Comments on: Switching consumers to digital books is hard enough — get ready for magazines http://gigaom.com/2012/10/15/switching-consumers-to-digital-books-is-hard-enough-get-ready-for-magazines/ Thu, 23 May 2013 09:49:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: ayindesimona http://gigaom.com/2012/10/15/switching-consumers-to-digital-books-is-hard-enough-get-ready-for-magazines/#comment-1085981 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 11:21:38 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=573146#comment-1085981 Exactly.Digital magazines are very useful in every manner.Theses magazines are portable and they can easily handled.They don’t need much care and theses magazine don’t need too much space.So what is the point.Popularity of ipad magazines are one of the best exam of success of Digital magazines.

]]> By: tablazines http://gigaom.com/2012/10/15/switching-consumers-to-digital-books-is-hard-enough-get-ready-for-magazines/#comment-1084148 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 19:53:59 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=573146#comment-1084148 I disagree that content should migrate to blogs. I think that when done correctly tablet magazines provide an excellent experience.

Not all magazines are created equal and I think the worse offenders are those who choose to simply produce replica editions as opposed to learning the ins and out of tablets and producing issues that reflect this knowledge and take advantage of the platform.

I’m not talking strictly interactive material but it’s the little things like making the fonts larger for a tablet publication that go a long way to a pleasurable reading experience.

]]> By: Sean McKenna http://gigaom.com/2012/10/15/switching-consumers-to-digital-books-is-hard-enough-get-ready-for-magazines/#comment-1083914 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 18:36:24 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=573146#comment-1083914 Simon,

Out of curiosity…what are the horrible usability issues you have encountered and on what Apps. I would like to see where my competitors are failing.

]]> By: Corey Tate / Spacelab Magazine http://gigaom.com/2012/10/15/switching-consumers-to-digital-books-is-hard-enough-get-ready-for-magazines/#comment-1082540 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 09:49:10 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=573146#comment-1082540 I agree with Simon on the apps, but disagree with the article. Magazines can be way better on the web, because print can’t provide audio, video, user comments, social media, real-time interaction, real-time ad delivery based on user preferences …,

]]> By: Simon http://gigaom.com/2012/10/15/switching-consumers-to-digital-books-is-hard-enough-get-ready-for-magazines/#comment-1081608 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 20:40:26 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=573146#comment-1081608 I’m not sure magazines have a digital future. Printed magazines are multiple short form content distributed as a bundle because it’s too expensive to ship each part individually. This is similar to when we started buying music tracks individually instead of full albums. The content should just migrate to digital individually as blogs, Kindle Singles or whatever. The ‘magazine’ apps / Newstand stuff that I’ve tried on the iPad have horrible usability issues compared to a simple web page.

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