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Time Magazine - $5 PER ISSUE?
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LOL! Yeah I'm perfectly fine with scanned copies of the actual magazine. No need to make new galleries or add videos to it. As nice as it could be, sometimes people just want to read.
Same with WSJ. It's 3.99 per week via Ipad app vs 1.99 regular online price?
Really? That much of a premium price to cover the cost?
The best example of this is Men's Health, which is $5 an issue in the app store, but from within the app itself you can actually purchase a printed subscription for $1.49 per month. What a joke.
And yes, I get it, there are costs to getting this content online and they may be comparable to the cost of printing/delivering/etc the printed versions. But come on, enough to justify three times the price? I want this mostly because it's a way of consuming media that doesn't involved printing paper and shipping it around the world. It's a shame that, yet again, an exciting new green technology is introduced and sold at an absolute premium to maximum revenue.
And yes, I get it, there are costs to getting this content online and they may be comparable to the cost of printing/delivering/etc the printed versions. But come on, enough to justify three times the price? I want this mostly because it's a way of consuming media that doesn't involved printing paper and shipping it around the world. It's a shame that, yet again, an exciting new green technology is introduced and sold at an absolute premium to maximum revenue.
EXACTLY, to me purchasing the digital version of magazines is a great way to "go green".
The magazines get to save on printing and shipping and you don't have to worry about throwing the magazines out..
Same with WSJ. It's 3.99 per week via Ipad app vs 1.99 regular online price?
Really? That much of a premium price to cover the cost?
It used to be free, of course, on an iPhone until relatively recently. I've been paying $12.99/month for an online subscription, and I was certain that they would offer a discounted plan on iPad for their readers who access it either online or through a print. No such luck. When they announced that I would have to pay additional $17.99/month for a privilege of access to their content solely for an iPad, I thought about it for a while, and then I pulled the trigger. It seems that Mr. Murdoch's greed knows no limits. I will happily pay for a good journalism, but I certainly won't pay this much to access the same content though another device. So for now, good bye WSJ.
With Times latest update will they eventually offer subscriptions from within the App or simply allow you to keep purchasing additional magazines from within the App.
It's kind of confusing with their latest App. It's free but you buy within the App additional magazines. They mention subscriptions are coming but don't elude to how.
If it will continue to use the current App that's fine but I don't feel like wasting money or time if they are going to release yet another App that works differently from the current build.
Does anyone have any additional information? Maybe I just misunderstood what i was reading. IDK?
It's kind of confusing with their latest App. It's free but you buy within the App additional magazines. They mention subscriptions are coming but don't elude to how.
If it will continue to use the current App that's fine but I don't feel like wasting money or time if they are going to release yet another App that works differently from the current build.
Does anyone have any additional information? Maybe I just misunderstood what i was reading. IDK?
Good for you!
I saw lets vote with our dollars!
As much as I would like to see Time on the iPad, I realize that buying even a single issue just validates their greed. What promises do I have that they will still provide the rich media content 2, 3, or even 10 years down the road for the $5 cover price I paid?
I think lowering the cost of the apps and increasing advertisements is fine with me. I mean don't make it annoying. Just add an additional page.
All i know is, if people at TIME magazine thinks people will really spend 5 dollars on a online magazine PER issue, I don't know what they are smoking.
how much is a yearly subscription? Oh i get their strategy, they gimp the new tech and make us go old tech (aka buy the hardcopy).
Well played TIME....Well Played.
All i know is, if people at TIME magazine thinks people will really spend 5 dollars on a online magazine PER issue, I don't know what they are smoking.
how much is a yearly subscription? Oh i get their strategy, they gimp the new tech and make us go old tech (aka buy the hardcopy).
Well played TIME....Well Played.
70 cents per an issue based on the best rate I found on their web site for the print edition.
I don't buy the hard copy since I don't always read in print form. Would read it more in an iPad format. '
As I have said before I might be willing to pay twice that price for the multi-media content...
Heck at the right price I would put up with the Pixmags version...
Agreed. I think one thing that people need to do, is email Time and other publications about this. Don't just not buy it, but write to them and tell them why you won't buy it and what it will take for you to start buying it.
With the newest App you can It's free to download and you can purchase additional magazines from the "buy" tab at the bottom of the App in the pop up menu.
That's why I originally asked if yearly subscriptions would be offered from this method or would they release another App causing what we currently have to be separate and standalone.
I don't want to have numerous magazines from numerous "Time" Apps.
Hope that makes sense? Time magazine is confusing to begin with I guess.
Yeah-Hate those standalone eBook apps. But some actually have real functionality or extra stuff with it, while others are just an ebook reader mashed into an app.
Never downloaded another one after I got Stanza.