Digital magazines are becoming increasingly popular among publishers and readers for a variety of reasons. First, publishers
can save printing and postage costs by publishing a digital magazine
instead of a print magazine or by simply replacing part
of its print run with the digital publication.
Second, publishers are able to reach a whole new audience by
distributing or making
available their digital magazine to the online
world. Finally, publishers can make more money by selling such things as
circulation, ads, videos and surveys in their
digital magazine. In short, the upside of digital magazines is huge for the publisher.
2. Advantages and Disadvantages
Advantages:
- Search Engine
Digital magazines can be easily indexed by leading search engines.
- No Costs Needed
- Wider distribution
Online Magazines are open wide for everyone, some are free but some are not.
- Go Green
By posting magazines online, we can reduce the use of paper everyday and less ink is needed.
- Can be Downloadable formats for hand readers
Disadvantages:
- Ease of TheftPirating printed books is very difficult, but when a work is stored in digital format, files are easily shared, distributed, and copied ;often with a loss of revenue to the rights holder.
- Small Profits or makings
If the website is not doing well in terms of visitors it will be hard to make a profit. Poor advertising of the magazine will result in lack of visitors.
Here are some programs that can be used to make your own Digital Magazine:
Desktop Author:
http://www.desktopauthor.com/default.asp
Dotminded:
http://www.dotpapers.com/home/
3D Issue:
http://www.3dissue.com/
eMag Creator:
http://www.emagcreator.com
LCM Digital Media:
http://www.lcmdigitalmedia.com
Paperator:
http://www.paperator.com
Page Gangster:
http://www.pagegangster.com/
Zinio:
The extent
to which the print magazine model is transferred into the digital world is
another area where choices exist and are being widely explored. Some
presentations use a "page flipping" graphic model to simulate the
handling of a physical magazine. Others argue that this is unnecessary visual
hyperbole and simply use a landscape visual format to present their product.
2. Advantages and Disadvantages
Advantages:
- Search Engine
Digital magazines can be easily indexed by leading search engines.
- No Costs Needed
- Wider distribution
Online Magazines are open wide for everyone, some are free but some are not.
- Go Green
By posting magazines online, we can reduce the use of paper everyday and less ink is needed.
- Can be Downloadable formats for hand readers
Disadvantages:
- Ease of TheftPirating printed books is very difficult, but when a work is stored in digital format, files are easily shared, distributed, and copied ;often with a loss of revenue to the rights holder.
- Small Profits or makings
If the website is not doing well in terms of visitors it will be hard to make a profit. Poor advertising of the magazine will result in lack of visitors.
Here are some programs that can be used to make your own Digital Magazine:
Desktop Author:
http://www.desktopauthor.com/default.asp
Dotminded:
http://www.dotpapers.com/home/
3D Issue:
http://www.3dissue.com/
eMag Creator:
http://www.emagcreator.com
LCM Digital Media:
http://www.lcmdigitalmedia.com
Paperator:
http://www.paperator.com
Page Gangster:
http://www.pagegangster.com/
Zinio:
http://beta.zinio.com/www/