Interactive Tablet Publishing Project

Some publishers have touted digital readership as a way forward for the magazine industry as advertisers warm up to iPad editions. The 58 magazine iPad editions tracked by the Publishers Information Bureau posted a 24.5% gain in ad units through June. Still, tablet circulation has not increased as rapidly as publishers had hoped.

Magazines apps are still too big for iPads because of all the images. Each iPad magazine takes up way too much storage, and people get turned off by the iPad magazines because of that. This is a problem specific to magazines because of all the imagery, especially for ads. Books don't have this problem, since they don't need ads. The situation reminds me of early tiny MP3 players before the iPod came out with its hard drive that could store your whole MP3 collection. Magazines on iPads will start to happen once you can store a hundred or thousand issues on them at once.

After earning first place in the regional competition, West Virginia Uncovered was named a national finalist and was one of three projects recognized nationwide as Best Independent Online Student Publication for a large university.

May 29, 2013 · Raleigh County Schools will be the first in the state to adopt district-wide one-on-one technology in every classroom.   Raleigh County Superintendent of Schools Jim Brown is marking his first year on the job with the announcement of a multi-million dollar contract with Apple that will supply every student with either a 4th generation iPad or access to an iPad Mini.   There are 12,000 students in the county. Brown said the investment for the initiative called iRaleigh comes to $135.48 per pupil.