Magazine Subscription bring publishers closer to their readers

Up until 2010 magazine publishers followed a very know path. Last big thing that happened to publishing industry was invention of the Internet and ever since not much changed. Until 2010 when completely new category of devices was introduced and very well adopted by the users: Apple iPads and Android tablets.

Magazine Subscription save tons of time and money

When you do the math and recap all of the costs, moving magazine mobile can end up very expensive. There all those costs that normally don't occur when you thing about magazine or a newspaper: hiring IT guys, setting up an infrastructure, managing software developers, designing for mobile, UX and UI testing, and so on. Publishers choose Magazine Subscription to reduce all this cost, but more importantly to focus on what they do best – creating great and original content for their readers.

Why Publishers should use Magazine Subscription?

Within couple of months of Apple releasing the original iPad publishers realize that tablets are not a threat to them. Quite the opposite – they saw this new category of devices as a way to reach more markets, more target groups and therefore sell more. One thing that was missing in 2010 is now also solved: software. Whole new category of Magazine Subscription were developed to help publishers focus on their job better.

Why publishers need Magazine Subscription?

Publishers of all sizes can benefit from using Magazine Subscription in their day-to-day workflow. For one going mobile enlarge number of ways readers can access your publication. Secondly publishers that previously were operating only locally now can reach new markets without enormous costs of doing so 10 years ago. Lastly publishers can be one of the first in their category, therefore gain significant advantage over late adopters. This is not only limited to big publishing companies. Introduction of App Store Newsstand and Google Play newsspaper and magazine categories allowed small publishers compete with big companies on equal rights. Final call is made by readers around the world. They vote with their credit cards. Use of Magazine Subscription and fast adoption of iPads and Android tablets democratize publishing market and help small and medium publishers in a way that was simply not available to them few years ago.

PressPad - Magazine Subscription that will help you reach new readers worldwide

PressPad helps publishers deliver their content to iPad and Android tablets users with a sexy and easy to use dedicated applications. It only takes few steps to set up a dedicated mobile application for your magazine.
John Morrow, TwoMorrows Publishing
"The goal for us using PressPad Stores, would be to avoid sending any more PDFs, so those people can't share them, or post them on torrent sites for free downloading by others."

— John Morrow Alter Ego Comic Books about PressPad Stores

Georgina Hunter-Jones, Helicopter Life Magazine
"Presspad works well for Helicopter Life magazine. We are a small circulation magazine about helicopters and have recently stopped having print issues, changing instead to digital. The App works well for us and subscribers are able to download it, and are reminded by a push notification every time a new one comes out."

— Georgina Hunter-Jones Helicopter Life Magazine about PressPad Magz

Paul Velasco - Publisher & Editor
"PressPad offers me a hassle-free, plug and play, cost-effective solution for delivering my Formula 1 news site on to mobile platforms. With over 1 dozen news posts every day the App handles it all without a fuss. And the support is fast and effective. 10/10 in my book."

— Paul Velasco Grand Prix 247 about PressPad News for WordPress

Corina Chirileasa, Romania Insider
"PressPad was an unexpectedly great solution for our Romania Insider news app. We've set it up quickly and then PressPad integrated rather fast all the features we needed, constantly offering us support in the meantime. Their response is fast and they have solutions for our requests, even without involving our agency. The app works well and the team at PressPad updates it when needed. We're very happy with their service."

— Corina Chirileasa Romania Insider about PressPad News for RSS feed


About PressPad

PressPad was established in 2011, just a few months after the inauguration of the revolutionary iPad by Steve Jobs during his unforgettable presentation on Apple Special Event in San Francisco.

iPad changed the way people perceived magazines publishing, and PressPad joined that revolution right away.

Our digital publishing platform for publishers is the answer for the rapidly growing mobile consumers segment and demand for easy-to-use digital publishing products.

We built PressPad as a software as a service solution with simplicity in mind delivering native mobile magazine apps, news apps, and digital newsstands for publishers base on a PDF format. Our customers are located mainly in the US, UK, Australia, and Japan. However, our apps support publishers scattered all around the world.

PressPad is a software as a service platform that is built around the publishers' needs. We speak human voice and understand that magazine apps or digital kiosks are must-have assets to win readers. Yet many magazine publishers need education in digital marketing and digital publishing. PressPad offers that level of commitment to help magazine publishers build necessary skills. So, we create magazine publishing apps and educate about digital magazine publishing.

PressPad is not another digital publishing platform because we closely work with publishers. Our one-on-one approach is well known and appreciated by many publishers. Especially those magazine publishers that are looking for a friendly digital publishing platform.

PressPad’s specialists become publishers’ advisors, trying to understand the publisher's unique needs. Thanks to that approach we can assess the marketing and sales processes of the publishers. That assessment makes us in power to adjust and optimize publishers' promotional processes. As an outcome, our publishers can earn more using the apps and marketing knowledge we share.

Every digital magazine is different and has a unique business environment. Publishers can read about successful magazine sales tips to build their skills too. Also, they can learn how to create an iPad magazine, and how to convert a magazine into a digital app available on the most popular mobile platforms.

Even skeptics who doubt bringing print magazines online admit that converting a print magazine to a mobile app is easy to do with PressPad.

We believe in PressPad, that even most niche publications can find their space and succeed online as digital magazines or mobile apps. Here is a case study to prove our stance.

Digital magazine publishing can be easy with PressPad. Try PressPad today. It costs you only time and a little bit of courage (smile).

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