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Originally Posted by wallcraft
From Kindle Publishing for Periodicals I never understood the reason for limiting periodicals to physical devices. Now the FAQ says (Kindle apps are K4PC, K4Android etcetera):
This program starts on December 1st. |
B&N, with its usual confusion compared to Amazon, says periodicals can be read on any device. However, when I did a test subscription to the New Yorker and tried to download it to one of B&N's PC readers, I got a friendly error message telling me it could not be downloaded to this device. It downloads automatically to the Nook, and I can sideload it to the PC reader, but no direct download to the latter.
Then I looked closely at their small stock of magazines, and they all have different parameters. Some say Nook only, some any B&N Reader, hardware or software, but no iPad or Android, etc. Some of this must have to do with the mag publishers trying to keep control over their content. In print, they love "pass along" readership, because it allows them to up the ad rate, but I notice that the New Yorker on the Nook (and I would think on the Kindle or any similar reading device) has no ads, so maybe that has something to do with the restrictions.
Or maybe things are just shaking out and no one knows precisely what to do or how to do it in respect to magazines. but if Amazon is offering 70% to publishers on magazines, so will everyone else, and publishers will start jumping in. The emagazine sellers who have their act together and offer a magazine on the most devices with the least fuss (Amazon most likely) will win the game, but anyone who wants a substantial piece of the action had better do the same.