They’re reporting that they saw 175% more revenue in November through January than they did in the previous 12 months combined. That’s over 10 times as much revenue when expanded to cover a year. Of course, we don’t know what it was before, so the wow factor is dependent on that older number. This shouldn’t [...]
Entries Tagged as 'magazines'
LibreDigital distributed more magazines in the last 3 months than they did the 12 months before
March 17th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Nomad Editions to launch weekly digital magazines
January 27th, 2011 · 9 Comments · ebookstore news
A new digital only publisher came across my radar this week. Nomad Editions announced yesterday that their first 3 weekly magazines are now available for download. You can subscribe for 12 issues for $6, and right now they’re offering a trial subscription (no credit card info required). I’m playing around with one of the magazines [...]
B&N boast 650 thousand digital magazines sold in the past 2 months
January 24th, 2011 · 3 Comments · press release
From the press release: Barnes & Noble is experiencing robust NOOKnewsstand (www.NOOKnewsstand.com) sales since it brought touch and full, rich color to a wide array of digital magazines and leading newspapers when it began shipping NOOKcolor, the first full-color touch Reader’s Tablet. The company announced digital periodical sales are exceeding expectations with more than 650,000 [...]
Original Kobo e-reader now supports newspapers, magazines
December 14th, 2010 · 2 Comments · ebookstore news
From the Kobo Blog: Today, we are pleased to announce – after much wait, that Newspapers and Magazines are now available for original Kobo eReader owners. You can now get the most popular newspapers and magazines downloaded on your Kobo eReader.
Amazon extend 70% split to newspapers, magazines
November 8th, 2010 · No Comments · press release
From the press release: Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced that magazine and newspaper publishers will soon be eligible to earn a larger share of revenue from each title they sell in the Kindle Store (www.amazon.com/kindlestore). For each magazine or newspaper sold, publishers will be able to earn 70 percent of the retail price, net [...]
How Will We Read Magazines (in 2020)?
October 26th, 2010 · No Comments · surveys & polls
App maker Exact Editions are running a survey. They want people to predict how magazines will be read 10 years from now. If this is an issue on which you have views, go and cast your vote. Remember we are not asking how magazines will be read next year, or in 2012, but in 2020! [...]
iPad Magazines
August 30th, 2010 · Comments Off · opinion
After much disappointment with Amazon, and their inability to offer a comprehensive magazine portfolio on the Kindle, I had high hopes for the iPad. And while the iPad is still fairly new, the magazine experience up to now has been pretty disappointing.
Why iPad apps won’t help magazines
May 14th, 2010 · No Comments · opinion
The writing that goes into a Slate article is often very good, and when it’s not good it’s fantastic. This article is the later. Here is an excerpt from the article: With the ascendance of the iPad, aka “The Jesus Tablet,” Apple’s Lateran tendencies have grown ever more baroque. The arrival of the new device [...]
An Open Letter to Magazines (From the Internet)
May 10th, 2010 · No Comments · humor
For about the last month, the magazine industry has been running a cooperative ad campaign that promotes the value of paper magazines over that of the internet. (I think I mentioned this during the O’Reilly TOC coverage.) Awesome.com has posted a rebuttal to one of the ads, and their response is nothing less than awesome. [...]
Print It: E-reader Owners Love Magazines
April 15th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
From Media Post: This week brought more confirmation that magazine publishers stand to benefit from the surge of interest in e-readers, including the new Apple iPad. On Wednesday Mediamark Research & Intelligence revealed the results of a study showing that e-reader owners are big fans of magazines, in addition to being a desirable demographic. According [...]
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