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Are you publishing all these apps under one dev account? Because Apple have known to ban this practice in the past as they want the account owner to be the person responsible for the content.
Look at what ChowNow is doing for example: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/chownow/id553996348
Looks neat. A few questions: 1) I'm not clear about how the web functionality works. The demo suggests that all articles will be available online. Are those freely available, or are they only free if people share the links? 2) Can I charge a subscription that effectively lasts forever (i.e. more like a one-time fee for readers)? 3) Do subscribers have access to all previous content? 4) Is this only for US citizens? I…
Hi Adrian Thanks for the questions :-). 1. Seems like there's a bit of confusion on the web-functionality. There will be no "main directory" for your magazine, so people won't be able to browse all the content of your magazine, that they'd otherwise have to pay for through the app. In the app, you can share an article on Facebook or Twitter. More specifically, you'll be sharing a link to an online version of the arti…
2. Right, but could I have a non-renewing annual subscription? I'll explain why below.
3. Not a problem for me but probably would be for others.
4. Definitely a problem. If you can, you should think about doing manual Paypal payments for at least some non-US users. There wouldn't be that many to start with anyway.
I have a book ("A History of the Future in 100 Objects") that's being published later this year; I'm planning to serialise it as a Newsstand publication as well and have been working with a rival of yours ;) But I'm keen to see what you guys do.
(Demo bug report: I'm pretty sure I'm signed in but I'm still seeing the 'Sign up and save' form at the top. Also, your "Remember to upvote" box appears to be sitting on top of the place where your walkthrough claims I should be able to preview my magazine. Finally, clicking 'Publish' results in a NoMethodError)
(Edit: Yep, pretty sure the registration/login/demo stuff isn't working. My 'demo' app has been saved but when I log in I can't edit it any more. Would advise fixing/removing quickly lest you anger other users. Good job I only spent 5 minutes on mine!)
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Thanks for the feedback. The $99 release fee is a ONE TIME FEE. You pay it once you have a magazine online and want to release it to the app store. You can release as many issues as you wish after that.
That's actually a really good deal then. Adobe charges something like $250-$500 per issue for their magazine apps.
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Hi Adrian Thanks for the questions :-). 1. Seems like there's a bit of confusion on the web-functionality. There will be no "main directory" for your magazine, so people won't be able to browse all the content of your magazine, that they'd otherwise have to pay for through the app. In the app, you can share an article on Facebook or Twitter. More specifically, you'll be sharing a link to an online version of the arti…
For me, free access to previous issues is a deal-breaker. What would stop someone from waiting a few months after many articles have been released, signing up, and then receiving many months worth of articles at the price of only one? The lost revenue there is killer. Granted, this might be an edge case but is still cause for concern.
Hit me with an email - Holger@Uninkd.com - if you are planning to release a magazine, but this is a deal breaker.
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Hi Adrian Thanks for the questions :-). 1. Seems like there's a bit of confusion on the web-functionality. There will be no "main directory" for your magazine, so people won't be able to browse all the content of your magazine, that they'd otherwise have to pay for through the app. In the app, you can share an article on Facebook or Twitter. More specifically, you'll be sharing a link to an online version of the arti…
1. OK - but couldn't I get someone to share all the articles, post the links up on the web, and then view them all for free? A bit clunky but you know someone would do it. 2. Right, but could I have a non-renewing annual subscription? I'll explain why below. 3. Not a problem for me but probably would be for others. 4. Definitely a problem. If you can, you should think about doing manual Paypal payments for at least s…
2. You can't have non-renewing subscription in a newsstand magazine. Apple doesn't allow that.
4. Can you hit me with an email - Holger@Uninkd.com - telling me a bit more about what you plan to do. Would love to see if we'd be a good fit.
Which browser are you using? We still have a bit of issues with Firefox (we suggest chrome).
What did you do with the login/demo? Clicked "Try Demo" and and signed up in the upper right corner?
The thing that is mainly taking me aback is your pricing. I had settled on a much higher one (kind of)... That would be one-time 300$ for publication and 5% revenue but without the cap. Although the cap is amazing for big publishers I would avoid it for the complexity added to the pricing model.
There is great value there why is you guys's pricing so low? Is it because all the features are not yet developed, and are you then planning on increasing the pricing in the future? What are you thoughts about the pricing suggested above?
(we used to sell copies of famous editing software thrice the price to individuals. Things are sure evolving!)
Very similar to what I am currently working on, so I would say: superb idea ;) I would obviously love to ear updates along the way about how you guys are doing... The thing that is mainly taking me aback is your pricing. I had settled on a much higher one (kind of)... That would be one-time 300$ for publication and 5% revenue but without the cap. Although the cap is amazing for big publishers I would avoid it for the…
The reason we have the cap on the percentages, is that we don't want to scare guys who already have a semi-established magazine away. I think even 5% (no cap) would scare a lot of more established magazines away. But that's just my guess.
Pretty cool concept. I never really used Newsstand and I also didn't like that you couldn't remove it (although that's gonna change.) I think this could be an awesome tool to compete with publications like Flipboard especially if there is revenue tied to the model. The only challenge is getting those first users because I've never met one person with an iPhone that uses Newsstand.
Not really. In iOS 7 Newsstand can be moved into a folder, it still can't be deleted or turned off.
I would highly suggest adding either PDF support or a way to import from a blog's RSS feed. That will let you target smaller publishers.
Also, have you seen kits like this? http://www.binpress.com/app/ipad-newsstand-pdf-starter-kit/1...
Hey this is really cool. At APhotoFolio ( http://aphotofolio.com ) we've been tossing around similar ideas (we have a lot of magazine connections). I really like your approach. I would highly suggest adding either PDF support or a way to import from a blog's RSS feed. That will let you target smaller publishers. Also, have you seen kits like this? http://www.binpress.com/app/ipad-newsstand-pdf-starter-kit/1...
We're not going to support PDF's either. We're not planning to at least. Seems like the result looks and feels clumsy. There are also solutions for that out there now (as you linked to).
The problem with those kits, is that you still have to deal with all the technical stuff yourself. Setting up a server of some sort, opening a developer account, handling Apple certificates and so on. In other words, you will most likely still need an iOS dev, even though you bought the kit.