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  Magazines Juan I. Cahis <jiclbchSINBASURA@attglobal.net> - 2013-11-28 08:38 -0600
    Re: Magazines Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2013-11-28 10:33 -0800
      Re: Magazines Calum <com.gmail@nospam.scottishwildcat> - 2013-11-28 20:01 +0000
        Re: Magazines Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2013-11-29 07:49 -0800
          Re: Magazines Juan I. Cahis <jiclbchSINBASURA@attglobal.net> - 2013-11-29 19:39 -0600
            Re: Magazines Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2013-11-29 19:28 -0800
              Re: Magazines Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> - 2013-12-02 23:03 +0000
        Re: Magazines Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-11-29 16:15 +0000
          Re: Magazines Calum <com.gmail@nospam.scottishwildcat> - 2013-11-29 17:30 +0000
            Re: Magazines Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-11-29 22:55 +0000

#19696 — Magazines

Dear friends:

Thanks to Mavericks, we can read eBooks in our Mac. 

But, how can we read in our Mac the Magazines that we are subscribed
through Apple Store? I mean the magazines that they appear in iOS Newstand.


-- 
Enviado desde mi iPad usando NewsTap, Juan I. Cahis, Santiago de Chile.

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#19707

In article 
<246117511407342034.765551jiclbchSINBASURA-attglobal.net@news-central.gi
ganews.com>,
 Juan I. Cahis <jiclbchSINBASURA@attglobal.net> wrote:

> Dear friends:
> 
> Thanks to Mavericks, we can read eBooks in our Mac. 
> 
> But, how can we read in our Mac the Magazines that we are subscribed
> through Apple Store? I mean the magazines that they appear in iOS Newstand.

Buy an iPad.  AFAIK, the magazine reader is iPad only.

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#19710

On 28/11/2013 18:33, Michael Vilain wrote:

> Buy an iPad.  AFAIK, the magazine reader is iPad only.

In fact, there isn't even a "magazine reader" as such. Each 'magazine' 
that appears in the Newsstand is basically just an ordinary iOS app with 
some loosely standardized behaviour and some compile-time options that 
make it appear in the Newsstand 'folder', which is why no two of them 
(from different publishers) look or behave alike.

-- 
Xbox: GallusNumpty  Steam: scottishwildcat

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#19749

On 2013-11-28 20:01:54 +0000, Calum <com.gmail@nospam.scottishwildcat> said:

> On 28/11/2013 18:33, Michael Vilain wrote:
> 
>> Buy an iPad.  AFAIK, the magazine reader is iPad only.
> 
> In fact, there isn't even a "magazine reader" as such. Each 'magazine' 
> that appears in the Newsstand is basically just an ordinary iOS app 
> with some loosely standardized behaviour and some compile-time options 
> that make it appear in the Newsstand 'folder', which is why no two of 
> them (from different publishers) look or behave alike.

On my iPad and my iMac I use Zenio;
< 
http://www.zinio.com/www/index.jsp;jsessionid=3716A37400011C7C3CEB049D59E10BF9.prd-main-news2?_requestid=93452 
>


-- 
Regards,

Savageduck

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#19758

Dear friends:

Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
> On 2013-11-28 20:01:54 +0000, Calum <com.gmail@nospam.scottishwildcat> said:
> 
>> On 28/11/2013 18:33, Michael Vilain wrote:
>>>> Buy an iPad.  AFAIK, the magazine reader is iPad only.
>>> In fact, there isn't even a "magazine reader" as such. Each 'magazine'
>>> > that appears in the Newsstand is basically just an ordinary iOS app >
>>>> with some loosely standardized behaviour and some compile-time options
>>>> > that make it appear in the Newsstand 'folder', which is why no two
>>>>> of > them (from different publishers) look or behave alike.
> 
> On my iPad and my iMac I use Zenio;
> <
> http://www.zinio.com/www/index.jsp;jsessionid=3716A37400011C7C3CEB049D59E10BF9.prd-main-news2?_requestid=93452
> >
> 

I think it is a good idea, maybe I will move my Magazine subscriptions to
it. I don't know, however, if Zinio handles subscriptions to Newspapers
too. 

-- 
Enviado desde mi iPad usando NewsTap, Juan I. Cahis, Santiago de Chile.

