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Show HN: Create and Publish a Newsstand Magazine... No Coding Needed.

16 points by holgersindbaek 14y ago

freyr 14y ago
You didn't show me anything. Also, by using all caps and omitting a comma, the following sentence is confusing: "PUBLISH A BEAUTIFUL NEWSTAND MAGAZINE, MUCH LIKE THE MAGAZINE FOR ALL IOS DEVICES." I've never heard of The Magazine, so that didn't help. Consider, at a minimum: "PUBLISH A BEAUTIFUL NEWSTAND MAGAZINE, MUCH LIKE THE MAGAZINE, FOR ALL IOS DEVICES."
- holgersindbaek 14y ago
  That is very true. I didn't show you anything. I only told you what we are in the process of doing. Nice sentence. Thanks for the feedback.
- davisml 14y ago
  My uncle always used to say to me, "Don't tell me what you're going to do. Show me what you've done." This website feels like it's trying to get my email by reiterating an idea that was discussed on HN already.
  - holgersindbaek 14y ago
    If you are interested in publishing your own magazine on Newsstand, then we are definitely interested in getting in touch with you. If you aren't, then we haven't got much use of it. Let us know if you are.
jaysonelliot 14y ago
This sounds nice, but what's behind the signup link? Right now all I see is a couple of sentences promising to publish to Newsstand "with the click of a button." Is this just an idea? Is there a product ready to use? In progress? At the early design stage? What's there?
- holgersindbaek 14y ago
  One of the guys behind it here. We have a good chunk of the code already up and running and we're gonna have a demo up before long. Hit us with an email and we'll keep u in the loop :-).
geuis 14y ago
Show a video or at least a sample published with it.
- holgersindbaek 14y ago
  It's coming.
bergie 14y ago
Good idea, but I think for a 'show HN' there should be actually more to show than just some slogans. Any plans for cross-platform publishing? Google Play has magazines now as well (as does Amazon): https://play.google.com/about/magazines/index.html https://play.google.com/about/magazines/index.html
- holgersindbaek 14y ago
  I know, I know. We are not showing a full product here, or even a half one. We are getting in touch with the people who are interested in publishing a Newsstand Magazine. We're gonna start with iOS and see where that takes us.
AUmrysh 14y ago
I think you should have had some demo or something ready before you published it to HN. I really like the graphics and style, can't wait to see how your program works!
- holgersindbaek 14y ago
  You might be right. I'll keep that in mind for next time. Hit us with an email and we'll keep you in the loop.
  - TruffleLabs 14y ago
    But why sign up now to your email? You have already lost me in the sales loop. You made a compelling statement but the followup was lacking. This would be like me, while driving, seeing a sign that said "free food and drink, come on by". I pull off (because I am hungry), go into the store and ask about the free food/drink. The staff says "We're still developing the concept, give me your phine number and we'll keep you in the loop". Still hungry, I go elsewhere and ignore those free food/drink signs.
koopajah 14y ago
After reading your comments it seems that you are mostly trying to get in touch with people interested in your project/idea. It's been a long time since I sent an email to a service to register or at least show interest. Why not add a field to add my email info as most launchrock pages do? It would be a lot easier than copy/pasting your target email address to email you. (EDIT: You might also want to use a dedicated email address for your project instead of one based on you HN tag, mainly because I want to remember why you are writing me back later if you do and your address should provide that which it does not)
- holgersindbaek 14y ago
  Very true. To be honest, something went wrong in our backend, just as we posted, so the email form field didn't work. So we had to go old school with email.
TruffleLabs 14y ago
Well this was a disappointment... Well, this was a disappointment... Well, this, was a disappointment... Is this going to take my blog RSS and create a magazine, like Google Currents (and others), or is this a Wordpress plugin, or is this an AuthorHouse like publishing model, ... I feel http://uninkd.com/ http://uninkd.com/ jumped a bit too soon on show and tell.
- holgersindbaek 14y ago
  Thanks for the feedback. Will definitely do that the next time.

