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Archive for May, 2011
This is certainly not the kind of message you want to get when you try to access your digital issues on your iPad (see image on the left, from the Esquire app). It’s the first time I encounter an error message like this any of my magazine apps, so it may just be a result [...]
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This article was posted on May 30, 2011 under the category Commentary, and covers the following topics: App, Errors, Esquire, iPad
How often has this happened to you: A gorgeous hardcover design annual comes out, but you can’t really afford to buy it. Since most of the buyers are companies and studios it’s no big deal, but there certainly could be a larger audience for these, and it’s great to see the iPad provide a platform [...]
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This article was posted on May 29, 2011 under the category Reviews, and covers the following topics: App, Designing Obama, iPad, MagCulture, Scott Thomas, Society of Publication Designers, SPD, SPD 45
I’ve really been hoping for the release of an iPad edition of Fast Company, and here’s a first step, with the release of Fast Company’s 100 Most Creative People in Business, which is a digital expansion — with bonus content — of the feature found in the current June issues of the magazine. It’s a [...]
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This article was posted on May 27, 2011 under the category New Releases, and covers the following topics: App, Fast Company, iPad
It’s been a long time coming (promised last year), but EGMi, the weekly digital companion to video gaming magazine EGM, is now available on iPad through a dedicated app. Each new issue is a free download within the app. Here’s the link to the app on the iTunes App Store, and you’ll find more info in this [...]
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This article was posted on May 25, 2011 under the category New Releases, and covers the following topics: App, EGM, EGMi, Gaming, iPad
I’ve complained in the past about the fact that Esquire was continuing to release each new issue of its iPad edition as separate apps, and I’ve just noticed that they’ve finally released an app that allows in-app purchases. There is no subscription offer yet, but although the latest issue (May 2011) is $5, you can [...]
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This article was posted on May 25, 2011 under the category News, and covers the following topics: App, Esquire, iPad, Subscriptions
I tweeted it when it was released, but now I have the print edition in my hands, and so it’s a good time to remind everyone that Michael Bojkowski‘s third edition of his excellent self-published magazine Lineread came out recently, the “Decadism” issue. Michael is the designer behind the recently re-launched Grafik, but here is [...]
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This article was posted on May 19, 2011 under the category New Releases, Print, and covers the following topics: Grafik, LineRead, MagCloud, Michael Bojkowski, PDF, Pricing, Scroll
Pictured on the left is the cover to the latest issue of Dossier (No. 7), which has caused some major book chains in the US to poly-bag it. Note that the model on the cover is male, but his androgynous looks apparently made some people feel uncomfortable. The Daily Beast also has a rundown of [...]
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This article was posted on May 19, 2011 under the category News, Print, and covers the following topics: Banned, Censored, Covers, Dossier
The next issue of Port magazine (02) is out early next month, and they’ve produced a beautiful short video teaser to whet our appetites. And for the nth time this week, I bring up The New Yorker since its editor, David Remnick, is the cover feature. The first issue of Port saw a terrific iPad edition as [...]
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This article was posted on May 19, 2011 under the category News, Print, and covers the following topics: App, David Remnick, iPad, Port, Subsriptions, The New Yorker
The second issue of Ray Barnholt’s self-published gaming magazine Scroll is out, this time celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Dragon Quest RPG series. For the 25th anniversary of Dragon Quest, we’ve gone all-out with a celebratory double cover story. First, the origins of the JRPG before Dragon Quest came along, including the Dungeons & [...]
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This article was posted on May 19, 2011 under the category New Releases, and covers the following topics: Dragon Quest, Gaming, MagCloud, PDF, Ray Barnhold, Scroll
Another thing I’ve already tweeted but felt I should cover in a post as well (so maybe you follow the Magaziner Twiter feed too, hint-hint) is the just-announced New Yorker support in Flipboard. I’ve already covered the specially formatted pages the app has with “content partners,” and the latest addition is for the New Yorker. [...]
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This article was posted on May 18, 2011 under the category News, and covers the following topics: App, Flipboard, iPad, Odd Future, The New Yorker