Publishers are having a problem with ebooks. The problem is that the new tablet readers are working and ebooks are selling, but there are worrying signs that prices are falling, competition is increasing, and there is a race to the bottom. Best-selling print books used to cost $24.99 $19.99 or $14.99. Now there is an increasing tendency for best sellers to be priced low, low, and lower.
It is partly because of Amazon and Apple’s success at … Keep Reading
Earlier this summer, the Audit Bureau of Circulation began to issue Digital Circulation certificates. Exact Editions was able to support this new standard approach to reporting digital editions from the beginning, and now any of our magazines that need ABC compliant data can get it through their dashboard accounts, directly from our servers, updated month by month. Here is a typical example:
ABC have recognised that there is still considerable disparity in the way publishers are treating their digital … Keep Reading
Ed Needham who was editor of FHM in its glory years — the late 1990’s when its circulation crested over 750,000 — has given a rather depressing interview for the Press Gazette on his gloomy fears for the magazine industry:
… Keep ReadingPerhaps sensitive to the difficulties that some of his former magazines now find themselves in, Needham is reluctant to discuss any individual titles, telling Press Gazette: “Idon’t really have an opinion to be honest.”
But moments later he adds: “It’s
Exact Editions iTunes apps are getting some new versions 6.1. Clear the decks for Apple’s new version of iOS and the new product announcements anticipated for the next few weeks.
As the Exact Editions apps work through the approval process they will emerge with a brand new interface for handling archives on the iPad. The magazine issues for the current year can now be accessed and selected from a simple drop down box that shows you all the front … Keep Reading
John Battelle has a really good blog on the future of magazines.
He summarises some of the difficulties which original content sites on the traditional web are facing:
… Keep ReadingNearly all web publications are driven by the display model, which is in turn driven by page views. But we all know the web is shifting, thanks to mobile devices and the walled gardens they erect. The new landscape of the web is far more complicated, and new products must emerge.
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