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The Write Life Magazine Uses Digital Publishing Software to Inspire

The Write Life Magazine is a soulful, informative guide to making writing a bigger part of your lifestyle. It’s for anyone who has ever wanted to write in any capacity, and has felt that lift in their spirit after putting pen to paper. Now that it’s available on tablets and smartphones, creative minds can download …


Digital Publishing with InDesign & Mag+: TAG Heuer

TAG Heuer has been pioneering time since 1860. This iconic brand has a sophisticated line of watches that are chic and very well made. With many innovations in its history, including the first dashboard chronograph (designed for automobiles and aircrafts), and the first wrist worn chronographs, this brand continues to push forward with advancements. Digital …


Popular Science

Welcome to PopSci+, the new digital version of Popular Science magazine. In each issue, you’ll find fascinating images and ideas from the frontiers of science and technology. From news about cutting-edge developments in medicine, military science and consumer electronics to features about the most innovative people and projects in the world right now, our editors …


Macworld Magazine

Macworld is the largest Apple-focused publishing brand in the world, and Macworld Magazine (U.S.) is the most popular Apple-focused magazine. This app lets you read Macworld magazine every month, right on your iPad. You can buy individual issues or subscribe, all right within the app. In every issue of Macworld you’ll get Mac news and …


On Top Again: Popular Science Win’s Best Digital Magazine for Second Year in a Row

Popular Science+ has been a massive hit since its inception. It is the leading source of science and technology news. This innovative digital magazine discusses science, cars, technology, space, engineering, gadgets…this list goes on! Curiosity is the theme and readers seeking knowledge know that they will get it with Popular Science. Each year MIN presents …


Game Informer

Game Informer has used Mag+’s digital publishing tools to create their app. No stranger to publishing, they have taken their skills and entered the digital world. Creating interactive issues that continue to shape the video game industry. Readers can get the latests news, previews, reviews, and features on computer, mobile, social, and console video games including Xbox 360, PlayStation …


Discover the best of Sundance in London

Digital publishing apps continue to gain popularity, especially in the events category. Sundance is on board as well! Set to take place 25-28 April 2013, the second Sundance London presents four exciting days of live music and the UK premieres of American independent films fresh from the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. There will also be …


5 Lessons in Digital Publishing

Last week, the Mag+ team had the pleasure of meeting the Chile Publishers Association, to discuss digital publishing solutions in an intimate digital publishing workshop in our New York office. It was a fantastic few hours, with a lot of great conversations about global markets, the demand for content apps, and devices used in different …


The 1,000 App View: What We Have Learned

It can be a lot of work keeping up with technology. In the ever-changing development industry, the days are never dull, but the hard work certainly pays off.  We are proud to announce that more than 1,000 apps have now been created using the Mag+ tools, and we could not be more thrilled! Throughout the …


Mag+ App Spotlight: K Composite

K Composite Magazine is a publication of interviews with everyday people. The periodical launched in the 1990’s when Scott Ritcher began to interview his friends. The ipad publication, created with Mag+ publishers software, investigates the lives of normal citizens with the same detail and attention that is normally reserved for celebrities. In each interview, the …


Industry highlights from the web – February 15, 2013

5 ways media companies can build paywalls around people instead of content – PaidContent This is a fantastic article that discusses the benefits of focusing monetization on individuals rather than an entire newspaper or magazine.  Usually, digital media publishers charge one single price for everything that is published.  However, this strategy does not take into …


Introduction to Mag+ InDesign Plugin and Templates

Once you’re done installing the Mag+ plugin for InDesign, where do you go next? This video explains where you go next. It walks you through the Mag+ plugin and the templates. You’ll be creating your digital magazine and publishing it on Android tablets and smartphones, Kindle Fire or iPad and iPhone in no time.


Setting up the Reviewer

Learn how to set up instant review with Mag+ on your iPad, iPhone, Android tablet or smartphone, or on the Kindle Fire. It’s like having a print button to your iPad. Mag+ plugin for Adobe InDesign is the easiest and most powerful way to publish digital content to tablets.


Installing the Mag+ Production Tool

This video will show you how to install the Mag+ Production Tool, where you assemble the pages you’ve created with Mag+ InDesign plugin into an issue.


Introduction to Layers in Mag+ tools

Here is an introduction to the two layers that Mag+ InDesign Plugin uses in the templates, to create awesome native apps for iPad, Android tablets and smartphones, Kindle Fire and the iPhone. This is probably the video you want to watch once you’ve installed the tools and have watched the introduction to the plugin.


