Kunst im Brief is a Germany - based art
print subscription company that ships worldwide.
Not exact matches
In a nutshell, the
company is trying to increase the amount of money it brings in from digital
subscriptions and digital advertising quickly enough to offset the steep declines on the
print side.
Revenue from digital
subscriptions and ads has yet to offset declining
print revenue, so it only makes sense that media
companies want to turn their brands into new sources of income.
CEO Dion Weisler said that despite the drop in
printing supplies sales, he's seeing some positive growth like an undisclosed amount of growth in the
company's so - called instant ink
subscription program in which users can sign up to have ink delivered when needed.
Meanwhile, the
company is trying to maintain growth in online
subscriptions, which totaled about 875,000 at the end of the third quarter, and
print readership has continued to decline.
This prompted his
company to enter into agreements with Scribd and Oyster to explore the viability of e-book
subscription services with their back catalog and out of
print materials.
But some more modest efforts of a
company like Osprey, which caters to military history buffs and offers
subscriptions, online forums and the like, demonstrates how a deeply traditional niche publisher can develop their community online while enhancing the value of their
print customer base.
This is the
company, elsevier, with spectacular profit rates, whch gets its material (papers, books) which have mostly been produced at public expense (university salaries, public research grants), do very little actual editorial work (one usually has to supply papers charts etc «
print ready»), get academic reviewers to review the books and papers free of charge (well, paid for by universities or they do it in free time), depend on journal editors whose time is paid for by (generally publicly funded) universities, then sells the journals to the same universities, sometimes for
subscription prices in the thousands of dollars.
The other new feature was a
subscription model for
companies or users who had a high - volume of content that had to be digitized, making it more affordable on a larger scale; this model also included features such as digitizing back issues of
print magazines, an Express Service for those platinum members, and more.
Major news
companies are experiencing dwindling
print subscriptions and in turn are seeing decreasing advertising revenue from their traditional sponsors.
IBS Bookmaster highlighted their digitial distribution functionality that allows publishers to handle orders for
print, digital and
subscription products on the same invoice and automatically sends orders for the digital products to the
company's digital distributor.
If I had to guess, I'd say within five years we'll hopefully see a
company with a digital - first model,
print - on - demand services, and most important — an unlimited content
subscription option.
The
company is still in the process of determining the pricing structure for the iPad app
subscription, such as whether existing
print subs would get a discounted rate or have free access.
If you
print lots of photos, the
company offers an unlimited paper
subscription, saving you time and money.
Its Real Estate Edition Color Printing Solutions combines the
company's printers with a
subscription to a Web - based service for designing and producing popular
print promotions, such as flyers, brochures, and newsletters from a library of design themes, templates, and clip art.