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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

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 article. So people can read THAT specific article, but there is no easy way for them to read the other articles in that issue. 2. All newsstand magazines must have a subscription. This can be a free subscription though, that does not necessarily provide access to any content. You can sell single issues as well, if that would be interesting. 3. That is the plan, yes. Let me know if that's a deal-breaker and how you would like to have it instead. 4. We need to transfer the revenues to a bank and we are using Stripe for that. As far as I know, Stripe requires you to have a US bank. Do you have an online magazine already?

tylermac1 13y ago
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.
- holgersindbaek 13y ago
  Hmmm. Another way to see it would be that having a few months of issues might be a plus and incentive for a person to subscribe, which he might not have done otherwise. I'm not sure what kind of magazine you are planning to release, but mostly when I buy magazines, I'm not that interested in the old issues. Hit me with an email - Holger@Uninkd.com - if you are planning to release a magazine, but this is a deal breaker.
adrianhon 13y ago
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 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!)
- holgersindbaek 13y ago
  1. Theoretically yes. This is probably something we should look into in the future by making links that "time out". 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?

tylermac1 13y ago

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.

holgersindbaek 13y ago
Hmmm. Another way to see it would be that having a few months of issues might be a plus and incentive for a person to subscribe, which he might not have done otherwise. I'm not sure what kind of magazine you are planning to release, but mostly when I buy magazines, I'm not that interested in the old issues. Hit me with an email - Holger@Uninkd.com - if you are planning to release a magazine, but this is a deal breaker.

adrianhon 13y ago

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 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!)

holgersindbaek 13y ago
1. Theoretically yes. This is probably something we should look into in the future by making links that "time out". 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?