Introduction to Mag+ pinning and snapping

Some like to consume content on tablets in portrait mode, others in landscape. When designing digital content that could pose a problem, but Mag+ free tools offer an easy solution. We call it ‘pinning’. Learn how to automatically create beautiful design for both portrait and landscape mode. This video also covers Mag+’s snapping feature, another great …


Mag+ 4.1 Dual Layout Feature

The Dual Layout feature is the biggest feature in the Mag+ 4.1 digital publishing solution. In short, it’s the ability for you to make a unique layout for the landscape and portrait orientations of a given page (or slide) within a vertical.


Mag+ 4.1 Panning Feature

The panning feature included in Mag+ 4.1 digital publishing service was available via embedded HTML before, but now it is a simple checkbox in the plug-in for any image.


Using Multi-Device Export in the Mag+ Plug-in

Learn how to create one layout and automatically adjust it for other sized devices using Mag+’s new powerful multi-device export.


Advanced tricks for the reviewer

Here’s a walk through of a couple advanced tricks when working with Mag+ Reviewer on your iPad, iPhone, Android tablet or smartphone, or on the Kindle Fire.


Game Informer’s Digital Magazine

Game Informer has enhanced the gaming experience for their readers with an interactive digital magazine.


Mag+ App Spotlight: DCM Mobile Summit Europe choosed our digital publishing solution

The Digital Content Monetization conference in Europe (DCM) put the Mag+ digital publishing solution to work by creating an event guide for the DCM Mobile and Tablet Summit 2013.  We often see issue based content available through tablet publishing, but what better way to organize an industry event, and reach an audience that is constantly connected …


YouWorkout

YouWorkout, which is published quarterly, is the ultimate sports, health and fitness magazine built from the ground up to take advantage of today’s tablet and smartphone devices. YouWorkout is created with Mag+ and available for iPhone, iPad and Kindle Fire.    


Digital Publishing: being fast makes money

In these times, when a lot of people having access to tablets and smartphones, and being used to pay for content – which at least iOS and Amazon Kindle Fire users are – there are lots of opportunities to make money. As an example, we can look at the list of Top 100 Paid apps …


Brain Dip Magazine

A walk through of Brain Dip Magazine, an educational app made with Mag+ tools, and the winner of Magnify Your World “Employee Pick of the Month” in April 2012.


10 great examples of ads in tablet magazines

A walk through of 10 great interactive ads in iPad magazines created with Mag+ free tools. This is meant as an inspiration for everyone working with (digital) publishing, advertising and tablet magazines/apps.


The problem with having discovered Mag+ digital publishing platform

When Incisive Media discovered Mag+ tools for creation of tablet magazines, it caused them a little trouble. Marc Hartog, Group Publisher, explains why.


The work flow of designing a tablet magazine with Mag+ tools for digital publishing

Tom Royal, Tablet Development Manager at Incisive Media talks about why Mag+ tools for creating tablet apps were the best ones for British Journal of Photography.


Thoughts about tablet users’ expectations on the experience of reading a digital magazine

Mick Moore, Art Editor at Incisive Media, explains his thoughts about tablet users and their expectations on the experience when reading a digital magazine and how this affected the choice of Mag+ as platform for British Journal of Photography’s iPad edition.


Why Mag+ pricing model was the best one for British Journal of Photography’s iPad edition

Marc Hartog, Group Publisher of Incisive Media, explains why they saw Mag+ pricing model as the best one when creating the iPad edition of British Journal of Photography.


What’s it like working with the Mag+ team?

Marc Hartog, Group Publisher at Incisive Media talks about what it was like to work with Mag+ team when creating the iPad version of British Journal of Photography.


Example of an animated cover in an iPad magazine

British Journal of Photography show how to make a stunning cover even better when working with digital publishing. Their iPad edition of a cover with Natalie Portman features a video sequence of Natalie Portman getting to the state the photo is taken in.


Example of horisontal only layout of a tablet magazine

Zone Blitz Magazine is a great example of a magazine only laid out for the horizontal orientation of an iPad. Zone Blitz Magazine is taking full advantage of that orientation, never forcing the user to switch.


Example of a magazine designed for both horizontal and vertical orientations

Bloomgberg Markets is a great example of digital publishing. This tablet magazine is designed for both horizontal and vertical orientations of the iPad. Here’s a short video of how it works.


Unilever Food Solutions’ B2B iPad app

Two examples of B2B iPad apps made by Unilever Food Solutions, using Mag+ free tools. These apps help restaurants and cafe’s with more effective cooking and preparation of food, saving time and money.


