Google’s new Nexus 2 tablet has taken a leaf out of Apple and Amazon’s book by making sure it will have ‘content’ on stream, including magazines from its Google Play app store, from US publishers Hearst and Condé Nast, such as Popular Science, Food Network, and Conde Nast Traveler.
Archive for June, 2012
Google turns to magazines
June 27, 2012PPA to run Edinburgh magazine festival
June 27, 2012PPA Scotland is to hold an international event celebrating magazines during the Edinburgh Festival, on August 26 and 27. MagFest will include creative workshops, an industry conference and an exhibition with speakers such as Christopher Ward, Redwood co-founder; The Big Issue’s John Bird MBE, magazine blogger Andrew Losowsky and ShortList’s Matt Phare.
PPA to run Edinburgh magazine festival
June 27, 2012PPA Scotland is to hold an international event celebrating magazines during the Edinburgh Festival, on August 26 and 27. MagFest will include creative workshops, an industry conference and an exhibition with speakers such as Christopher Ward, Redwood co-founder; The Big Issue’s John Bird MBE, magazine blogger Andrew Losowsky and ShortList’s Matt Phare.
Collecting magazines on eBay
June 1, 2012
OZ issue sold on eBay
The Collecting Vintage Magazines page is one of the most popular on Magforum and the popularity of the hobby is reflected by the growth of magazine sales on Ebay. I’m just doing the latest analysis, which includes the following findings:
- June 2012, number of live listings in the UK: 148,950
- Dec 2010: 98,095
- Mar 2007: 29,425
So, in the past 18 months, the number of magazines listed has jumped by half.
Of the top 50 most expensive items, only 3 actually sold. The dearest was a near-complete set of Motor Racing for £560 – it had 25 bidders. The most expensive single magazine was issue 4 of OZ.
I’ll be updating be Magforum page next week.
