The Indie Title All About Water
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“I love it when independent magazines really lose themselves in a niche, and Water Journal definitely belongs in that category,” writes Steve Watson in Stack Magazines’ blog. “A photo-driven magazine published in London by Edvinas Bruzas, it reflects his lifelong...
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The Swing to Niche Continues and Leaves Publishers with This Lesson
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It was an industry trend we reported on nearly two years ago.“While mainstream magazines are seeing sales fall, and long-standing titles such as Loaded are printing their final issues, the world of niche, independent mags is going from strength to...
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5 Key Factors in Exceptional Cover Design
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It all starts with a good idea. That’s the key to creating a cover design that has serious newsstand chops, according to Luke O’Neill in Creative Bloq. “Designing a successful magazine cover is tricky at the best of times but...
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Science Proves Choosing Print Books over e-Books Improves our Well-Being
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Want to sleep better? Have a closer relationship with your kids? You might want to look at your reading habits. Digital books and the bad night’s sleep According to a recent Harvard study, viewing content on a lit screen at...
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The Oasis of Print in a Plugged-in World
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There she was, a sea of tranquility in the midst of the holiday hustle at a busy airport. For Toby Reed, she was a startling anomaly. “I was intermingled among the various travelers, phone conversations, and blinking lights that punctuate...
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Print Called “Unparalleled” for Keeping Reader Trust
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The “good thing” cliché is inevitable, I suppose. According to Caysey Welton writing in MIN, print truly is a good thing for Martha Stewart Living. Welton interviewed the magazine’s editor-in-chief Elizabeth Graves about what lies ahead for the brand. Graves,...
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Long Live Vinyl…In Print!
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Today we celebrate two great ideas that go great together. No, we’re not talking about peanut butter cups (mmmm). We’re talking print and vinyl. “Long live print and vinyl – that seems to be the mantra of a new British...
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What’s the Alternative to Lousy Online Ads?
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Walt Mossberg summed up the current online ad experience succinctly: “Last Saturday, as the New England Patriots were sloppily beating the Houston Texans 34–16 in a playoff game, I wanted to look at the highlight video of a play using...
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New York Times’ Focus on Subscriptions is Massive News for Publishers
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The once heavily ad-based publishing business is altering in radical ways, at a pace that is hard to fathom. So much so that the New York Times is now more driven by subscriptions than by ad sales, according to an article...
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Stack and the Irresistible Element of Print Surprise
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When Steve Watson created Stack, an indie title subscription service, it was with this goal: to make quality indie magazines available to a global audience, offering them the exposure they could never afford to garner on their own. “Each month...
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