Most companies offer deals so parents can purchase a digital file of the school photo or a variety of different-size photos, or a combination package of digital andprint.
Some publications have tried charging for a digital simulacrum of their print editions, with a more familiar design and layout than their websites, which can often be downloaded as a single package.
The iPad-will-save-our-asses craze is based on a single, flawed premise: Consumers want to read magazines and newspapers electronically the same way they have read them for centuries in print in a tightly bound content package produced by a single publisher.