Comments on: Zinio is reaching for the iPhone bandwagon http://www.teleread.org/2009/04/24/zinio-is-reaching-for-the-iphone-bandwagon/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:52:26 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Steve Jordan http://www.teleread.org/2009/04/24/zinio-is-reaching-for-the-iphone-bandwagon/comment-page-1/#comment-1044070 Steve Jordan Sun, 26 Apr 2009 01:33:05 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=20809#comment-1044070 The only other digital magazines I know of are put out independently, and reformatted for the web (which, to me, makes sense... d-mags do not have to look or be organized like their print counterparts). The only other digital magazines I know of are put out independently, and reformatted for the web (which, to me, makes sense… d-mags do not have to look or be organized like their print counterparts).

]]> By: Susan Fisher http://www.teleread.org/2009/04/24/zinio-is-reaching-for-the-iphone-bandwagon/comment-page-1/#comment-1043730 Susan Fisher Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:56:51 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=20809#comment-1043730 Are there other d-magazines distributors of note? Are any working with libraries to provide digital magazines? As more of the print magazine go digital only, libraries will be more interested in providing this service without the pain of working with individual publishers for each magazine. We use a d-mag distributor for our Chinese magazines but I haven't seen a similar service for English. Thanks. Are there other d-magazines distributors of note? Are any working with libraries to provide digital magazines? As more of the print magazine go digital only, libraries will be more interested in providing this service without the pain of working with individual publishers for each magazine. We use a d-mag distributor for our Chinese magazines but I haven’t seen a similar service for English. Thanks.

]]> By: Steve Jordan http://www.teleread.org/2009/04/24/zinio-is-reaching-for-the-iphone-bandwagon/comment-page-1/#comment-1043333 Steve Jordan Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:51:19 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=20809#comment-1043333 Agreed. That's why I was so glad to see I could do the rotate and alleviate the problem with magazine pages. But for newspaper pages, it's still not enough... that material just needs to be reorganized for a browser, plain and simple. Porting that into the iPhone would just bring scrolling back, with a vengeance. I know I wouldn't consider it a great way to read that kind of content, but it seems to work for some people (which is why I posted it here). Agreed. That’s why I was so glad to see I could do the rotate and alleviate the problem with magazine pages. But for newspaper pages, it’s still not enough… that material just needs to be reorganized for a browser, plain and simple.

Porting that into the iPhone would just bring scrolling back, with a vengeance. I know I wouldn’t consider it a great way to read that kind of content, but it seems to work for some people (which is why I posted it here).

]]> By: Katherine Falk http://www.teleread.org/2009/04/24/zinio-is-reaching-for-the-iphone-bandwagon/comment-page-1/#comment-1043298 Katherine Falk Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:17:39 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=20809#comment-1043298 I want to love Zinio, I really do. I would happily ditch my New Yorker paper subscription for an electronic one. But a layout that works so well on paper doesn't work so well on my laptop, let alone my iphone. The scrolling around drives me nuts... I want to love Zinio, I really do. I would happily ditch my New Yorker paper subscription for an electronic one. But a layout that works so well on paper doesn’t work so well on my laptop, let alone my iphone. The scrolling around drives me nuts…

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