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#19759

On 2013-11-30 01:39:17 +0000, Juan I. Cahis 
<jiclbchSINBASURA@attglobal.net> said:

> Dear friends:
> 
> Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
>> On 2013-11-28 20:01:54 +0000, Calum <com.gmail@nospam.scottishwildcat> said:
>> 
>>> On 28/11/2013 18:33, Michael Vilain wrote:
>>>>> Buy an iPad.  AFAIK, the magazine reader is iPad only.
>>>> In fact, there isn't even a "magazine reader" as such. Each 'magazine'
>>>>> that appears in the Newsstand is basically just an ordinary iOS app >
>>>>> with some loosely standardized behaviour and some compile-time options
>>>>>> that make it appear in the Newsstand 'folder', which is why no two
>>>>>> of > them (from different publishers) look or behave alike.
>> 
>> On my iPad and my iMac I use Zenio;
>> <
>> http://www.zinio.com/www/index.jsp;jsessionid=3716A37400011C7C3CEB049D59E10BF9.prd-main-news2?_requestid=93452



I 
>> 
> think it is a good idea, maybe I will move my Magazine subscriptions to
> it. I don't know, however, if Zinio handles subscriptions to Newspapers
> too.

Nope! Just magazines. For newspapers I find dedicated apps the best way 
of dealing with those I get to regularly, and then there are some which 
are best left to a browser as their apps are not well implemented. That 
said Zinio does a pretty good job of presenting magazines on desktop or 
iPad.
< http://www.zinio.com/www/ >

You have options to view in 2 page landscape with zoom ratios of your choice.
< https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1295663/FileChute/screenshot_419.jpg >
< https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1295663/FileChute/screenshot_420.jpg >
...or 1 page landscape.
< https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1295663/FileChute/screenshot_421.jpg >

-- 
Regards,

Savageduck

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#19783

Note: Newsstand does NOT upload all magazines.  One of mine can't, so it's
just another app doing something I used to have a folder for that I'm stuck
with.  And Time, at least, brings up every issue for years when I want to
look at one of the commemorative issues I've saved, even offline 8-(.
Ofline it offers to sell them and online clutters my screen that way.



-- 
Erilar, biblioholic medievalist with iPad

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#19751

In article <l787ff$nac$1@speranza.aioe.org>, Calum <com.gmail@nospam.scottishwildcat> wrote:

> > Buy an iPad.  AFAIK, the magazine reader is iPad only.
>
>  In fact, there isn't even a "magazine reader" as such. Each 'magazine'
>  that appears in the Newsstand is basically just an ordinary iOS app with
>  some loosely standardized behaviour and some compile-time options that
>  make it appear in the Newsstand 'folder', which is why no two of them
>  (from different publishers) look or behave alike.

Correct, but it also ties in with a distribution model where the iPad can 
automatically download the latest issues and an iCloud 
account-based subscription service as well. It's not a reader, but it's 
also more than just a folder :)



--
Sandman[.net]

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#19752

On 29/11/2013 16:15, Sandman wrote:

> Correct, but it also ties in with a distribution model where the iPad can
> automatically download the latest issues and an iCloud
> account-based subscription service as well. It's not a reader, but it's
> also more than just a folder :)

A little more, but only the bare minimum. Any App Store app can offer 
in-app subscriptions (episodic games, for example), so they're not 
special in that regard. And downloading new issues seems to be handled 
differently in every app too, so I'd guess Apple aren't really offering 
a standard way to do that either, over and above the basic push 
notification technology that's also available to any other app.

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#19755

In article <l7aivl$u1j$1@speranza.aioe.org>, Calum <com.gmail@nospam.scottishwildcat> wrote:

> > Correct, but it also ties in with a distribution model where the iPad can
> > automatically download the latest issues and an iCloud
> > account-based subscription service as well. It's not a reader, but it's
> > also more than just a folder :)
>
>  A little more, but only the bare minimum. Any App Store app can offer
>  in-app subscriptions (episodic games, for example), so they're not
>  special in that regard

True, but it was Newstand that prompted this functionality.

>  And downloading new issues seems to be handled
>  differently in every app too, so I'd guess Apple aren't really offering
>  a standard way to do that either, over and above the basic push
>  notification technology that's also available to any other app.

Yes, they are. This is unique to Newsstand apps and the push notifications 
contains extra information "{content-available: 1}" which means that the 
Newsstand Kit's bacground downloader will download the issue and make it 
available to the app via an API. It can only be done once every 24 hours 
per app though, so some daily newspapers may need to download updated 
content "manually".



--
Sandman[.net]

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