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bugjack Inner circle New York, New York 1624 Posts |
I remember a Stan Allen interview on the Magic Newswire in which he said he'd be doing a digital issue of Magic starting with, as I remembered, September. Now, I could be off about this — maybe he just said the Fall, and that might be October. In any case, I didn't see it mentioned on the new September home page. Anybody know the magazine's plans for this?
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Scott Cram Inner circle 2678 Posts |
Seeing as September is the first issue of their 20th year, I'd bet that would be the place to start doing a digital issue.
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bugjack Inner circle New York, New York 1624 Posts |
Yep, I thought so too, but September has already gone online with no digital issue info posted.
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emyers99 Inner circle Columbus, Ohio 4739 Posts |
Digital magic books and magazines would be great. I'm surprised no one has tapped this market yet.
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Lawrence O Inner circle French Riviera 6811 Posts |
Emyers99,
Several publisher did tap this market and a very good one is LYBRARY.COM Go there and enjoy yourself
Magic is the art of emotionally sharing live impossible situations
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Andrew Zuber Inner circle Los Angeles, CA 3011 Posts |
Lybrary.com is indeed an excellent source. I just picked up the Dai Vernon Book of Magic and now have it in .pdf form and it's not taking up space on my cramped book shelf. I wasn't aware magazines would be available on there as well!
"I'm sorry - if you were right, I would agree with you." -Robin Williams, Awakenings
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michaangelo Regular user 184 Posts |
Just heard that there will be a digital issue of the upcoming issue available through iTunes... Excellent news!
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Al Leach New user 59 Posts |
I *love* books and enjoy handling them and reading them but I also want to be able to take my Library with me on the laptop.... I wish that everything was available in book & pdf formats.
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emyers99 Inner circle Columbus, Ohio 4739 Posts |
Any news on this? Isn't today the date the digital issue is supposed to be available?
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emyers99 Inner circle Columbus, Ohio 4739 Posts |
...apparently not
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atkinsod Regular user VA 196 Posts |
The Digital edition of Magic Magazine is now available on iTunes. It is REALLY well done. Good use of the iPad's features for scrolling, viewing photos, and embedded videos. The navigation is really good. The price of the Jan 2011 issue is just $3.99, which is great. I'm not so sure I'm crazy about it being released to the general public, but I suppose only the dedicated will continue purchasing each issue and it will hopefully increase the number of people interested in the Art as they are exposed through this excellent material. Most of the other iPad/iPhone magic apps out there are of the "learn all the secrets the magician's don't want you to know" variety. One exception I noted recently is Joshua Jay has a 10 Card Trick app available. I should have jumped on it when it was $4.99 at initial release, because the price quickly moved to $6.99! (still a bargain). The only down-side is that this is currently only available to Apple users...
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mormonyoyoman Inner circle I dug 5,000 postholes, but I have only 2440 Posts |
Sadly, it seems to be available only for the iPad -- not for the iPhone, not for the Android, and not even for the home computer. *sigh* There are still a few steps to go.
*jeep! and God Bless! --Grandpa Chet
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boinko Elite user Illinois 427 Posts |
Do subscribers get the digital issue free?
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JosephKerr Elite user Los Angeles 417 Posts |
I wanted to sing some praise of this
Magic Magazine app. I bought the January issue and was very impressed. I've read quite a few magazines on the ipad and many of them suffer from navigation issues and I was quite surprised to see that a lot of thought went into this issue. Navigation was seamless and intuitive. The table of contents is easily accessible from any page to allow you to quickly jump to a section. The embedded multimedia in the Talk About Tricks section was wonderful. The option to have each effect demonstrated is a welcome addition. The price point is great as My subscription just ran out All in all I am very impressed and hope that they receive enough positive feedback to continue to produce these digital editions.
"Challenge Your Reality"
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emyers99 Inner circle Columbus, Ohio 4739 Posts |
Subscribers will have to get free access. If not, that's ridiculous. Genii gives everything away for subscribers including 70 years of archives and the current digital issue. So if Magic expects to compete, it better be free to subscribers
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JR Russell New user 69 Posts |
I also hope that it will be free to subscribers...if not, then is $3.99 for the digital version a better option than the printed one? I feel strongly both ways!
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atkinsod Regular user VA 196 Posts |
Magic Magazine must have struggled with this. The Apple App store somewhat limits what vendors can do, and I don't think there is any clear way that Magic Magazine can offer the magazines free to some users, but not to all. Since it is an "in app" purchase, perhaps there could be a way, but is isn't straightforward. I know some magazines offer a two-tiered rate: one for paper only, and a small addition if you also want to access the digital version.
Also, we should keep in mind that the iPad version of Magic Magazine is not just a simple saving of the document to the PDF format. Rather, lots of NEW design and work has to go into developing this advanced e-book with the embedded videos and so forth. Giving these editions away doesn't pay for all the additional work that had to be performed. Given that it is currently iPad only, I wonder if they'll make enough to keep it worth-while? For archival purposes, I actually prefer a simple PDF that I can store and view on almost any platform. However, the way of interactive media is here... |
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SmittyWitty Veteran user Fairhaven, MA 324 Posts |
I received an e-mail from Magic Magazine today that it is now available in the Apple AppStore. The e-mail message is as follows:
"Presenting MAGIC Magazine on the Apple iPad! The world's largest-selling print magazine for magicians is now available in the most reader-friendly digital format. • Vertical and Horizontal Views • Story to Story with a Swipe of Your Finger • Footnotes in Pop-up Windows • Additional Photos in Slideshows • Embedded Videos" I'll check this out later tonight on my wife's iPad. |
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davidleiper Regular user 124 Posts |
I'm really impressed with this. Work beautifully on the iPad.
Living in the UK my paper copyntakes forever to arrive (still waiting on December actually!) so for me the iPad version is perfect. Only wish is that they include this in the subscription fee. |
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emyers99 Inner circle Columbus, Ohio 4739 Posts |
The additional active links, audio and video features are also included in the iGenii issues and Genii still gives the iGenii issue away for free to subscribers. So additional features in the app version do not justify charging subscribers an additional fee IMO. As for how to make it available for free to some and not to others, I have a few apps that do that through login/password access. People without that info can pay a per use fee.
Hopefully someone from MAGIC will address these issues soon. I love my iGenii and I would love to read Magic on my ipad as well, but I'm not double paying. |
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