New Gramophone Digital Edition & Archive

I am slightly confused about the Digital Edition. If I subscribe, do I get to download the Archive, or do I need to be connected to the internet to use it?

Do you need to be connected via wifi or will 3G do, as that is how I use my iPad the most.  I do know that downloading an issue via 3G does not really work, so I am concerned that I will not be able to browse the archive effectively via 3G.

Have been a Gramophone (print) subscriber since the 1960s. Am also all for progress :-)

Before I decide whether this represents progress, would some kind soul please answer these four questions:

1. I really only want to be able to read all Gramophone reviews: can I do so on my iPhone 4S? - with its smaller screen than that of the iPad?
2. Some posters here have written about their laptops: is the new software available for Mac OS X as well?
3. I'm now in the USA; what is the one time upgrade fee?
4. What is the annual print + digital fee thereafter?

Thanks and good luck with the new app etc!

Mr.
Wagreenlaw (p.3) most certainly is not the only unhappy subscriber. This is yet
another ‘less value for at least the same price’ (after deleting the CD only
recently). Yet, as mr. Luca Da Re (also p.3) points out: “Unfortunately we have had to take the tough
business decision”. Obviously, Gramophone is an institution and a reference but
in the end it’s also just a commercial organisation. So if you/I don’t like the
value / price equilibrium any more, we can always consider the alternatives.
(And for those of us speaking French sufficiently, good alternatives are
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What does
irritate me is that this is a classical case of punishing the loyal clients. In
the marketingtheory, this has been a hot topic over the last few years. But in
marketing practice, you still get a lot of “special offers for new customers,
increasing rates every year for loyal customers”. In this case (since I had a
habit of getting rid of older copies because I always could check the archive)
I would have to pay a second time for the content I already paid for while new
subscribers can just pay the fee and get all backcopies.

Now I do
understand things cost money and have a value. But I also experience Haymarket
has a very detailed database of their subscribers. So here’s my suggestion:

It shouldn’t be
too difficult to grant subscribers access to the issues since they started
their subscription (something you prove on every login by displaying the number
of years and weeks I’ve been a member. I know, that’s another database. It just
illustrates you’re quite capable of getting this on the road). On one hand this
rewards loyal subscribers (they get to see a lot, included in their
subscription). On the other hand, many more readers will get to experience how
great the new app works (I presume) and might consider expanding their access
(at an extra price which as such is only logical) to all backissues.

hi pgraber,

there's a page explaining how to tailor your searches on the Exact Editions website (http://www.exacteditions.com/exact/showAbout.do?subject=82680#nvss). I've cut and paste the section that you would probably find most useful below:

The searching is similar to web searching and, in general, the syntax of search terms is similar to that used by Google.

So a search for David and Cameron will find every page on which both those two words occur, even it they are well separated.

A search for “David Cameron” (including the quotes) will find the exact phrase, the two names in that order without any extra terms.

You can exclude terms from your search by prefixing them with a – sign, for example:

David –Cameron

to find a David who’s not a Cameron.

To make a term optional, prefix it with |, like this:

|Cameron |Clegg

will find pages which mention either Cameron or Clegg.

I hope this helps - happy searching!

James

Quite a few missing issues. First half of 1993. First quarter of 2010. I could go on.

Sorry for my truncated post above but a 69 word count limit is in operation!