster]

I imagine a lot of iPad owners would want a digital subscription only.

Yes indeed, but one thing at a time There are a number of magazines that I would subscribe to once again if they where available on the iPad. I once subscribed to over 20 magazines but the monthly load of paper just got to be too much. It would be nice to have a format such as the National Geographic iPad edition instead of just photographs the iPad NatGeo edition "photos" are clickable and open up to videos. A virtual "The Quibbler" newspaper if you will from the Harry Potter world.

 

[Master Chief]

Enough.

I dont want an app for every magazine. I want one app for all magazines, or at the very least...one app for each publisher.

I mean, there's a bookstore with a wide variety of books, yet magazines are going down a different path...why?

I agree. If the publishers can't deliver it in Safari, then Apple should force them to use one general application. Tops.

 

[Apple Corps]

I imagine a lot of iPad owners would want a digital subscription only.

+1 a hundred times over. Paper is so energy and pollution intensive. Plant the trees / fertilize them / spray them / cut them down / haul them to a pulp mill / produce pulp / ship to a paper mill / produce paper and ship to printer / take toxic ink and print / ship to distribution / use gas and diesel to purchase or deliver / throw out or recycle (ha ha).

 

[spob15]

Has anybody actually gotten this to work? My wife is a people subscriber so I wanted to try it out...

I cant seem to get a magazine downloaded.

Then I saw this

http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/m...agazine-in-digital-rights-fight-hol/19600002/

Looks like photogs want a piece of the pie so launch is delayed

 

[spillproof]

How is a child abductor going to craft a ransom note if there are no more magazines or newspapers - cookbooks?

I'm beginning to think that by the time my subscription to Rolling Stones expires in 2058, there will be no more paper magazines or newspapers. I'll be able to read the magazine on the lens of my sunglasses sitting in "The Atrium" of the spacecraft for my vacation at The Ritz on Mars.

 

[transmaster]

Manna from Heaven for Scientific Journals

What I hope happens is the many peer reviewed scientific Journals start to use the iPad, and other up coming tablet platforms to publish their periodicals on. There are many hundreds of such publications that have very small circulations several hundred to perhaps a few thousand. In many cases the postage costs more then it did to publish them. Being able to push these really fascinating publications out as a app' would be manna from heaven for these small concerns. Most of these journals are largely unknown out side of their specialty, They are edited by perhaps one person too whom peer reviewed articles are submitted. They are hard to find, even when searched for online. but as I have said absolutely fascinating to read. What might you learn? There are a small number of publications devoted to Paleoclimatology if you have been keeping up with them you would have know all along how much bovine scatology man caused climate change is.

 

[transmaster]

I'll be able to read the magazine on the lens of my sunglasses sitting in "The Atrium" of the spacecraft for my vacation at The Ritz on Mars.

Which will give a whole new meaning to the lyrics;

"I wear my sunglasses at night
So I can, so I can
Watch you weave
Then breathe your story lines
And I wear my sunglasses at night
So I can, so I can
Keep track of the visions in my eyes"

 

[spydr]

I would like to have my three current subscriptions on the iPad and eventually on iPad only, and go paperless. I will read more of the magazines that way. There are so many issues I don't even get to open

Science
Harper's
New Yorker

I will which one is progressive enough to adapt to the changing times.

 

[markdj]

Can't get just a digital subscription

I'm on a campaign to reduce the number of magazines lying about my house and that have be thrown away in the recycling bin. But this model won't work for me since you have to get both a print and a digital subscription. Why would I want both? The paper that comes in the mail is relentless and accumulating. With digital only, I no longer have to handle and dispose of the paper version.

 

[Master Chief]

Has anybody actually gotten this to work? My wife is a people subscriber so I wanted to try it out...

I cant seem to get a magazine downloaded.

Then I saw this

http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/m...agazine-in-digital-rights-fight-hol/19600002/

Looks like photogs want a piece of the pie so launch is delayed

To me as former photographer, this is fabulous news. Publishers must pay for the photos, and they better stop claiming things without even having any rights to it. Just sue the crap out of them!

 

[netnothing]

Has anybody actually gotten this to work? My wife is a people subscriber so I wanted to try it out...

