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Meet the millennials

Posted by Esther Kezia Harding on Jun 9, 2015 1:34:44 PM

Who are the millennials? How are they going to define the future of the industry? And just how can we get them to part with their hard-earned money?

We in the Page Lizard office have seen an almost constant stream of articles pondering the mysterious millennial. They are defined, categorised and pigeon-holed by publishers who regard them as something unfathomable and strange; a market to be 'cracked', a group separated by 'them' and 'us' terminology.

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Topics: modern, online, social media, Social Media, subscriptions, Technology, technology, Blog, content, digital magazines, digital publishing, General, media, millennial, paid content, publications

Video covers - a prototype for the future?

Posted by Andy Clarke on Mar 30, 2015 11:56:37 AM

AnOther: The world’s first-ever digital and print issue

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Topics: technology, Blog, Comment, content, design, digital media, digital publishing, ebook, Innovation, interactive, publishing

Why we should be hurrying the demise of the replica edition

Posted by Esther Kezia Harding on Mar 23, 2015 11:11:31 AM

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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Topics: HTML, pdf, android, app, Blog, Comment, content, design, digital, digital publishing, editing, magazine, publications, publishing, replica edition

Google boss warns all photos and emails could be lost forever

Posted by Kara Godfrey on Feb 16, 2015 11:19:55 AM

Google vice-president Vint Cerf has made it abundantly clear this week that our digital media is not safe.

In a world where everything has become available in a digital format, it is easy to forget what those simple yet nostalgic print days were all about. We no longer file invoices in physical space, we simply drag and drop them from our desktop to a little folder where they can live happily ever after. They'll always be recoverable and will always be there when we need them, right?

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Topics: News, technology, Vince Cerf, Blog, content, future, Google, publishing

Mobile trends and the business professional

Posted by Graham Duffill on Nov 26, 2014 1:39:54 PM

Even professionals read on mobile: two case studies

Last week I gave a talk to the Professional Publishers Association (PPA) conference in London about how to create and edit digital magazines for mobile readers.

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Topics: mobile, online, technology, android, app, audience, b2b, Blog, business, case study, Comment, content, digital publishing, interactive, magazine, phone, professional, publications, publishing, statistics

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