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Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Your iPhone Can Have a Small Chair

Posted by on Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 3:05 PM

According to GalleyCat, McSweeney's is launching an iPhone app called Small Chair:

According to the release, subscribing to the app will deliver six-months worth of iPhone-exclusive content, along with choice selections from the publisher's online content site, McSweeney's Internet Tendency.

The content will not always be literature, either: It might be music or a comic book or some other thing. I don't have an iPhone, but I'll be watching this application closely; I think people might be willing to subscribe to magazines online if they get good, exclusive stuff on their phones. This looks like a really good start in that direction to me.

 

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"# It is a "weekly sampler" that you pay $6 for.
# It is a "weekly sampler" that you pay $6 for that nevertheless expires after six months.
# It is officially called "The Small Chair." Oh, so cute.
# Typing "Small Chair" into iTunes gets you nothing, because this app is actually just called "Mc Sweeney's.""

among other annoyances.

right direction, wrong moves. 6 bux is the big dealbreaker for this impoverished booknerd.
Posted by Swearengen on September 23, 2009 at 3:25 PM
MonkeyNose 2
Change "is launching" to "has launched"

I got it (iTunes link) and I think it's pretty great. $6 is a small price to give back for all the great reading I've found on their website. The other content is a bonus, far as I'm concerned.
Posted by MonkeyNose on September 23, 2009 at 4:07 PM

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