I cant seem to get a magazine downloaded.

Then I saw this

http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/m...agazine-in-digital-rights-fight-hol/19600002/

Looks like photogs want a piece of the pie so launch is delayed

Nope...works fine right now. You have to login on the web to your People magazine account. Once in there, there is a button to activate the iPad access. That will send you a username/temp password that you use in the app itself. The app will then have you reset your password.

Worked great for my wife's subscription yesterday.....very impressed with the app.

-Kevin

 

[netnothing]

I'm on a campaign to reduce the number of magazines lying about my house and that have be thrown away in the recycling bin. But this model won't work for me since you have to get both a print and a digital subscription. Why would I want both? The paper that comes in the mail is relentless and accumulating. With digital only, I no longer have to handle and dispose of the paper version.

It's a first step. Trust me, at some point these mags would LOVE to stop having to print and send you a magazine. Sooner or later, you'll see the option to stop the print version, I'm sure.

-Kevin

 

[budselectjr]

Notice it says add it on for free with your "current" subscription. They will eventually raise the prices for the subscription if you want the digital version included in your print subscription.

 

[Loonytik]

.....very impressed with the app.

-Kevin

Have you compared the digital and print versions to see how close they are in content? I realize the digital version has extra media but does it also include a page by page copy of the print version?

To answer how Apple would benefit....I don't own an Ipad right now because I don't see it's use for me personally. I do however subscribe to several magazines and if those publications became available on the Ipad I would buy it.

 

[Robertus]

By 2012, the waiting area is going to be a really boring place to sit around and nary a print magazine in sight.

 

[Loonytik]

To me as former photographer, this is fabulous news. Publishers must pay for the photos, and they better stop claiming things without even having any rights to it. Just sue the crap out of them!

Haven't they already paid for the rights to the photos when they put them in print? In my opinion, yes, they have. The article states that the photographers will pull their photos from People magazine. So, if the photographers pull them who do they plan to sell them to? I understand the publishing house that owns people is first into the ipad app game but sooner or later most all major publishers will follow. No publisher is going to pay twice for the same photo.

I guess you could spread them out on your floor at home and tell all your friends to come over and gaze.....maybe they will pay you a few bucks to look at them.

 

[netnothing]

Have you compared the digital and print versions to see how close they are in content? I realize the digital version has extra media but does it also include a page by page copy of the print version?

To answer how Apple would benefit....I don't own an Ipad right now because I don't see it's use for me personally. I do however subscribe to several magazines and if those publications became available on the Ipad I would buy it.

I haven't yet. My wife has the subscription...I don't care what the hell Brad and Jen are up to

She had the issue at work, so I haven't been able to compare.

The videos are really great. Even something as simple as reading a review for a movie, and having the movie trailer right there ready to play. Or music, a simple click to hear the sample from iTunes. The fact that you never have to left the app, make it's really interesting.

None of this is earth-shattering....hell, I'd expect this by now from magazines in 2010. Additional content, videos, interactivity, this is all stuff that people would pay for. I know I would.

People always think that the digital version are going to be cheaper or they should be cheaper. If it's simply a flat pdf of the print version, yes it should be cheaper. However, if they take the time to add new content, interactive content.....all that takes resources. I can see myself paying for it (as long as it good...and not just fluff).

-Kevin

 

[PerfSeeker]

Awesome, I really was worried Carry would not get the dream weeding she has always wanted.

So, does this mean that Apple caved like a poorly made coal mine? Can't really tell from the writeup.

Why would Apple have to cave on anything? They are Kings of the World. Emperor Jobs calls the shots.

By 2012, the waiting area is going to be a really boring place to sit around and nary a print magazine in sight.

Which can't come soon enough. I hate all those Cosmo/US magazines lying around. Every medical office is going to have WiFi in 5 years. Everyone - bring your iPads.

 

[Master Chief]

Haven't they already paid for the rights to the photos when they put them in print? In my opinion, yes, they have.

That depends on the agreement, but most are made for print only. Not for other forms of digital reproductions. That's a different kind of beast.

