E-Devices: Print’s Frenemy

• Barnes & Noble (B&N) is reporting robust magazine and newspaper sales at its NookNewsstand since shipping the NookColor, with more than 650,000 total subscriptions and single-copy sales. B&N offers nearly 100 magazine titles.

• On the printer side, last summer Quad/Graphics rolled out branded applications that allow magazines, catalogs and retail advertising to be published for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch, courtesy of the Quad/Graphics Digital Edition Platform. The solution enables Quad's clients to distribute content by print and mail, digital editions and branded Apple apps. The iPad application was developed by YUDU Media.