Magazine Publishers’ Digital Pricing Models, Digital Supplements as New Revenue Sources, What’s New in Adobe DPS v25, TFP DPS Tip: Web Viewer Options, TFP InDesign Tip: Turn Text Into Outlines
Welcome to TFP’s weekly roundup of interesting and noteworthy stories from the publishing world. This week, we’re discussing digital magazine pricing models, digital supplements as a potential revenue stream, Adobe DPS v25, and more.
- A Wall Street Journal article about digital magazine pricing strategies describes Hearst’s tactic of charging more for digital than for print subscriptions to compensate for declines in ad sales. But PaidContent is skeptical about that strategy and suggests that magazine publishers should look to book publishers’ e-book tactics for guidance.
- Meanwhile, on ReadWrite.com, John Paul Titlow contends that traditional publishers with digital offerings “need to figure out a hybrid model that works, and not just jack up their prices to make up for shrinking subscriber rolls.” He laments a lack of innovation and points to The Magazine‘s experimental paid iPad app as a source of inspiration.
- The Guardian‘s Apps Blog also has some advice for digital magazines looking to expand their revenue sources: Produce one-off digital supplements.
- Read Margot Knorr Mancini’s summary of the new features included in Adobe’s just-released Digital Publishing Suite v25, and get a preview what’s to come in Version 26.
- Join MEI for an overview of the recently released vjoon K4™ version 6.5 in a free webinar at 1 p.m. (ET) on Wednesday, Feb. 6. The webinar will highlight some of the new release’s key features, including customizable button bars, updated Adobe DPS integration, and simplified workflows. Sign up to attend the session on MEI’s website.
- The TFP DPS Tips blog presents an overview of the Web Viewer options that are available once you’ve created your DPS app. To learn more about building DPS apps, check out our latest handbook, DPSPublish™: Publishing Folios With Adobe DPS.
- On the TFP InDesign Tips blog, learn how to use the Create Outlines feature to convert text into a set of compound paths that can be manipulated for design purposes.
This Week in Publishing appears every Friday on the TFP blog. Every week we compile interesting and noteworthy stories from the publishing world and put together a wrap-up to help our readers stay up-to-date. Think we missed something great? Leave a comment below and let us know.
Posted by: Gina Barrett