iPad 3: Newsstand, IBooks and Reading Apps for the Budding Entrepreneur
Article by Ashish H
After buying a new iPad there is a need to load it up with the best of the applications that you can get from the Apple App Store. The only problem is that good content is usually not free. You can toil for hours downloading seemingly free stuff only to realize that only the interface was free, the content itself is not!
If you are looking for games or app’s there is usually a free version available, but unfortunately, when it comes to reading content or articles by renowned authors & reporters, it is hard. After browsing as many free newsstand magazines, iBooks books & reading apps that I could find, it turned into a chore to find quality content.
Content can be free, folks just have to find a suitable model. It’s been over 10 years & still the vast majority of web users usually get their content for free. From online portals to niche websites, we’ve seen over & over again, that free information rules. People hate to pay money when other alternatives are available.
Looking at Google & Facebook as a model, with Google breaking ground first, the interface & content should be free. The data mined from users is where money is to be made. True, you can go the subscription route, but if you want volume than free still rules. Ad’s is where the money is for these giants. And Ad’s is where money can be found even for a low volume entrepreneur. If your goal is to sell your book, then maybe not, but if your goal is to get a speaking assigment then giving away your book for free is good publicity.
Going through the Apple App Store & looking for books, magazines, etc that provide quality content and are still free is not easy, but can be done, you just need to have patience. Below is a list that list of free iPad3 Newsstand magazines, iBooks books & reading apps(if you find more, plz do share)
200 Startup Tips – Free e-book by Ilya Kaganovich Entrepreneur Magazine – From the worldclass Entrepreneur website Entrepreneurs Startups- A full fledged magazine for entrepreneurs Inc. Magazine – Another magazine with some editions for download Self Help – iBooks book by Samuel Smiles Slate – Slick App for browsing latest news Startup Best Practices – Another book for startups The Week Magazine(US) – iPad version of the popular print magazine Think and Grow Rich – Best selling book by Napoleon Hill Zite – Ground breaking app that learns from your reading habits
http://www.random75.com/blog/entrepreneur/ipad-newsstand-ibooks-apps-budding-entrepreneur
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