Some questions prior to going eABN

A response from Sean Meagher, who is part of the team behind eABN

Once you have 'purchased' a magazine, you can download it onto more than one device as long as they are all connected to the internet. You cannot transfer it directly between devices but a customer can download it separately onto their iPad using the Pocketmags APP at no additional cost.

Once you have 'purchased' an edition, you can always delete it and then re-download it again if you want.

The customer could set up a free account with PocketMags, and download the December 2017 edition for free, so they can see what they would be getting. See pocketmags.com/air-britain-magazine/dec-17

Sean

Hello Howard

I purchased a couple of magazines to try and see what they looked like, and was very disappointed. They are not PDF, you have to turn the pages, and to get to a reasonable size to read them, the pages are to big for the screen. Also when you turn the pages the magnification decreases. I think you can only search each magazine individually. I find the system very user unfriendly.

When you have downloaded them, they stay in the Pocketmags site, or at least I cannot get them out of there. Like you say if Pocketmags goes down the pan, most probably your magazines will as well.

At least with a magazine you don't need a PC etc. and you can take it away with you.

If I am doing something wrong, could somebody tell me what I should be doing. This is why I was very disappointed when A-B stopped the magazine and books CDs.

Kind regards

John Taylor (02803)

Sadly Pocketmags do not offer a searchable version of magazines. They had promised in the past to develop this, but to date nothing has happened.

Steve M

While I havent tried eABN via Pocket Mags, my experience with other magazines they sell has been very poor so much so that I no longer use Pocket mags.
Issues including all the others mentioned above plus having to re download magazines after issues 'got lost'.
If you do go down this route watch out for recurring subscriptions which seem to be the default when you subscribe - very difficult to stop or get money back.
Chris

A response from Sue Bushell - the ABN and eABN editor

Some things seem to be searchable in Pocketmags, but others aren’t!

For instance, it doesn’t like registrations. But it will search for ‘proper’ words, such as Boeing - see attached screen dumps. It found all the Boeings in the whole magazine (my other half’s searchable Grand Designs magazine will only search on the spread he is looking at) but would not find TC-JYB (right-hand column, third line) with or without the hyphen.

We seem to have no control over what is and is not searchable at present. I am still searching around for solutions.

Cheers

Sue

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