Tuesday, July 10, 2012

All-you-can-read magazine iPad app

We're all very familiar with the concept of All You Can Eat, from the artery-clogging Vegas buffet to the less-literal digital equivalents such as Netflix for TV shows/movies, the various digital music subscription services, and evenAudiobooks.com for audio-books.



In April, Next Issue Media launched with a similar idea for magazines. Pay a monthly fee and get access to a bunch of digital magazines from Conde Nast, Hearst, Meredith, News Corp., and Time Inc. The problem? It was only available for some Android tablets. As of Tuesday, iPad users get to join in the fun with a catalog of nearly 40 magazines, and the promise of more to come. (See the complete list at the end of this story.)
As an avid reader of magazines on the iPad--I subscribe to several through Apple's Newsstand, with individual apps, and via Zinio--I was excited to get a chance to play with the iPad version of Next Issue prior to its release.
What you get
For $10 a month, you get an Unlimited Basic plan, which currently includes 34 magazines such as Bon AppA(c)A'A(c)tCar and DriverCooking Light,FortuneGQSunset, and Wired--basically the monthly and bi-weekly magazines on offer. For $5 more ($15 a month) you're signed up for the Unlimited Premium plan, which adds the weekly magazines: right now,Entertainment WeeklyPeopleSports IllustratedThe New Yorker, and Time.
That is not all - Read Computer World for details

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