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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.

The Long + Short is a digital-first publication by Nesta, the UK's innovation foundation. Its content is clever and engaging, but does it do enough to make up for a frustrating reading experience?

The app has been designed so that the HTML is edited once, and pushed out to multiple platforms. This is neat as a cost-effective way of publishing for maximum audience reach; The Long + Short can be accessed from a desktop, through the Apple and Android stores, and through a mobile-responsive web browser for those on devices without a supporting app. The content can also be read in any orientation, and it all reflows nicely when the device is rotated. To top it off, the app is lightweight, and the issues can be viewed almost instantly without a long wait for content to download.

2014 was a pivotal year for technology, bringing the rise of the 'phablet', an increase in demand for wearable technology and dramatic changes in the way readers consume digital content. So what does this mean for the publishing industry in 2015? Here at Page Lizard, we've whipped out our crystal ball and have rounded up our Digital Publishing predictions for the next year.

As the UK's most widely circulating wine publication, it was only a matter of time before Tesco Wine Magazine harnessed the power of digital publishing to reach more potential wine-lovers.

The wine magazine now joins Technology and Entertainment and the Food and Family Living digital versions of the supermarket's popular editions.

If you're involved in publishing, you would be hard pushed not to have seen IKEA's bookbook™ advert. In just a few days, the clever video has gone viral, attracting a great deal of support for its simplicity and satirisation of the digital industry.