The Free Vs. Paid Argument is Soooo 2004

Here’s a great article posturing why publishers should give away all of their magazine content. Like all of these articles, the writer makes a very compelling argument. But here’s the thing: publishers don’t need to wring their hands over this issue. Nxtbook has a solution in place for just this predicament.

A publisher can take a magazine and make it protected, either for registered users or paid users. Then, they enable our PREVIEW feature. What happens is simple. A paid subscriber reads great content and posts the link with the page w/ the cool content on their blog. A new reader clicks the link and then the PREVIEW button which appears on the log-in screen. After that, they’re delivered to the linked content and can turn as many pages as the publisher specifies. After that, they’re invited to subscribe.

Doing this eliminates the argument above – your content can be used to promote your other content. Just ask your Nxtbook rep for details.