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mlaaker

Name: micah@laaker.com micah@laaker.com

Bio: Micah Laaker is connecting comics, characters, + conversations as head of product experience at Graphicly. He lives in California with his wife, sons, mammoth music + respectable comics collections.

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October 13, 2011 2:55 pm Irredeemable will also be day and date for the Newsstand app.
October 13, 2011 2:55 pm Currently, we don't have the "Sync to your Graphicly account" functionality, but this was just due to getting out the door for the iOS5 launch. We are absolutely working on this, which would sync your Newsstand purchases for availability on Graphicly's other "storefront" apps (meaning: iPad app, iPhone app, Android app, AIR client, Web site, etc.). We're actively working on getting content together for the Fire, so can't yet confirm that, but your request is very much inline with Graphicly's goal of letting you access your purchases in the medium you choose. Sometimes platforms restrict us a bit, but we're always working towards that goal.
October 13, 2011 2:52 pm Agree that search for Newsstand-enabled apps should be filtered to allow folks to find just that type of content. In the meantime, you *can* search for any of our apps just by searching for the title name… you'll find lots of other content, too, but so far not seeing 5 pages of other results. (I know its not ideal.) Glad to hear you like the app.
October 13, 2011 2:50 pm Glad to hear you like the concept of getting books via the Newsstand. We're excited about getting more and more great content closer to the fans (meaning: directly in Apple's and others' marketplaces). Re: pricing, we had some initial glitches this morning, but now everything should be consistent across the apps. All new issues from Image will be $2.99 (meaning whether you buy in-app á la carte, or if you subscribe), while back issues will be $1.99. All new issues will be day and date as we initially announced with our launch of Image. Re: your questions: 1. You cannot currently delete issues from the app, but we're tracking this for a future update. Wholly agree that once you start downloading these issues, you'll want to free up space. We've got a lot of new features in the pipeline for these Newsstand apps (including delete), so stay tuned. :) 2. Pinch-to-zoom will be coming in one of the next releases. In the short-term, we recommend switching to Portrait orientation instead of Landscape orientation if text is too small to read in spread mode (e.g. 2 pages side by side) 3. Not now. We want to make accessing the sidebar controls visible and discoverable to users, while making the least intrusion in the story/art. We'll be looking at ways to perfect this, of course, to hit a better balance that what we currently have. 4. OK, thanks. We're out with our initial release of this new book-reading functionality, so definitely taking in all users' feedback on these types of effects. Thanks again for the feedback. We really appreciate it.