Popular Science for paying e-readers proves to be a hard sell, even at 99 cents

It seemed like a good idea at the time. Popular Science, which earlier this year launched a paid digital edition called the Genius Guide for e-readers, in anticipation of a large public interest, is scrapping the notion, at least as a paid vehicle. According to a posting on MediaWeek, readers were lukewarm to the idea.Publisher Gregg Hano originally hoped to get 900,000 downloads for the first