Texterity has announced the launch of a new magazine service making free digital editions of magazines available for subscribers of the companion print product. This is an interesting move on several fronts: it sets FREE as the price point for digital editions of magazines, it subtly invites print consumers to migrate online and helps find new online only subscribers. The cloverleaf site (that’s the name of the service) lists a bunch of magazines already participating.
Coverleaf.com (www.coverleaf.com) clarification. First, the price of digital is not FREE, however, if you are already a print subscriber, then you can get a free “companion copy” in digital format. This is a way for consumer publishers to get a good, valid, deliverable email address to have for their print subscribers.
For the Coverleaf.com visitor, they can search virtually all magazines in the site and look at a “page at a time”. Readers can also clip and save pages in their own collection. This encourages people to return to the site, and ultimately, to subscribe to new publications.
Try http://www.turnit.ca this sounds 100% free for everybody, I asked them about the iPhone version and they send me a link to the beta version. Its so cool to read.
http://www.digi-zines.com is even better. Loads of cool free magazines.