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Sports Illustrated to launch cross platform digital subscription plan

February 11th, 2011 · 1 Comment · press release

Time Inc just announced a new subscription plan for Sports Illustrated. $48 a year will get you full access to the iconic sports magazine on the web, Android, and WebOS. (Did you notice that iOS is missing?) The new platform will offer the “iconic print magazine” on all devices, starting with Android tablets and smartphones [...]

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Where Are All the iOS Magazine Subscription Apps?

June 28th, 2010 · No Comments · opinion

Sports Illustrated is the latest big-name magazine publisher to offer an iPad edition.  It’s a nice looking product, btw.  The app itself is free and it includes a sample of what’s to come.  It joins the likes of Time, Wired and Newsweek…but they all currently have the same limitation: You can only buy individual issues, [...]

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Who Will Offer the First Book Subscription Service? No one.

June 14th, 2010 · No Comments · opinion

I cam across this interesting post on INDEX // mb: Who Will Be The First to Offer ‘All You Can Eat’ Book Subscription Service? Amazon? Tor? Probably a company that doesn’t exist today. Reading this article on The Spotify music service made me think of another option. Edgar Bronfman Jr. is quoted as saying “Free [...]

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Liquavista is courting telecoms

May 19th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news, liquavista

+Plastic Electronics interviewed Guy Demuynck, CEO of Liquavista. Details are sparse, but they’re still interesting. Here are a couple excerpts: Guy Demuynck, CEO of Liquavista, explains: ‘We are in discussions with people from this area – telecoms and mobile providers. They are thinking about subscription models. ‘E-readers are offered as part of a package and [...]

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ebrary Launches New Subscription System for Schools and Libraries

March 25th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news

From the press release: ebrary®, a leading provider of digital content products and technologies, today announced a new School Collection featuring more than 6,600 e-books and other authoritative titles from leading publishers. Created by a librarian, the new subscription collection provides simultaneous, multi-user access to content designed specifically for young adults in high schools, vocational [...]

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