Apple announced the terms of their new digital magazine subscription model yesterday in an agreement with app developer and digital publisher Texterity, which they posted on their web site last night. It clears up a number of concerns to the publishing industry, and finally clears the hurdle for existing subscribers of print content not having to pay again for a digital version of the same magazine.
From the Texterity Web Post:
Publishers can sell print subscriptions, and offer “digital companion” access through an app as long as there is no additional fee for those subscribers. It’s a way to offer another incentive for print subs to stay loyal and engaged. Read the rest of this entry »
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ebrary®, a leading provider of digital content products and technologies, today announced that its flagship subscription e-book database, Academic Complete™, now exceeds 50,000 titles from the world’s leading publishers.
A case in point to my last post, educational digital libraries are getting ready for the way in which tablet devices will be utilized in schools and universities, keeping in mind the recent announcement by Notre Dame, where students will be issued iPad tablets for the next semester.
T ablets that serve multiple purposes are going to see tremendous growth according to UK analyst firm Informa Telecoms and Media, as consumers choose them over dedicated e-readers such as Amazon’s Kindle. Tablet sales are projected to hit 50 million by 2014, a whopping increase of over 1200 percent over the 3.65 million to be sold this year
It stands to reason that just about every content publisher small or large needs to get ready to take advantage of this revolution about to unfold: The opportunity to differentiate oneslef from the competition has never been more clear: Re-purposing, optimization and redesign of existing content for an mobile enabled, interactive, gesture based and immersive experience is wat will elevate existing websites, e-books and legacy formats such as CDs, DVDs, PDFs to their next level. Personally I predict this will become as ubiquitous and urgent a business activity as building a web presence was in the early 90′s.
Can Apps “Save” Content Publishers? Apps have helped bring shuttered magazines like Gourmet back from the dead, and take publications like Wired to the peak of popularity. But can apps “save” all digital publishers from dwindling online CPMs? Are they the magic bullet for getting readers (and advertisers) to pay for content?
Leading publishers and facilitators like Kargo, who have helped publishers like Wenner and Consumer Reports land in the winner’s circle at the SAMMY Awards, shed light on how they’ve monetized their content with both paid apps and appvertising.
42diggsdigg After a week of painful teasing, Samsung has come clean about its Galaxy Tab 7-inch Android tablet. We got the nitty gritty specs, along with some quality time with the device, and we like what we’re seeing on both fronts. Follow along after the break as we break it all down, including some hot hot video of the thing in action!
Apple announced the terms of their new digital magazine subscription model yesterday in an agreement with app developer and digital publisher Texterity, which they posted on their web site last night. It clears up a number of concerns to the publishing industry, and finally clears the hurdle for existing subscribers of print content not having to pay again for a digital version of the same magazine.
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T ablets that serve multiple purposes are going to see tremendous growth according to UK analyst firm 
