{"id":37,"date":"2012-09-27T11:41:45","date_gmt":"2012-09-27T11:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/presspadapp.com\/kbase\/?p=37"},"modified":"2016-04-21T16:42:48","modified_gmt":"2016-04-21T14:42:48","slug":"why-self-publishing-is-so-important-for-us-and-should-be-for-you-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.presspadapp.com\/blog\/why-self-publishing-is-so-important-for-us-and-should-be-for-you-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Self-Publishing is So Important for Us (and Should Be for You Too)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Update: since this post was created we have changed our pricing. Now Newsstand apps are free for magazines publishers. Read more about our new offer.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

When we first started thinking about PressPad we had plenty of ideas how it can work and what features it might have. But whatever level of advancement we were talking about one thing didn’t change: we wanted PressPad to be a self-service publishing tool.<\/p>\n

You may ask why self-service is so important for us. When we first did research about publishing industry lots of products (not just mobile publishing, but all range of services) worked in old-school model: they let you contact a sales representative, next prepare a written quotation for you and get back to you when it is done.<\/p>\n

We believe that time has come for publishing industry to incorporate SaaS (Software As A Service) into their workflow.\u00a0From months of customer development and testing we know that our main clients are small and medium publishers. While this category of clients may be too small to consider enterprise or tailor-made solutions it is just perfect for SaaS.<\/p>\n

When you think about using SaaS\u00a0products you should consider those benefits:<\/p>\n