Range Magazine for iPad

Range Magzine is a magazine for Southwest Airlines’ pilots. The iPad edition is made with Mag+ tools. For a video of issue 2, please click here. Download Range Magazine to your iPad from Apple Appstore.


Chicago Sun-Times

A video of the iPad edition of daily newspaper Chicago Sun-Times. The tablet edition of Chicago Sun-Times is made with Mag+ free tools. Download Chicago Sun-Times


RedEye for iPad

A video of RedEye for iPad, a daily magazine about news, sports, pop culture and entertainmen. RedEye is made for tablets with Mag+ free tools. Download RedEye for iPad


Time Out Chicago

A video of Time Out Chicago, the weekly where-to-go, what-to-do weekly magazine now available on iPad. The tablet edition of Time Out Chicago is made with Mag+ free tools. Download Time Out Chicago from iTunes Store


Unlimited Magazine

The Unlimited Magazine is an interactive magazine for the iPad that pushes the boundaries of fashion and art. The Unlimited Magazine is made with Mag+ free tools. Download The Unlimited Magazine in Appstore


Scrawl Magazine

Scrawl Magazine is a magazine about illustration and comics, exclusively made for the iPad. Scrawl Magazine won Mag+ contest “Magnify Your World” in 2012. Download Scrawl Magazine for iPad


Maxim+

Maxim, the international lifestyle magazine for men, is available on the iPad. Here is a short video of the app. Maxim+ is created with Mag+ free tools. Download Maxim+ in the Apple Appstore


Macworld, iPad edition

A video showing what Macworld’s iPad edition (September 2012 issue) looks like. Macworld’s iPad edition is created with Mag+ free tools. Download Macworld for your iPad


MAD Magazine for the iPad

A short walkthrough of MAD Magazine’s iPad edition, which is made with Mag+ free tools. Download MAD Magazine


Kong: King of Skull Island

Kong: King of Skull Island is a book where stunning images and and visual effects as you interact with the app, are a part of the storytelling. Kong: King of Skull Island is made with Mag+ free tools. Download Kong: King of Skull Island


Toyota Magazine UK for iPad

Toyota UK publish their client magazine on digital platforms like the iPad using Mag+ Download Toyota UK to your iPad


WebMD iPad edition

A quick video walkthrough of the iPad edition of WebMD which was created, designed, and produced by McMurry/TMG. Download WebMD to your iPad right here


Range Magazine for the iPad

Range Magazine is an iPad magazine for pilots of Southwest Airlines. Here is a short video showing the great design. Download Range Magazine for your iPad


BearDownload, iPad edition from Chicago Tribune

BearDownload is an iPad magazine for all Chicago Bears fans. It’s made by Chicago Tribune using Mag+ tools for digital publishing. Get BearDownload in the Appstore


Bears Extra from Chicago Sun-Times

Bears Extra is an iPad app for Chicago Bears fans, made by Chicago Sun-Times. Here is a video showing how the iPad magazine works and what it looks like. Download Bear Extra for your iPad


Interactive ad for Avis in Popular Science+

An example of an interactive ad for Avis in the iPad edition of Popular Science. When you shake the iPad, the car in the ad changes and becomes something else. Shaking the tablet again results in the car transforming to something new.


Blockbuster Magazine for the iPad

A short video showing the iPad edition of Blockbuster UK’s client magazine.


Chargers Insider

Chargers Insider is an iPad magazine for fans of San Diego Chargers. Download Chargers Insider from the Appstore


Kick-Off Magazine for the iPad

Kick-Off Magazine is a magazine of the history of soccer, created exclusively for the iPad. Download Kick-Off Magazine for your iPad


Padres Insider for the iPad

Padres Insider is an iPad magazine for fans of the San Diego Padres, created by U-T San Diego. Download your copy of Padres Insider


Bulls Extra for iPad

Bulls Extra is an iPad magazine created by Chicago Sun-Times for all fans of the Chicago Bulls. Here’s a quick video of it. Download Bulls Extra


Splash for iPad

Splash is a new weekly guide to everything Chicago is talking about, from fashion and philanthropy to dining and real estate. It is made for the iPad by Chicago Sun-Times. Download Splash for your iPad


A digital publishing company that grows – Grow with us!

