The high cost of magazines in a store is supposed to pay for the printing and shipping of the magazines themselves and the ads are supposed to pay the majority of profit to the magazine company.
Why are these companies now trying to still charge us the same amount of money when they no longer have to pay for the printing and shipping of these virtual magazines?
You pay for Photoshop and Illustrator designs or whatever else they use, yes ... but not printing/shipping. I'm sure they have to pay Apple for something, but it's the circulation/viewership that gives them the most revenue (just like for TV programming).
You can now do animated ads in your virtual magazines (so they'll get more attention and hence ... more money). Magazines show Product Ads. Readers pay for Products seen in Ads. Product companies pay for Ads to Magazine Companies. Don't be greedy or we'll just as easily go to our internet browser.
I bet the Apple fees = the printing & shipping costs.
It will be interesting to see how this does. They could make it take off if they offered magazines and newspapers in the same model as mp3's. And I wonder how many free magazines there will be?
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The high cost of magazines in a store is supposed to pay for the printing and shipping of the magazines themselves and the ads are supposed to pay the majority of profit to the magazine company.
Why are these companies now trying to still charge us the same amount of money when they no longer have to pay for the printing and shipping of these virtual magazines?
You pay for Photoshop and Illustrator designs or whatever else they use, yes ... but not printing/shipping. I'm sure they have to pay Apple for something, but it's the circulation/viewership that gives them the most revenue (just like for TV programming).
You can now do animated ads in your virtual magazines (so they'll get more attention and hence ... more money). Magazines show Product Ads. Readers pay for Products seen in Ads. Product companies pay for Ads to Magazine Companies. Don't be greedy or we'll just as easily go to our internet browser.
@Meekermoloko
Silly ignorant consumer. Price doesn't depend on their costs, but what you are willing to pay. Go look at Apple and their profit margins.
@Meekermoloko
I bet the Apple fees = the printing & shipping costs.
It will be interesting to see how this does. They could make it take off if they offered magazines and newspapers in the same model as mp3's. And I wonder how many free magazines there will be?
@cardfan
I guess then it will be free because I'm willing to pay nothing and I'm willing not to buy an iPad.