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Exactly Reviewed Ecstatically?

AppShouter has one of those reviews that tells you the reviewer really enjoyed him/herself.

As a journalism major, I was thrilled, perhaps ecstatic is a better word, for how I felt when I came across this app. Exactly is literally like having a newsstand in the palm of your hand. It is amazing. I can’t put it down!
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The interface is also easy to navigate as it looks a lot like the jukebox feature of iTunes. Stroke left or

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Healthy Media

Joe Wikert’s Publishing 2020 blog is often thought-provoking, mostly about ebooks. He has been a great fan of the Kindle, but today he fires a salvo in the direction of the existing generation of ebook readers with the Kindle bang in the centre of target:

The problem with these devices is that they encourage quick print-to-e content conversion and nothing more. In fact, they even discourage some of the simplest ways of enhancing print-to-e conversions. Embedded links are a great

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Wherefore Art Thou Roneo-ed?

A friendly journalist referred the other day to one of the Exact Editions Apps as a ‘photostat’ of the magazine. One of my colleagues noted that this was a word she hadn’t heard for 20 years, and my wife’s cryptic observation was: “At least he didn’t call it a roneo-ed version”. I was wondering whether this comment was a curious compliment. Have you noticed the way in which ‘vinyl’ has become a term for musical quality and tonal fidelity? Perhaps … Keep Reading

A New Exactly and Free Branded Apps

Today Apple approved and released our first revision to Exactly. This is the free App that can be used to access any of the subscriber services provided by Exact Editions. Version 1.3 has some cool new features:

  1. Search is now supported. So a single issue, a title, or a collection of titles can be searched and the results displayed on the iPhone.
  2. Easier “settings” so that the user can select, from within the App, the account she may need
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The Spectator as an iPhone App

The Spectator now has a branded App, http://bit.ly/iphonespectator, in the iTunes App Store. This App gives users access to the complete magazine on the iPhone. The App is launched at the highly competitive price of 99c (59p, or €0.79). This buys a 7 day subscription to the magazine, and provides access to over 200 back issues. When the sub expires the purchaser has the option to renew for 7 days, or 30 days.

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