Publishing on tablets and smartphones is a rapidly expanding industry. In that industry Mag+ is a digital publishing company that grows. Since the iPad launched, 100 million iPads have been sold worldwide as of October 2012 (with roughly 1 million new iPads sold every week). Although the assumption is that Apple currently has 70% of …


Marketing & Sales Development Intern, Winter/Spring, New York office

The Mag+ Marketing & Sales Development department is looking for a winter/spring intern in our New York Office. The marketing & sales development intern will need to be creative, analytical & detail-oriented individual who will support a variety of marketing projects, ranging from PR to sales development as well as event planning and more. Duties: …


Digitalpublishing – Sports are better with tablets

Tablets may be banned for on the sidelines of American Football courts during games, but for sports fans digitalpublishing to the iPad is a gold mine. There are plenty of digital magazines and apps related to sports, here are 8 examples of great sports apps published with Mag+ Let’s start with soccer. If you’re interested …


Gregg Hano on Digital Publishing: “It’s Just The Beginning”

Stockholm’s China Teatern is right now filled with guests of Bonnier Magazine – advertisers, ad agencies and media players – all gathering for their event Magazine Moment. During the afternoon, attendees will get to listen to a range of speakers such as Sara Öhrvall, VP of Bonnier R&D, Joel Persson and Peter Smirknakos from ICON Magazine …


Mag+ 4.0 at a glance

Mike Haney walks you through the new features of Mag+ 4.0. The news in the latest upgrade of our digital publishing software include support for the new Kindle Fire, Nexus 7, iPhone 5, iOS 6, Google ads and a whole lot more. The code base is completely new too. Watch this webinar to find out …


Premier digital publishing for mobile devices – Announcing Mag+ 4.0

I’m always excited to bring you guys new releases, but I have to say: This one is a biggie. We really think this is a big step in our efforts to be the favorite tool when it comes to premier digital publishing for mobile devices. That’s because with this release, we’ve completely rewritten the underlying …


The Future Of Digital Publishing Is Now 600 Apps Closer

I am thrilled to report that over 600 apps are now powered by Mag+! At the beginning of August we started planning the release for 400 apps, but we hit that goal faster than expected, and the numbers just kept growing. We ‘re-planned’ the release, totaled the numbers and realized we hit 600. That milestone, …


Digital Publishing takes the next step into the future with Mag+ 3.5

We’re very excited today to announce the next step in digital publishing: our latest release, v3.5, a release that brings many devices with it. Astute observers will notice this is a bit of a version jump, since the last version was 3.2. That’s because there is some serious innovation going on in this release, primarily …


C Mode

Experience the very latest in fashion and trends in a gorgeous digital magazine. Get inspired, read, watch and shop wherever you are. Join Swedish fashion blogger and former supermodel Caroline Blomst on her journeys in the world of fashion. C MODE takes you behind the scenes at the world’s fashion shows, brings you the latest …


47 digital publishing companies

We love tablet publishing and believe that a happy client is not someone who chose us because we were the only alternative. We believe that a happy client is someone who chose us because they considered us to be the best tablet and smartphone solution among the digital publishing companies. Like British Journal of Photography, …


Guest blog: That’s the spirit…

I’m a graphic designer of a certain age – I hit the big Four Zero this September – and I’ve been working solely in print for the last 15 years, creating magazines for Future Publishing in the UK. I was increasingly becoming concerned that my design skills would soon be condemned, along with myself, to …


One shortlist, twice the good news

British Media Awards have revealed their shortlist of nominees for 2012. Guess who’s in it?   That would be an awful guessing game if it wasn’t us, and we are indeed nominated in “Most Innovative Technology for Media Owners”. That’s honoring in itself, and when you add the two other nominees IMI Mobile and Scribblelive …


Setting A-layer snapping with Mag+ InDesign plugin

Learn how to use Mag+ and the unique snapping feature. One of many Mag+ features for creating more beautiful digital magazines.


Michael sent us his story about digital publishing

Sometimes you get those e-mails with a story that makes you feel you’re on the right track. Yesterday we got one from Michael Jones in California. We got happy about his story describing his way into digital publishing and asked if we could share his story with you. Thanks Michael for letting us! “Matt, Here’s a …


IKEA

Welcome to the 2012 IKEA Catalog for the iPad. The printed IKEA Catalog has been around for more than 60 years, but this is the first version for the iPad. Just like the printed 2012 IKEA Catalog, the iPad version is filled with our latest affordable home furnishing solutions for making the most of the …


Popular Photography

The new digital Popular Photography for the iPad, now available in the App Store! Popular Photography, the most widely read photo magazine in the world, brings together all the creative how-to advice, technical expertise, and authoritative equipment tests you need to make great pictures. Now, Popular Photography+ brings you all that—plus: More gorgeous images that …


FHM

FHM- Norway With many international editions and websites, and access to consumers through print, online and on mobile, FHM is the defining voice of a global generation of young men. FHM entertains, informs, and excites readers, helping them navigate the world of increasingly complex choices in which they live.