The article states that the photographers will pull their photos from People magazine. So, if the photographers pull them who do they plan to sell them to?

You've got that backwards; What will the publishers print when there isn't anything left to print?

I understand the publishing house that owns people is first into the ipad app game but sooner or later most all major publishers will follow. No publisher is going to pay twice for the same photo.

Let's not forget that the same publishers also had issues with Apple's way of dealing with stuff. I mean it took months before it was even possible. And now this. Ill prepared maybe?

And while I personally never had any issues with my publishers, mostly due to making smart deals, I do know from other people that it can be a pain to protect your work.

I guess you could spread them out on your floor at home and tell all your friends to come over and gaze.....maybe they will pay you a few bucks to look at them.

That won't happen. People will pay for great work. Not to mention that most agencies do respect copyrighted material and are willing to pay for it. Also. There's so much more to make money from. Maybe not for everyone, but news agencies [for example] also need pictures.

 

[spob15]

Nope...works fine right now. You have to login on the web to your People magazine account. Once in there, there is a button to activate the iPad access. That will send you a username/temp password that you use in the app itself. The app will then have you reset your password.

Worked great for my wife's subscription yesterday.....very impressed with the app.

-Kevin

I still cant get mine to work...perhaps I have a bad install. I have set up the account and gone into it but have no option to get the magazine

 

[netnothing]

I still cant get mine to work...perhaps I have a bad install. I have set up the account and gone into it but have no option to get the magazine

Nothing comes up under Library?

My issue was the one with Sandra Bullock on the cover.

-Kevin

 

[Loonytik]

I haven't yet. My wife has the subscription...I don't care what the hell Brad and Jen are up to

She had the issue at work, so I haven't been able to compare.


-Kevin

If you don't mind, please compare them and repost. I'm just wondering if the publisher is trying to keep it as close to print as possible. It's just a selling point for me. I could care less about People magazine but I would think a lot of other publishers will follow roughly the same model.

 

[netnothing]

If you don't mind, please compare them and repost. I'm just wondering if the publisher is trying to keep it as close to print as possible. It's just a selling point for me. I could care less about People magazine but I would think a lot of other publishers will follow roughly the same model.

I will. We are waiting for the issue to arrive. Seems the one that came on the iPad is the next issue....we don't have the print copy yet.

-Kevin

 

[netnothing]

If you don't mind, please compare them and repost. I'm just wondering if the publisher is trying to keep it as close to print as possible. It's just a selling point for me. I could care less about People magazine but I would think a lot of other publishers will follow roughly the same model.

Magazine came in the mail today.

- Everything in the magazine is in the iPad version.
- Most stuff in in the same order
- Ads are different between the two. Seems like FEWER ads in the iPad version. Most ads in iPad version also interactive...which if you like the ad, is nice.

Where the iPad version shines:

Additional Content

First off.....in the iPad app, Katy Perry has a video showing you how to use the app.....very cool.

In the photos section, there are the same photos as the magazine, however some photos have a button to see BONUS photos.

Some of the articles in the iPad version have a behind the scene video about that article.

Those boxed pieces in People that have different sections and people, in the iPad version they are interactive. No new content, just instead of seeing everything at once, you can click on the celebs to reveal the image, text etc.

Another example of interactive content is they have a section on the babies pictures of those jackasses from Jersey Shore . In the magazine, you see the baby picture and then in a smaller inset, you see who it is. In the iPad app, all you see is the baby pic, you then click to reveal who it is. Kind of neat.

Movie/Music/Book reviews: Where there is a movie review on the iPad, you can click to see the trailer right there. Music, click to hear a sample or click to buy album in iTunes. Books, click to buy in iBookstore.

Recipes, additional recipes to click in the iPad version.

I need to stress, they did a great job with extra content. Everything extra opens a popup window or in app browser window.....you never leave the app....love that!

Overall, I think the folks at People did a really kickass job. Way better than just a PDF reprint.

Now I don't typically read people, so I made sure to show my wife everything. She was impressed as well. Very easy to navigate.

For other magazines like Sport Illustrated....I can see lots of additional pics and videos. Imagine reading an article about a game and reading about a key play, but them being able to click and see it.

-Kevin