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Originally Posted by Crowl
I don't know if you get them in the states, but certainly in the uk you often have magazines producing a normal edition and a pocket-sized version and the layouts seem fine even on the magazine that is half the size of the other.
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I haven't seen that in the US. There are different sized magazines of course, but I can't think of any magazines that have different sized versions of the same issue etc.
The problem with Zinio on iPad is I'm not willing to scroll around pages. I want it all displayed and readable on one screen.
But again that's more a limitation of screen size and why I'm holding out for an 11-12" tablet. I don't care about portability, I want something I can work with documents, magazines etc. without having to scroll around.
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I am happy to see enhanced content, but if you aren't actually interested enough in the content to consider buying the paper magazine then enhanced presentation probably isn't going to be enough to win people back.
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I can't speak for everyone, but it would help with me.
A big problem is websites have long sense surpassed magazines. For instance, I saw little reason to keep paying for Newsweek when I could get all the articles PLUS extra content, videos, audio etc. on Newsweek.com for free.
But I'd be interested in a Tablet version of the magazine that was optimized to take advantage of the tablet format as I don't really like reading articles on the internet much--at least not on a PC or Laptop. I'll deal with it vs. paying for a paper magazine that just gets chucked in the recycling bin in a day or two. But if they could get a tablet version done well I'd probably pay for it again.