by Astronomy Now Editor, Stuart Clark
We’re happy to announce that our new Astronomy Now app is dwell!
Since taking possession of the journal in July, creating an enhanced digital expertise has been a excessive precedence for our new Astronomy Now group.
As we speak we’re able to share an early model of the brand new digital platform, full with the final 12 again points and extra – together with this month’s subject! And we’re inviting all of you to strive it totally free till 16 October.
The way to entry the Astronomy Now App
All it’s essential to do is open a browser and navigate to astronomynowdigital.com. You’ll then be prompted for an e mail deal with, and you’ll achieve entry.
The brand new platform is optimised for each net looking and cell utilization. When utilizing it in your pc, you possibly can merely learn the journal, turning the pages as you’ll the bodily copy. From a cell system, you even have the choice of coming into ‘article view’, which exhibits you every article in a type that’s a lot simpler to learn in your telephone or pill.
Cell customers even have the choice of listening to the articles being learn to them.
For many who need to replicate the app expertise, use your system’s choice so as to add the webpage to your house display screen, the place it should then seem and performance indistinguishably from a conventional app.
What occurs if I’m already a subscriber?
From 16 October onwards – when the November subject goes on sale – the app shall be out there to subscribers solely. Print subscribers want take no additional motion!
Sadly, all present digital subscribers might want to contact us, in order that we will re-issue your subscription. Merely drop us a message through the Your House contact type mentioning ‘App subscriber’ within the first line of the message. Within the physique of the message, ship us your unique affirmation and we’ll do the remaining.
In widespread with many magazines and publishers, one of many causes we’ve chosen to maneuver away from the normal app shops of Apple and Google, is to make it simpler for us to remain in contact with our digital readers sooner or later.
As we close to 16 October, we’ll announce the price of the digital-only subscription. At the moment, we’re nonetheless doing our sums however wished to allow you to check out the app as quickly as attainable.
Future plans
Test again ceaselessly over the approaching days, as a result of we’re busy importing all points from the final ten years!
As time goes by, we will even benefit from the platform’s different options. Watch this area as we create an much more dynamic expertise for you.
We welcome your suggestions
A whole lot of you’ve already contacted us asking for an improved expertise with respect to buying PDFs or having an up-to-date app. We thanks on your persistence, and hope this model new model will provide you with a smoother approach to discover the Universe.
Do tell us what you assume, or what could possibly be improved. Write to us at Your House. We might characteristic your feedback or questions in our month-to-month ‘Your House’ column.
