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Page Lizard will be speaking at one of the biggest magazine media events in the UK on May 21st!
A few months after our Digital Publishing predictions for 2015 went viral, we will be giving a talk at the PPA Festival about the changes the industry has seen so far. Here is a sneak peek of some of the subjects we'll be covering as we explore the digital megatrends of 2015 so far.
Digiday have recently launched TLDR: a nifty way of condensing longer content into bite-sized chunks. Is this a sensible response to changing reading habits, or a symptom of a growing inability to consume longer content?
'But isn't TLDR just the same as writing a teaser for a story?' I hear you ask.
Topics: infinite scroll, News, TLDR, Blog, Comment, Digiday, digital media, digital publishing, future, news
Adult colouring books have been topping headlines as the latest craze in book publishing, but should we be surprised?
The current bestselling title at Amazon is Secret Garden, an Adult Colouring Book (no...not that kind of adult!). Illustrated by Johanna Basford, it is a beautiful compilation of pen-and-ink illustrations just begging to be coloured in. It even doubles as a treasure hunt, with hidden tiny creatures and even blank spaces to continue drawing!
Topics: Wreck This Journal, adult colouring book, amazon, Blog, candy crush, childhood, Comment, creative spaces, creativity, digital, digital games, facebook, General, Google, play, publishing
Print magazines may be struggling, but producing second-rate digital offerings is not the answer. Here, we make the case for hurrying the demise of the replica edition.
Articles seem to be appearing at an alarming rate trumpeting the reasons why PDF replica editions are a good choice for publishers. Without pointing fingers, the most recent have forecast a long and happy life for replicas. Some of the most common reasons cited are easy conversion, lower costs and time effectiveness, but don't let that lull you into a false sense of security about the future of digital offerings.
Topics: HTML, pdf, android, app, Blog, Comment, content, design, digital, digital publishing, editing, magazine, publications, publishing, replica edition
