(This can be done using the print paper, NYTimes.com or the Replica Edition, as well as the iPad app and the Election 2012 iPhone app).
(Depending on available technology, you might assign some pairs to check out one or more of these other versions: the New York Times app for Google Chrome (which requires the use of the Google Chrome Web browser, a free download), the Skimmer version, the Replica Edition, or the smartphone and iPad apps).
Digital replica editions — which replicate the format of the print editions — now make up 3.3 percent of total magazine circulation, with 10.2 million digital replica editions sold in the first half of 2013.
Paid subscriptions to The Boston Globe's e-reader and replica editions and BostonGlobe.com were up 13 percent, to about 18,000.
Paid subscribers to The Globe's e-reader and replica editions and BostonGlobe.com were up about 28 percent, to 23,000 subscribers.
The replica editions contain the same content, layout and ads as the printed version, usually in a PDF or possibly on a tablet version.
A spokeswoman for the magazine assured me that Condé Nast, which publishes Vanity Fair, plans to introduce "digital replica editions" of its magazines using Adobe software, and this will improve the reading experience.
Much of the focus on magazines and apps has been on the replica editions, whether offered through aggregators like Zinio, or as standalone apps in the app store newsstands of Apple and Google.
New York Times, as of December 2013, had 760,000 paid subscribers to its various digital subscription packages, e-readers and replica editions of The New York Times and the International New York Times.
The Times says it doesn't break out its digital subscriber numbers by device, but as of Q3 2012, it had 566,000 paid subscribers to its various digital subscription packages, e-readers, and replica editions of The New York Times and its global edition, The International Herald Tribune.
The company also handles e-book distribution for 7 of the 10 largest US trade publishers, providing electronic replica editions for The New York Times, e-book fulfillment for partners like Baker & Taylor/Blio and Harlequin, and book, magazine, and newspaper distribution to more than 50 digital retail marketplaces including Amazon, Google, Apple, Barnes & Noble and Sony.
