Comments on: Hooray! Atlantic Monthly opening its Web site and archive to nonsubscibers http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/01/21/hooray-atlantic-monthly-opening-its-web-site-and-archive-to-nonsubscibers/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:26:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Dear Author: Romance Book Reviews, Author Interviews, and Commentary » Blog Archive » Atlantic Monthly to Be Freely Available http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/01/21/hooray-atlantic-monthly-opening-its-web-site-and-archive-to-nonsubscibers/#comment-697994 Dear Author: Romance Book Reviews, Author Interviews, and Commentary » Blog Archive » Atlantic Monthly to Be Freely Available Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:45:59 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/01/21/hooray-atlantic-monthly-opening-its-web-site-and-archive-to-nonsubscibers/#comment-697994 [...] Teleread. Tagged as: Atlantic Monthly, [...] [...] Teleread. Tagged as: Atlantic Monthly, [...]

]]> By: Cloudy Thinking » Blog Archive » The Atlantic Monthly: Free web and archive access http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/01/21/hooray-atlantic-monthly-opening-its-web-site-and-archive-to-nonsubscibers/#comment-695163 Cloudy Thinking » Blog Archive » The Atlantic Monthly: Free web and archive access Mon, 21 Jan 2008 23:28:54 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/01/21/hooray-atlantic-monthly-opening-its-web-site-and-archive-to-nonsubscibers/#comment-695163 [...] The Atlantic Monthly web site is now freely available, as are the magazine’s archives. Enjoy. [via David Rothman] [...] [...] The Atlantic Monthly web site is now freely available, as are the magazine’s archives. Enjoy. [via David Rothman] [...]

]]> By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/01/21/hooray-atlantic-monthly-opening-its-web-site-and-archive-to-nonsubscibers/#comment-694947 David Rothman Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:29:58 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/01/21/hooray-atlantic-monthly-opening-its-web-site-and-archive-to-nonsubscibers/#comment-694947 Richard: I'm not talking about immediate direct effects but rather long-term changes. The ad-and-reader-paid model is gradually becoming more of an ad-one than before and could spill over even into a reader-supported medium like books. People are growing up accustomed to free content. Is this all a good thing? Not necessarily in all cases. Like you, I have mixed feelings (what about advertisers' influence on book content, for exammple?). But it is happening. As a matter of fact, I do know of at least one executive at the Atlantic's parent company who at the personal level seemed rather than intrigued by a Wowio-style approach to books. That's just one guy. But it shows the possibilities. Thanks, David Richard: I’m not talking about immediate direct effects but rather long-term changes. The ad-and-reader-paid model is gradually becoming more of an ad-one than before and could spill over even into a reader-supported medium like books. People are growing up accustomed to free content. Is this all a good thing? Not necessarily in all cases. Like you, I have mixed feelings (what about advertisers’ influence on book content, for exammple?). But it is happening.

As a matter of fact, I do know of at least one executive at the Atlantic’s parent company who at the personal level seemed rather than intrigued by a Wowio-style approach to books. That’s just one guy. But it shows the possibilities.

Thanks,
David

]]> By: Richard Adin http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/01/21/hooray-atlantic-monthly-opening-its-web-site-and-archive-to-nonsubscibers/#comment-694944 Richard Adin Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:17:29 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/01/21/hooray-atlantic-monthly-opening-its-web-site-and-archive-to-nonsubscibers/#comment-694944 My only concern is what will it mean for my long-term paid subscription (it goes until 2016). Granted I'm not about to read The Atlantic online, just like I don't read the NY Times, BusinessWeek, or Economist online (and I do have long-term subscriptions to these as well), but it makes me wonder what will happen in the near future to the print version and what effect it will have on my paid subscription. As for its effect on ebooks, my guess is none. Does The Atlantic Press currently offer ebook versions of what it publishes? Are they available DRM free? Are they available at a significant discount from the pbook by The Atlantic Press? Will The Atlantic Press follow suit and offer its publications as free ebooks? Questions, questions, and more questions. My only concern is what will it mean for my long-term paid subscription (it goes until 2016). Granted I’m not about to read The Atlantic online, just like I don’t read the NY Times, BusinessWeek, or Economist online (and I do have long-term subscriptions to these as well), but it makes me wonder what will happen in the near future to the print version and what effect it will have on my paid subscription.

As for its effect on ebooks, my guess is none. Does The Atlantic Press currently offer ebook versions of what it publishes? Are they available DRM free? Are they available at a significant discount from the pbook by The Atlantic Press? Will The Atlantic Press follow suit and offer its publications as free ebooks?

Questions, questions, and more questions.

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