Outside Magazine Buyer’s Guide

The “Outside Magazine Buyer’s Guide + (plus)” app for the iPad is now available for free in the iTunes App Store, offering users an extensive free preview issue of the 2011 Spring/Summer Buyer’s Guide.


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M3

Sweden’s one and only magazine purely devoted to gadgets! Are you like us? A person who loves to glutton yourself with the latest technology and keep track on what gadgets that are simply the best? Then you are going to love M3 – now also on iPad!


Allt om iPad

Finally you can read your favorite magazine on your favorite gadget. Allt om iPad unites the best from the paper issue and the website. It is a magazine where photos, illustrations and beautiful design goes together perfectly. But it also a digital product, containing videos and interactive function. An excellent integration of MacWorld and iPad.


Illustreret Videnskab

Introducing Illustreret Videnskab+: Denmark’s magazine about scientific discovery, now on the iPad! Illustreret Videnskab (Science Illustrated in Danish) is the Nordic countries’ most popular magazine for intellectually curious men and women with a passion for science and discovery. Now, readers can experience this visually spectacular gateway to the world of cutting-edge science and discovery in …


Allt om Mat

Allt om Mat is now available on the Mag+ platform for tablet computers. Allt om Mat+ is a digital weekly magazine focused on recipes from the print and web magazines. Allt om Mat is Sweden’s biggest magazine about food with almost 600 000 readers. It aims to inspire with recipes, both Swedish and dishes from …


Costume DK

Costume is a high-end fashion magazine and everything we write about has a fashion point of view. We make high-end fashion available and affordable, but we also show you the one designer bag that’s worth thousands. Now launched on iPad.


Eye

Eye stand for Ernst & Young Executive Magazine and is a customer publication produced by Spoon Publishing. Its main focus is on bigger and global businesses and organizations. Now also in iPad.


Gabon

Launched in 2005, Gabon Magazine brings the world to Gabon. It is produced 4 times a year in two languages (English and French) and is distributed to a targeted international audience in the key sector of global business, diplomacy and government.  Its well-researched insightful and topical features in the areas of the economy, politics, environment, …


Williams-Sonoma Good Food to Share

Get inspired for your next get-together with Sara Kate’s fresh, flavorful fare and vibrant
style in this lavishly photographed enhanced cookbook from Williams-Sonoma!

 In these pages, filled with interactive layers of colorful food photography and over
100 easy yet sophisticated dishes, award-winning food blogger and writer Sara Kate
 Gillingham-Ryan offers her enticing approach to cooking and sharing …


Williams-Sonoma The New Slow Cooker

Inspiration has met convenience with delicious results in this full-color, beautifully
 photographed enhanced cookbook from Williams-Sonoma!

 Curl up on your couch and enjoy over 100 mouthwatering slow-cooked dishes illustrated
 with colorful food photography. Filled with interactive layers of images and text, this
fresh new twist on comfort food from Williams-Sonoma will awaken your taste buds
with a …


Illustrerad Vetenskap

Science Illustrated – Sweden. Experience Science Illustrated in a brilliant new format – developed especially for iPad. The exciting and compelling articles, the instructive illustrations and not least the fantastic images comes out in an amazing way in this new format. Science Illustrated is the most authoritative, most accessible, most expansive magazine about science and …


Bil Magasinet

Bil Magasinet is the most read and purchased car magazine in Denmark with up-to-date news on the automotive industry, and the latest in car accessories, new electronics, gadgetry, grooming and grooming products, homes and gardens and ‘Do It Yourself’ tools.


Lättlagad Julmat

The Christmas Cook Book “Lättlagad julmat och julgodis” (Easy-to-prepare Christmas food and treats) – has been launched both in hardcover and as an iPad app. The cookbook includes some 80 recipes for everything from accompaniments for mulled wine to Christmas sweets. The book is published by Semic, which together with Spoon Publishing  has developed the iPad version using the Mag+ …


Costume

Costume is a high-end fashion magazine published in Norway and everything we write about has a fashion point of view. Costume makes high-end fashion available and affordable, but they also show you the one designer bag that’s worth thousands.


Sköna Hem

Skona Hem is a Swedish interior design magazine with regular features on home decor, gardens, design ideas, furniture, new products, do-it-yourself projects, and more.