freyr 14y ago

You didn't show me anything. Also, by using all caps and omitting a comma, the following sentence is confusing: "PUBLISH A BEAUTIFUL NEWSTAND MAGAZINE, MUCH LIKE THE MAGAZINE FOR ALL IOS DEVICES." I've never heard of The Magazine, so that didn't help. Consider, at a minimum: "PUBLISH A BEAUTIFUL NEWSTAND MAGAZINE, MUCH LIKE THE MAGAZINE, FOR ALL IOS DEVICES."

holgersindbaek 14y ago
That is very true. I didn't show you anything. I only told you what we are in the process of doing. Nice sentence. Thanks for the feedback.
davisml 14y ago
My uncle always used to say to me, "Don't tell me what you're going to do. Show me what you've done." This website feels like it's trying to get my email by reiterating an idea that was discussed on HN already.
- holgersindbaek 14y ago
  If you are interested in publishing your own magazine on Newsstand, then we are definitely interested in getting in touch with you. If you aren't, then we haven't got much use of it. Let us know if you are.

jaysonelliot 14y ago

This sounds nice, but what's behind the signup link? Right now all I see is a couple of sentences promising to publish to Newsstand "with the click of a button." Is this just an idea? Is there a product ready to use? In progress? At the early design stage? What's there?

holgersindbaek 14y ago
One of the guys behind it here. We have a good chunk of the code already up and running and we're gonna have a demo up before long. Hit us with an email and we'll keep u in the loop :-).

geuis 14y ago

Show a video or at least a sample published with it.

holgersindbaek 14y ago
It's coming.

bergie 14y ago

Good idea, but I think for a 'show HN' there should be actually more to show than just some slogans. Any plans for cross-platform publishing? Google Play has magazines now as well (as does Amazon): https://play.google.com/about/magazines/index.html https://play.google.com/about/magazines/index.html

holgersindbaek 14y ago
I know, I know. We are not showing a full product here, or even a half one. We are getting in touch with the people who are interested in publishing a Newsstand Magazine. We're gonna start with iOS and see where that takes us.

AUmrysh 14y ago

I think you should have had some demo or something ready before you published it to HN. I really like the graphics and style, can't wait to see how your program works!

holgersindbaek 14y ago
You might be right. I'll keep that in mind for next time. Hit us with an email and we'll keep you in the loop.
- TruffleLabs 14y ago
  But why sign up now to your email? You have already lost me in the sales loop. You made a compelling statement but the followup was lacking. This would be like me, while driving, seeing a sign that said "free food and drink, come on by". I pull off (because I am hungry), go into the store and ask about the free food/drink. The staff says "We're still developing the concept, give me your phine number and we'll keep you in the loop". Still hungry, I go elsewhere and ignore those free food/drink signs.

koopajah 14y ago

After reading your comments it seems that you are mostly trying to get in touch with people interested in your project/idea. It's been a long time since I sent an email to a service to register or at least show interest. Why not add a field to add my email info as most launchrock pages do? It would be a lot easier than copy/pasting your target email address to email you. (EDIT: You might also want to use a dedicated email address for your project instead of one based on you HN tag, mainly because I want to remember why you are writing me back later if you do and your address should provide that which it does not)

holgersindbaek 14y ago
Very true. To be honest, something went wrong in our backend, just as we posted, so the email form field didn't work. So we had to go old school with email.

TruffleLabs 14y ago

Well this was a disappointment... Well, this was a disappointment... Well, this, was a disappointment... Is this going to take my blog RSS and create a magazine, like Google Currents (and others), or is this a Wordpress plugin, or is this an AuthorHouse like publishing model, ... I feel http://uninkd.com/ http://uninkd.com/ jumped a bit too soon on show and tell.

holgersindbaek 14y ago
Thanks for the feedback. Will definitely do that the next time.