Subscription interface for providing access to digital publications

An apparatus for providing a list of digital issues to a client device, comprising:

• a subscription interface positioned between multiple client devices and multiple third-party subscription providers, the subscription interface including a web server coupled to the client devices and multiple application servers between the web server and the third-party subscription providers;
• a database coupled to the subscription interface, the database storing application identifications of applications running on the client devices and associated third-party digital subscription providers;
• and
• the subscription interface for obtaining the identifications of the applications running on the client devices, determining entitlements for a user of the client device from the third-party digital subscription providers, and sending, to the client device, the list of digital issues to be available thereon.

A method for providing a list of digital issues available from a third-party digital subscription provider to a client device, comprising:

• receiving a request from an application on a client device;
• using the request to determine a third-party digital subscription provider associated with the application;
• receiving entitlements from the determined third-party digital subscription provider;
• and
• sending a list of digital issues that are available on the client device based on the entitlements.