AdAge has published a report on sales numbers for magazines for the first six months of the iPad. The short version of the article is that the iPad is not killing newsstand sales but that it is also early days for the device.
In the middle of an article at Mashable about the AdAge report is this quote which will interest newsagents.
It’s also important to note that where digital magazines are really poised to take off is with subscriptions. Apple and major publishers continue to hash away at terms that will bring subscription pricing to the iPad. We agree with Ad Age and with publishers, once subscriptions become an option, the iPad magazine game will get a lot bigger.
As the use of iPads and similar devices grows, we will need to focus our attention of the difference we bring to the shopper experience in our stores and that which print product brings to the reader experience over digital.
I discuss the impact of the iPad among other things in a video: How Disruption of Print Media Will Affect Newsagents.