Comments on: Apple Now Allows Magazine Subscriptions on the iPad

By: roy

roy — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 17:10:25 +0000

I would like to inform you that there is an app on the i phone which is called MagZstand which was launched in september. Please take a look at it. It has about 500 magazines on it which is a yearly subscription, with capability of renewals and gifts also.

By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:20:45 +0000

There is a better app for this that just came out. It’s called Zinio and it looks and reads better than I expected. After my print subscriptions expire I will be subscribing to the digital subscriptions for 2 reasons. 1. cost is MUCH cheaper. 2. I can take them anywhere and more conveniently than before. Just waiting for a couple more that I read on a monthly basis to get on board.

By: iPad Blog

iPad Blog — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 06:40:58 +0000

Well this was bound to happen. Magazine apps are one of the most showcased items on iPad. Apple needs to understand that they can’t get money out of everything but if its any consolation, people will be buying the for their iPad. Should feel good about that.

By: Kevin Ballard

Kevin Ballard — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 23:31:13 +0000

Divigation is absolutely correct. Apple didn’t change a thing. The publishers wanted to bypass Apple’s In-App Purchasing system, and Apple refused to let them do that. All that’s happened now is the publishers have relented and started allowing existing subscribers to get the iPad version for free.

By: Michael Turro

Michael Turro — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:56:04 +0000

“Apple’s reluctance is understandable. In allowing existing magazine subscribers to essentially bypass its own in-app purchasing system, it gives up a considerable share of revenue.”

This makes little sense – I can’t imagine that people who already have the magazine sitting on their lap in printed form would be buying the iPad version in any significant numbers. It’s essentially the same content.

By: Michael Turro

Michael Turro — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:37:45 +0000

The misunderstanding and misinformation on this issue is astounding. As Divigation says – Apple has not changed a thing here. The People app does nothing that could not have been done on day one.

By: Divigation

Divigation — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:21:12 +0000

Apple didn’t change any policy, they never disallowed subscriptions. They disallowed paying for things in apps through methods other than the iTunes store and they still do. Publishers made a stink because they didn’t want to cut Apple in on subscriptions and didn’t want to kick out to pay for things in safari, like all current systems such as WSJ from day one of the iPad, do.

Brilliant reporting. Glad to know that TAB has become just another one of those blogs, at least it looks like just another site as well.