Re:Wired's iPad edition arrives, converted from Flash by Adobe
by jonknee on Wednesday May 26, 2010 @01:35PM
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It's only $10/year in the US if you snag it off Amazon. $5/issue is nuts especially considering there are no printing or mailing costs.
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Re:Wired's iPad edition arrives, converted from Flash by Adobe
by zach on Wednesday May 26, 2010 @05:15PM
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So basically, the print version is the advertising-supported version. Because there are still a lot of print advertisers who they need to please by keeping their circulation numbers up. It's a weird digital/physical arbitrage.
Normally the digital version of something costs less but people's perceived value is far lower. Now we have a digital version of a magazine with a higher perceived value that costs significantly more. Well, if that was going to happen, it's fitting that it should be Wired who brings that to market.