All sorts of business models are possible here and your statements lead me to believe that Stereophile does not seem to be further down the road than simply sending a pdf to Zinio (I do not know what you do, but that is what it looks like to a print novice). Having a really good iPad app should provide value for the company and the reader. Personally I would be happy to pay much more for the print version which value per dollar scale is off the charts imo and begs the question whether you guys are maximizing your business model. The Economist charges about 100 USD I believe. What would be interesting is to do a reader survey about whether people are willing to pay more and if so how much for a state-of-the-art iPad/tablet version. Seriously though, I am not sure a magazine like Stereophile can afford to miss the digital boat due to the fact that your legal framework does not allow it. If the Stereophile contract and copyright right laws prevent you from innovating it's time to seek a new bunch of corporate lawyers, my friends :-). Annoying because you basically cannot read it in comfort without zooming in which as stated before I personally do not like but I accept that others may have a different opinion. In Portrait mode the font is readable but again slightly out of focus. If you take the Zinio version on the iPad and look at the text in Landscape mode the font is far too small and not crisp (my eyes are pretty much perfect). You should take another look at this in my honest opinion. Kind regards, keep innovating on the digital side please. I am happy to pay more money for a better product if that is what it takes. The navigation is pretty basic and not very intuitive. My preference is to read the magazine in 'Portrait' mode and I don't like having to zoom in on the text, having to move around the page a lot and in doing so losing the page overview.įurthermore there is (too) little in the form of links, videos or other interactive content. Without zooming in it's simply not clear enough. Zinio has done little to create great digital version imo. If you are looking for a reference, just take a look at the iPad app for The Economist. I am disappointed about the lack of innovation in the Zinio version. It's OK, but IMHO it's not a great reading experience however. Having Stereophile on my Ipad would be great for those long distance flights I find myself regularly on. I am talking of course about the Zinio version I am a happy and loyal subscriber to the print version. This is probably the first time in my long Stereophile subscription history that I have not renewed.
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