Theme issues aren't anything new for publishers, but National Geographic is building out an entire product line and set of partnerships off of a magazine series on the future of food. The series, which saw its first piece run in the May issue, is being packaged as a microsite and iPad app along... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2014-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Oyster, an iPhone and iPad app that gives users unlimited access to its catalog of ebooks for $9.95 per month, announced that it now has more than 500,000 titles available on its service. The New York start-up launched to much acclaim last September, hailed as the Netflix of ebooks. But... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2014-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Thrillbent, the digital comics platform launched by comics writers Mark Waid and John Rogers, has been upgraded to Thrillbent 3.0, introducing a new subscription plan for $3.99 per month as well as an integrated iPad app. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Oyster's unlimited ebook service has been more of an exclusive club so far; you've had to read on an iPhone, and request an invitation just to get in. Both of those barriers are disappearing today. The company has just launched an iPad app that offers a more comfortable reading experience, with... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bloomberg has rolled out a new magazine iPad application that offers readers exclusive content, including video and interactive graphics. The Bloomberg Markets+ iPad app brings the company’s publication to Apple’s tablet. The ap ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2012-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Vogue's iPad app is to go monthly in September as part of a raft of digital developments, including a focus on mobile optimisation, at upscale magazine publisher Condé Nast. Continue reading >> [ Source: Media Week | 2012-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Financial Times is making its newest iPad offering free, with the luxury lifestyle magazine How To Spend It app available without charge for users. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
In an attempt to be everywhere readers are, Barnes & Noble is updating its NOOK for iPad app to offer digital periodicals to consumers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
News Corp.'s Daily tablet newspaper had a high-profile launch in February, but didn't start charging customers until two weeks ago. So how's it selling? "We're happy with where we are," publisher Greg Clayman told the Ad Age Digital conference today. What about that study showing a marked... Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2011-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]