Newsstand

[Flywaver]

Any know if any railway magazines planning to use Apples newsstand?
Isn't it about time Rail etc went online like the Railway Herald?

 

[Schnellzug]

I hope you mean as well as, not instead of, also being in print. Railway Herald has some very interesting stuff, but you can call me an old stick-in-the-mud, but you can't beat a printed hard copy.

 

[Flywaver]

I do mean as well.. Access is good for business..

 

[theblackwatch]

All the Mortons Media magazines (Heritage Railway, Rail Express and Railway Magazine) are available in electronic format.

 

[andyfrommk]

Apples onerous licenseing terms may be one of the reasons RAIL does not use newsstand.

*30% goes to apple when someone buys subscription in the app.
*apple does not allow any way to buy subscription from out side the app.
*apple keep subscribers info, publishers not allowed access to it.
*uniform pricing of magazines

Source

 

[Bungle73]

I hope you mean as well as, not instead of, also being in print. Railway Herald has some very interesting stuff, but you can call me an old stick-in-the-mud, but you can't beat a printed hard copy.

Yeah, but with a tablet version, done properly, you get additional features like videos and audio and interactive graphics. Plus the publication is there instantly without you having to visit a shop.

Also sometimes the tablet version is cheaper.

*apple does not allow any way to buy subscription from out side the app.

Yes they do. Plenty of publications allow you to do that. I myself have a Times subscription I purchased on their website, which is a much better deal than subscribing through the app(s).

*uniform pricing of magazines

"Uniform" pricing?

 

[Class377/5]

There are railway mags on the Zinio app including Modern Railways

 

[andyfrommk]

Yes they do. Plenty of publications allow you to do that. I myself have a Times subscription I purchased on their website, which is a much better deal than subscribing through the app(s).

Apple seem to be in favour of discontinuing that:

Not so good for publishers, however, is that Apple appears to be making it more difficult to sell subscriptions outside of its in-app purchasing system. The App Store approval guidelines require that apps that offer subscriptions use the in-app purchase, and they ban the use of buttons or external links to purchase content.

"Uniform" pricing?

From Macrumors.com

Apps can read or play approved content (magazines, newspapers, books, audio, music, video) that is sold outside of the app, for which Apple will not receive any portion of the revenues, provided that the same content is also offered in the app using IAP at the same price or less than it is offered outside the app. This applies to both purchased content and subscriptions. [Emphasis added]

You can't charge more for an Apple newsstand purchase to offset the 30% cut Apple take