Comments on: iMags: An answer to a shrinking print culture? http://www.rocksbackpagesblogs.com/2010/01/imags-an-answer-to-shrinking-print-culture/ Rock reviews, rock articles & rock interviews from the Ultimate Rock'n'Roll Library Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:35:32 +0000 hourly 1 By: Simon Warner http://www.rocksbackpagesblogs.com/2010/01/imags-an-answer-to-shrinking-print-culture/#comment-6122 Simon Warner Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:46:45 +0000 http://www.rocksbackpagesblogs.com/2010/01/imags-an-answer-to-shrinking-print-culture/#comment-6122 Well, Leyla - They DID call it the iPad, I am sure you will now be aware! Well, Leyla – They DID call it the iPad, I am sure you will now be aware!

]]> By: Leyla Sanai http://www.rocksbackpagesblogs.com/2010/01/imags-an-answer-to-shrinking-print-culture/#comment-6085 Leyla Sanai Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:51:25 +0000 http://www.rocksbackpagesblogs.com/2010/01/imags-an-answer-to-shrinking-print-culture/#comment-6085 Thanks for the link, Simon, I'll have a look at that. Like Barney I like the substantial feeling and ability to share of a real paper at least a couple of times a week - weekends mainly, when you can share and take your time. I can't see myself ever buying ebooks because I like the transportability and physicality of paper books, but maybe my mind will be changed. But with e books you may want to read them again, or pass them on. I just can't see that happening with magazine and newspaper articles, which I always see as one read only - hence why I have difficulty in seeing the attractions of an ipad where you can (presumably) store them. But I suppose logically there's no reason why a great magazine or newspaper article should be any more disposable than a good book. I'll read the Guardian piece later and see if it enlightens me further. Thanks again. Thanks for the link, Simon, I’ll have a look at that.
Like Barney I like the substantial feeling and ability to share of a real paper at least a couple of times a week – weekends mainly, when you can share and take your time.
I can’t see myself ever buying ebooks because I like the transportability and physicality of paper books, but maybe my mind will be changed. But with e books you may want to read them again, or pass them on. I just can’t see that happening with magazine and newspaper articles, which I always see as one read only – hence why I have difficulty in seeing the attractions of an ipad where you can (presumably) store them. But I suppose logically there’s no reason why a great magazine or newspaper article should be any more disposable than a good book.
I’ll read the Guardian piece later and see if it enlightens me further. Thanks again.

]]> By: Simon Warner http://www.rocksbackpagesblogs.com/2010/01/imags-an-answer-to-shrinking-print-culture/#comment-6077 Simon Warner Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:15:38 +0000 http://www.rocksbackpagesblogs.com/2010/01/imags-an-answer-to-shrinking-print-culture/#comment-6077 The Plough and the Daily Star....now there's an O'Casey play... The Plough and the Daily Star….now there’s an O’Casey play…

]]> By: Barney Hoskyns http://www.rocksbackpagesblogs.com/2010/01/imags-an-answer-to-shrinking-print-culture/#comment-6076 Barney Hoskyns Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:00:55 +0000 http://www.rocksbackpagesblogs.com/2010/01/imags-an-answer-to-shrinking-print-culture/#comment-6076 Sign me up for that iPatch. More seriously, I've been saying for a decade now that paper will go the way of the plough. Plenty of upside to this, environmentally and otherwise, since paper news and mags have always been semi-disposable at best anyway. I still buy the paper Guardian, not least because I like the share-ability of it at breakfast, for example: little Johnny with the sports, the Missus with G2, so on & so forth - but I accept its days are numbered. Sign me up for that iPatch. More seriously, I’ve been saying for a decade now that paper will go the way of the plough. Plenty of upside to this, environmentally and otherwise, since paper news and mags have always been semi-disposable at best anyway. I still buy the paper Guardian, not least because I like the share-ability of it at breakfast, for example: little Johnny with the sports, the Missus with G2, so on & so forth – but I accept its days are numbered.

]]> By: Simon Warner http://www.rocksbackpagesblogs.com/2010/01/imags-an-answer-to-shrinking-print-culture/#comment-6072 Simon Warner Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:53:52 +0000 http://www.rocksbackpagesblogs.com/2010/01/imags-an-answer-to-shrinking-print-culture/#comment-6072 Sorry, Leyla, all good questions but I may have to rely on this to help you - and us all, perhaps....a more recent Guardian account from yesterday: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/jan/20/apple-tablet-reader-launch Sorry, Leyla, all good questions but I may have to rely on this to help you – and us all, perhaps….a more recent Guardian account from yesterday:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/jan/20/apple-tablet-reader-launch

]]> By: Leyla Sanai http://www.rocksbackpagesblogs.com/2010/01/imags-an-answer-to-shrinking-print-culture/#comment-6067 Leyla Sanai Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:13:49 +0000 http://www.rocksbackpagesblogs.com/2010/01/imags-an-answer-to-shrinking-print-culture/#comment-6067 Fascinating stuff, Simon. For the benefit of the Luddites(such as myself) among us, could you please explain exactly what the iPad will do? The reason I'm slightly mystified is because my feeling is that with magazine articles, unlike itunes, usually one use is all the punter wants - most people don't read magazine articles more than once. So is the slate wiped clean as it were after each article is purchased and read? And if so, what purpose will the iPad serve compared with more conventional methods of pay-per-view or annual online subscription as in operation say on the rocksbackpages archive? Fascinating stuff, Simon. For the benefit of the Luddites(such as myself) among us, could you please explain exactly what the iPad will do? The reason I’m slightly mystified is because my feeling is that with magazine articles, unlike itunes, usually one use is all the punter wants – most people don’t read magazine articles more than once. So is the slate wiped clean as it were after each article is purchased and read? And if so, what purpose will the iPad serve compared with more conventional methods of pay-per-view or annual online subscription as in operation say on the rocksbackpages archive?

]]> By: Richard Riegel http://www.rocksbackpagesblogs.com/2010/01/imags-an-answer-to-shrinking-print-culture/#comment-6054 Richard Riegel Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:40:17 +0000 http://www.rocksbackpagesblogs.com/2010/01/imags-an-answer-to-shrinking-print-culture/#comment-6054 Unfortunately, the talk around the States is that Apple will initially offer the iPatch at a price of 299 pieces of eight. That's way too much -- you'd have to be Captain Kidd's chief financial officer to afford that! I'm just going to wait until the pirated version of the iPatch comes out of China later this year. Unfortunately, the talk around the States is that Apple will initially offer the iPatch at a price of 299 pieces of eight. That’s way too much — you’d have to be Captain Kidd’s chief financial officer to afford that! I’m just going to wait until the pirated version of the iPatch comes out of China later this year.

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