Lets see. they admit there's no cost 2 them and its all profit. but they charge more then the real magazine which *does* have a cost 2 produce. then if u read the reviews of the app, its doesn't do a great job and its awkward and has glitches (supposedly). And there probably scratching there head wondering why they only sold 365 or whatever.

Originally Posted by Bluenik25

Maybe if they would get with the program and offer a yearly subscription for the same price as the magazine subscription they could make some money. I for one will not buy any magazine on the iPad that cost more than it does at the yearly subscription price.

He said it himself, it doesn't cost them anything!!

Could not have said it better myself!!

Originally Posted by Superbike81

Originally Posted by write-stuff

I'm guessing a different magazine might do better. GQ??? Who reads that?

GQ is an excellent magazine. I've had a subscription for some time. I can understand if you are a leper who doesn't care about fashion I guess. What magazine would you prefer they look into?

A fashion boy with an attitude! Lol .... It is funny though.....

For such a trendy magazine with great content, they have to remember one thing: any idiot can download a PDF of GQ off the internet. If they want to sell it, it has to have the "cool" factor the iPad, and frankly that GQ magazine is come to be known for.

Actually 57,000 copies.
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Originally Posted by write-stuff

I'm guessing a different magazine might do better. GQ??? Who reads that?

Lot's of people do, as evidenced by the few on here who mentioned they do. I live in NYC, and while I do like to be fashion forward, the magazine has some surprisingly deep (and sometimes funny) editorial opinions on politics, world events, and people.

Originally Posted by NumbLock

Originally Posted by Finnedog

Give it away for a year, if people like it they will pay for it.

I read GQ. I like the fashion, tech, health and girls. I think the problem is, after reading the reviews is that the production costs are really zero. People say it works just like a PDF. Boring! If people want to charge money for an iPad magazine, it HAS to be cool.

I couldn't agree more. While its nice to see that they made money without incurring any additional overhead, any pdf port of a magazine will ultimately lose out. 2.99 seems like too much to charge for an e-copy of a magazine with no added value aside from convenience. I'm an avid GQ subsriber. make it engaging, and make it interactive, and they'll have my subscription for sure.