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Originally Posted by HansTWN
I read the ipad apps for newspapers and magazines are extremely expensive. Any data out yet, has the ipad really turned out to be such a bonanza for publishers of books, papers, and magazines?
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Well, it got them moving. But steve jobs had already said (yesterday) that the publishers needs to go for volume instead of premium price to be succesful. (at least wired's app is sold very well, but I wonder what the next edition would result to)
Now, if only the publishers could get that through their skull. At least the first dent had been made by apple.
"7:03PM Steve: I can tell you as one of the largest sellers of content on the internet to date -- price it aggressively and go for volume. That has worked for us. I'm trying to get the press to do the same thing. They need to do it differently than they do it for print."
I know I've subscribed to some (zinio) mags I'd never have done myself if it wasn't for the killer deal (less than 1 dollar for one mag!)
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You are right about the comics, I was referring to the magazines you named. My guess is that National Geographics would look a lot better on a 13" screen.
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Meh, I have the larger paper version of NG, and when I got the same version on a smaller screen, I was more blown away:
