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A Slew of New Comic Titles Ditch Digital for the Beauty of Print

31 July 201931 July 2019|Print

For alternative comics publishers, print is the new … print. And you can forget about reading them on your screens; you won’t find them there. “In the past year or so we've seen the birth of some half-dozen new comics...

Put Down the Phone and Bury Your Head in One of These

26 October 201726 October 2017|Print

I don’t know about you, but I’m tired of reading on my phone. And on my screen. By the end of the day, I just want to pick up something nice and have a good read … in print. Courier...

Bitesize Content and the Magazine Blowback

16 January 201716 January 2017|Magazine, Print

What’s the difference between a magazine and a successful magazine these days? Reema Khrais writing in Marketplace set out to discover the answer. “Every year, dozens of magazines fold their print editions,” Khrais notes. “Next month, Condé Nast will say goodbye to...

The Craft Beers of the Magazine Industry

08 November 201608 November 2016|Advertising, advertorial, Magazine, Print

For one publisher, making the move from mass market to regional has been a beautiful eye-opener. “We think of ourselves as craft beer or craft cheese; it’s handmade in a region, and people love the handmade aspects of what we...

Isn’t It Enough for Indie Mags to be Gorgeous?

08 May 201608 May 2016|Magazine, Print

Sure, indie mags look, feel and smell great. But what happened to iconoclasm? Are they reading material or collectible objects d’art? Rob Alderson, writing in Magculture, takes a deep dive into the nature of indie magazines and what they bring...

How Indie Publishers are Subverting the Dominant Paradigm

19 April 201619 April 2016|Magazine, Print

The publisher of Offscreen makes a case approaching “passion projects” from a vastly different point of view. Last spring we shared an article on Kai Brach and his idea of creating selfish permanence in the digital design world via a...

20 Top Foodie Magazines

15 April 201615 April 2016|Magazine, Print

Do not read this article on an empty stomach. Move over Bon Appétit. Make some room on the counter, Real Simple. There’s a new crop of foodie magazines that are redefining the genre…and making us very, very hungry. “Not very...

From Mass Market to Niche: The Magazine Move Continues

10 April 201510 April 2015|Magazine, publishing

“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 strength,” writes Ruth Jamieson in The Guardian. “Instead of trying to...

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