Jo Swan casts a critical eye over the newly-overhauled Metro app.
One of the UK’s most circulated newspapers, The Metro, have recently undertaken an app upgrade to support its morning and evening editions. How does the new app measure up, and does the translation from print to digital work in its enhanced format?
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The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) have recently overhauled their membership app, offering a richer reading experience for its members.
The app is now a hub for CILIP content, from local libary news to its monthly membership magazine, CILIP Update.
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This year has brought monumental changes to the magazine and digital publishing industry, and we often work with publishers who are facing a variety of challenges.
Each publisher is different, but there are some issues that are facing almost all publishers. From a digital perspective, the following three points encapsulate the critical challenges facing magazine and digital publishing today:
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The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) launched their new app this week at a sparkling Covent Garden reception.
It's the first app launch party I have attended, but the star of the show deserved the celebration and attention it received.
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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.
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