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Mag+ Take On the Possible Future of Magazines

January 2, 2023 By Arnold Zafra

Mag+ from Bonnier on Vimeo.

As the future of printed magazine is being curved into its possible digital form, we’ve seen several takes already. How many of these future gadgets have came out  anyway? Let’s see, recently there was the CrunchPad which became the JooJoo. Then there was the rumored Apple Tablet, Time Inc’s Tablet Magazine, Wired Magazine and even Sports Illustrated showed us their own digital magazine reader.

Now here, we got another take on this  – Mag+. This digital magazine was being  conceptualized and developed in cooperation with Popular Science magazine’s publisher Bonnier.

Mag+ features scrollable articles which are placed side-to-side in kind of mountain range and are delivered electronically on the device per issue. Very much like how printed magazines arrive on our hands.

Another feature of the Mag+ is its ability to flip through articles shifting focus and by tapping icons displayed on the screen. So, Mag+ is definitely a touchscreen magazine tablet.  It will treat magazine articles in appealing format, so as to elicit long-time interest from readers. Very much like how printed magazines look like, glossy and colorful.

Of course this is still a concept. But considering the increasing interest on digital ebook ereaders and magazine readers, it is most likely that the Mag+ will actually become a reality.

Actually it should. Mag+ looks pretty sleek and cool. It can even give the current crop of ebook readers a run for their money.  The only possible contender that I can see is Apple’s tablet, if in case it goes to production.

Originally posted on December 17, 2009 @ 8:47 am

Filed Under: Digital Magazines, Publishing Tagged With: crunchpad, joojoo, mag+, Tablet Magazine

Amazon Should Not Worry About Nook, But with the iPhone Instead

January 2, 2023 By Arnold Zafra

It looks like Amazon should not worry about the upcoming Barnes & Noble’s Nook ebook reader but with the iPhone instead. According to a report by analytics research company Flurry, book apps for the iPhone have overtaken previous  most downloaded category – game apps. [Read more…]

Originally posted on November 2, 2009 @ 7:09 am

Filed Under: Amazon, Apple, iPhone, Publishing Tagged With: Amazon, ereader, iphone apps

Creative Touts Zii MediaBook eReader

January 2, 2023 By Arnold Zafra

And the latest company to join the ebook reader bandwagon happens to be Creative, more popularly known of course for their media players. In a surprising announcement during the company’s annual general meeting in Singapore, Creative showed a working model of its upcoming eReader, tentatively named the Zii MediaBook.

Specs-wise, we’re looking at a touch screen display, text-to-speech function like the Kindle perhaps, SD memory card slot, Internet connectivity – in short a multimedia device that can handle videos, pictures, text and services. [Read more…]

Originally posted on November 1, 2009 @ 8:11 am

Filed Under: Digital Magazines, Gadgets, Online Media, Publishing Tagged With: Creative Zii, ebook reader, Zii MediaBook

The Economist Is Building A Wall

December 30, 2022 By David Krug

The Economist Magazine is building a paywall to limit the number of articles which readers can access online for free, the latest sign that publishers are rethinking their attitude towards free web content.

economist logo

Only articles from the past 90 days will be available to the general browser, rather than 12 months under the current system. From the 13th of October, when something over 90 days will be behind a big old pay wall and therefore will be available only to paying subscribers.

In another news, only subscribers may utilize the “This Week In Print” , which allows users to access the magazine in a digital format.

I’m assuming this is similar to what many News Corp sites will begin rolling out as well.

Source: CNET

Originally posted on October 8, 2009 @ 2:55 am

Filed Under: Publishing

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