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March 11: Inspire Japan iBook
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March 11: Inspire Japan iBook

Today is March 11, which marks the anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan both with its initial impact, and with the nuclear scare that followed, and that continues to worry us. Last year, about a month after that date, I helped organize a global PechaKucha event we called Inspire Japan, to help [...]


This article was posted on March 11, 2012 under the category Books, Events, New Releases, News, and covers the following topics: , , , , , , , , , ,

 

Magaziner Intelligence 020
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Magaziner Intelligence 020

A round-up of magazine-related bits and bobs. Pick up issue 1 of the recently produced Twenty-Four Magazine. An update on the upcoming Making Magazines 2012 event. Andrew Losowsky talks self-publishing. Tools for creating digital magazines and books. Tumult Hype is a tool for creating HTLM5 web content (iPad-friendly) — you can also export widgets to [...]


This article was posted on March 3, 2012 under the category Books, Events, News, Print, Tools, and covers the following topics: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

 

Magaziner Intelligence 019
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Magaziner Intelligence 019

A round-up of magazine-related news bits and bobs. Andrew Losowsky is addicted to 24-hour magazine-making projects, and here’s a new one that you can help support through Kickstarter. Graphicly releases a new digital content delivery platform for magazine/comic creators. Via @cormacaroni JNSQ, a new independent style magazine for iPad. A new strategy on selling your [...]


This article was posted on February 4, 2012 under the category Books, Comics, News, Print, Tools, and covers the following topics: , , , , , , , , , ,

 

Selling PDFs for iPad Without iTunes
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Warren Ellis recently pointed to this rather interesting post by Brett Jackson that lays out a way to sell works in PDF form for use on the iPad (and iPhone too, but who wants to read PDFs on iPhone) by avoiding the iTunes Store, and more importantly, Apple’s 30% cut and selection process. It’s all [...]


This article was posted on January 16, 2011 under the category Books, Comics, News, and covers the following topics: , , , , , , ,

 

Are Coffee Table Books Next?
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So far most ebook readers — iBooks, Kindle, etc. — have been text affairs, forcing picture-heavy books, like children’s books, to make their way to the iPad in the form of individual apps. Well, time to make sure you have the new update to iBooks (released today), since it adds a few new functions, including [...]


This article was posted on December 16, 2010 under the category Books, News, and covers the following topics: , , , , ,

 

No Layout Is All About Sharing Layouts
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No Layout Is All About Sharing Layouts

No Layout is a new site that does quite the opposite, meaning it’s actually all about layouts, and providing a service that lets you view an amazing collection of indie magazines in any browser, including iPhone and iPad. No Layout is a digital library for independent publishers, focusing on art books and fashion magazines. It [...]


This article was posted on December 12, 2010 under the category Books, News, Print, and covers the following topics: , , , , , ,

 

The Humument App
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Now this is a very cool idea for an iPad book-related app: In 1966 British artist Tom Phillips set himself a task: to find a second-hand book for threepence and alter every page by painting, collage and cut-up techniques thereby creating an entirely new version. He titled his altered book A Humument. The first version [...]


This article was posted on November 15, 2010 under the category Books, and covers the following topics: , , , , ,

 

Designing Obama for iPad
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Good news for those of us who can’t afford the beautiful — but $80 — Designing Obama book by Scott Thomas, which covers how design was brilliantly used during the Obama campaign (Thomas was the campaign’s design director). The project was funded through Kickstarter earlier this year, and with the print version now shipping, we [...]


This article was posted on September 13, 2010 under the category Books, Uncategorized, and covers the following topics: , , , , ,