Magazine selection

[freagul]

I'm thinking about dumping my 1st Gen iPad and getting the Nexus 7. I mostly use my iPad for reading so the smaller form factor appeals to me, and I like that magazines seem to have a consistent experience on the Nexus 7, whereas on the iPad every publisher has their own way of navigating around, which can be annoying. My only concern is the actual selection of available titles. For example, I read Bloomberg Businessweek, which apparently isn't available as a magazine in Google Play, nor does it even have an app, which frankly I find remarkable. Is this mostly because magazines on android are a fairly new feature? Can anyone comment as to whether more titles will quickly be added? Because right now the selection looks like it sucks, especially for business magazines/journals.

 

[Deleted User]

You can add Bloomberg Business week as an RSS feed into the magazines app. Not quite the same as a dedicated one but I suppose it's something.
You can also bookmark the mobile site and add it to the home page as a kind of app

Hopefully the popularity of the Nexus 7 might encourage more magazines for the platform.

 

[cavalierss]

Try Zinio, largest selection of magazines.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zinio.mobile.android.reader&hl=en

 

[freagul]

Try Zinio, largest selection of magazines.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zinio.mobile.android.reader&hl=en

Didn't know Zinio was on android, good suggestion!

 

[CrackBaby]

If one already subscribes to a few print magazines, how does one go about checking to see whether digital is also available, and do you have to pay twice, or is digital usually included? Women's fashion magazines in this instance.

 

[CrackBaby]

Digital is available for Lucky magazine, but only for iPad, nook, and kindle fire. The app will not work for the Nexus 7. Darn shame. Post if you know of a way to get an amazon magazine app to work on an android tablet.

 

[MSUgEEk]

Google Currents is another option for business (and other types) of publications that is free.

As far as Play Magazines though, it is fairly new and I would anticipate it will grow substantially over the next year.

 

[JanComputerman]

Digital is available for Lucky magazine, but only for iPad, nook, and kindle fire. The app will not work for the Nexus 7. Darn shame. Post if you know of a way to get an amazon magazine app to work on an android tablet.

just get the kindle reader app for android in the play store and you should be able to read kindle fire books.
Actually the lucky magazine is available in the play store too!

 

[CrackBaby]

just get the kindle reader app for android in the play store and you should be able to read kindle fire books.
Actually the lucky magazine is available in the play store too!

It's showing a big red X.... not available for the Nexus 7. And the one in Google play store doesn't seem to have a way for me to enter in that I'm a print subscriber. I think I will e-mail Lucky and ask about this. Thanks anyway.

 

[CrackBaby]

The app "Next Issue" is now available on the Nexus 7 .... I like it better than Zinio. The problem with Zinio is that each page is blurry for the first second, then adjusts. That's annoying.
Another thing I like better about Next Issue is that it's a smorgasbord of magazines for one price, like Netflix but for magazines.