tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post6869625888408590397..comments2024-02-13T10:20:04.888+00:00Comments on David Hepworth's blog: Magazines and the iPad - on second thoughtsDavid Hepworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973053694541321308noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-14393985167472814892010-10-19T17:47:57.844+01:002010-10-19T17:47:57.844+01:00Chris, I think this kind of thing is very interest...Chris, I think this kind of thing is very interesting. I can see the appeal of just having a words and spaces version. I find I read quite a lot of news on my iPhone using Instapaper. At some point, though, you're going to be facing the fact that you're paying your subscription to the New Statesman twice and then you might drop one. Which will it be? My colleague Fraser Lewry made a very good point which applies to all magazines or newspapers delivered by new means. If those new means prove unsatisfactory people don't blame the new means, they blame the brand.David Hepworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03541581777824775884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-68033104405483340642010-10-19T16:49:36.024+01:002010-10-19T16:49:36.024+01:00David, apologies if this is old ground, but I'...David, apologies if this is old ground, but I've just taken out a sub to the Kindle version of New Statesman. Within seconds of me hitting 'buy now', it appeared, wirelessly on my Kindle and will continue to do so until I tell them to stop. Text only, but then that's why I read it. Could The Word be made available in such a manner?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-72542392629248596592010-10-13T09:04:35.499+01:002010-10-13T09:04:35.499+01:00I do agree that people are looking at iPad magazin...I do agree that people are looking at iPad magazines because frankly they want somethign to show off their new toy.<br /><br />However with publishers looking at rising paper costs, dwindling print sales and websites that are tricky to monetise, they reall ought to be all over the iPad.<br /><br />Here's my response <br /><br />http://ashleynorris.posterous.com/are-ipad-magazines-too-expensive-and-too-nichAshleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01550069162268489679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-53639434591732952102010-10-11T14:40:16.178+01:002010-10-11T14:40:16.178+01:00Have a look at Magazero to see what is going on wi...Have a look at Magazero to see what is going on with interesting magazines. Lots of stuff there - apparently a new magazine shop called Gmbh has just opened in Glasgow.rivetshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17898205638832832151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-38477238629104707552010-10-10T21:35:58.245+01:002010-10-10T21:35:58.245+01:00Peak energy or not, there's a new metaphor wai...Peak energy or not, there's a new metaphor waiting to happen around magazines, just as there was around radio. Radio should have died at the advent of talking pictures, then television, then the internet – but actually the internet seems to have given radio a new, and perhaps unexpected, lease of life. My newish smart phone is equipped to receive radio. Something similar will happen to magazines; it's almost certainly happening now but we are too close to see it. But it won't be Zinio or Olivetree or Ceros or even Issuu.Tim Holmeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10894315371206292227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-66052438967247395782010-10-09T20:57:48.511+01:002010-10-09T20:57:48.511+01:00Ah, 'Peak Oil'. The new 'Global Climat...Ah, 'Peak Oil'. The new 'Global Climate Disruption', which was the new 'Climate Change', which was the new 'Global Warming', which was the new 'Global Cooling', which was the new 'Population Bomb', which was the new...<br /><br />I'm sure there's a pattern here somewhere...Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03345758492182779923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-62853472399552880722010-10-09T12:41:37.767+01:002010-10-09T12:41:37.767+01:00Odd. Word verification seems to work on iPad now....Odd. Word verification seems to work on iPad now.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04098899594058962797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-14218464685846583882010-10-09T12:11:44.263+01:002010-10-09T12:11:44.263+01:00Agree with Nick's peak oil comment... we'l...Agree with Nick's peak oil comment... we'll all look stupid with our pile of useless gadgets soon... in the mean time...<br /><br />...I couldn't post this from my iPad because the visual verification requires flash... ironic given my comments but...<br /><br />...I haven't bought a newspaper or a magazine since I got my iPad. I still have a running subscription to paper WiReDs though because it's cheaper... I bought their first iPad edition for a look-see. <br /><br />I love the New Yorker but won't be paying the money. I quite like Zinio but just read the freebie articles... Haven't bought anything.<br /><br />I use Pulse and Flipboard extensively as well as several RSS readers powered by Google Reader, meaning I have access to way more content than I can consume. <br /><br />I have no space left for buying mags but do miss them to a point, especially the longer form interviews and features. <br /><br />I have to say, that having been a massive buyer of CDs and vinyl and never much of a pirate, I now get most of my listening done via a premium Spotify account for a tenner a month... I trawl blogs and record shop sites for recommends and new releases and have more an enough to go at.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04098899594058962797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-62033634495084112442010-10-09T11:22:03.775+01:002010-10-09T11:22:03.775+01:00Anyone concerned that the internet will destroy th...Anyone concerned that the internet will destroy the magazine industry is looking in the wrong direction. The big problem sneaking up on us is energy depletion, which some call peak oil. Don't worry about the iPad, worry that you won't have electricity to run your printing presses...Nick Smalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03475711379297730437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-70745794625406066422010-10-09T11:16:03.256+01:002010-10-09T11:16:03.256+01:00I think the iPad is fantastic and I use it all the...I think the iPad is fantastic and I use it all the time. But I have not bought a single magazine for it. Generally they are way too expensive but also I don't buy a magazine for video content : not everything needs to be a multimedia extravaganza. I'd much rather have a paper copy : part of the pleasure of a good magazine is it's physicality. ( I just got the first issue of Privateer and it is gorgeous)rivetshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17898205638832832151noreply@blogger.com