Since getting an iPad I’ve slowly moved all my old analog reading material into the digital world. I’ve been very slowly obtaining digital versions of books that I have in print form, and with the advent of Newsstand, I’m now able to get nearly every magazine I read on the iPad as well. Many of them I’ve been getting in Zinio (a good app and a good service), but the app versions have the potential to be much more interactive than what I believe can be obtained through Zinio.
I encountered something this past weekend that lead me to an idea for a tip for you, our readers. I had one magazine that I wasn’t particularly enjoying but had inadvertently signed up for a recurring monthly subscription. Each time the magazine came through I’d read it, get disappointed and think to myself, “I should really cancel this subscription.” I’d look through the magazine’s preferences to find an unsubscribe button of some kind, but always to no avail. Then I’d get distracted by something shiny and I’d forget all about the magazine for another month…
This time, I was determined not to be beaten by a poorly designed app and a short attention span. I did a little Googling and discovered that the subscription preferences aren’t in the magazine itself but in the iOS App Store. That makes sense, right? (I didn’t think so either.)
Here’s what you do:
- Tap on the App Store
- Tap on Purchased at the bottom
- Tap on your Apple ID
- Tap View Apple ID
- Enter your password
- Tap Manage (under Subscriptions)
Here you can manage how your subscriptions will be renewed. It’s so tucked away you’d think you were using Android. Needless to say, that magazine will no longer be polluting my Newsstand.