Comments on: Google Play Adds “Free for Print Subscribers” Option for Play Magazines

By: Magazine Professional

Magazine Professional — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:56:00 +0000

the consumer revenues associated with a subscription (shared with Google or Apple or Amazon or B&N) aren’t the number that matters. magazines are trying to increase the consumer price in the hopes of maintaining profit margins, since advertisers are unwilling to pay for readership on tablets; it turns out that absolute measurement of advertising engagement (web, mobile, social) has a strong negative impact on publisher pricing to advertisers.

By: Alankrut Patel

Alankrut Patel — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 20:49:00 +0000

Will you capture it with a “Master Ball”?

By: omgitzjose

omgitzjose — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 17:38:00 +0000

same thing with movies and tv shows why am i paying the same amount or even MORE when your saving on physical media and distribution costs? its there way of ripping people off. i never buy movies from itunes when i can buy the bluray for most of the times less money and get the DC for free.

By: omgitzjose

omgitzjose — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 17:37:00 +0000

i give them credit for finally catching up but i still cant read a mag on my nexus 7 not an apple fanboy at all but its a much more pleasant experience on my ipad. they feel made for the ipad not as a scanned after thought.

By: WAldenIV

WAldenIV — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 15:55:00 +0000

You clearly haven’t used one. I can work from home with the Surface. Touch interface with tablet/laptop hybrids (or convertibles) is the future of personal computing.

Not only that but Microsoft isn’t going anywhere; Windows will continue to dominate the OS landscape.

By: michael arazan

michael arazan — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 11:11:00 +0000

I agree, I like Scientific American, and they won’t put their mags for ereading, their physical mags are 10x cheaper than subscribing to their site which is like $35 a month, ridiculous.

I just hope these over priced mags in play aren’t price gouging like what happened to the other 2 app stores like amazon and ios

By: michael arazan

michael arazan — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 11:09:00 +0000

Every one rates mags 1 star and have been complaining about this like wired and popular series for a year now, AFT!

By: scottcarmichael

scottcarmichael — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 09:43:00 +0000

No it’s not. It’s Microsoft’s last gasp in its effort to stay relevant among consumers.

By: scottcarmichael

scottcarmichael — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 09:42:00 +0000

People (and companies) always believe their crap is more valuable and popular than it really is. With magazines especially, the sales people still can’t let go of the idea of circulation/readership #s when selling ads (which are total BS).

By: socalrailroader

socalrailroader — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 07:59:00 +0000

Awesome! Do you retain your print option as well though? I don’t want to choose between the two, I want both

By: spet67

spet67 — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 05:23:00 +0000

Because it’s not really all that common.

By: Seth Schorr

Seth Schorr — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 04:53:00 +0000

I just did it. Just used my address. No problem.

By: VogVanVoo

VogVanVoo — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 04:45:00 +0000

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By: WAldenIV

WAldenIV — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 23:45:00 +0000

I needed to replace a laptop and unfortunately, like most tablets, the GTab 8.9 is just an entertainment device, not a productivity device. The Surface RT is both.

By: Jwhap

Jwhap — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 23:41:00 +0000

Right! I love backpacker so much I just went ahead and purchased the the play version. It was worth it as I can carry many mags for the weight of a nexus 7!