http://www.losowsky.com/magtastic Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:51:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Lad mags to blame for society's ills "Instant-hit hedonism" isn't a bad tagline, actually Time Inc to produce films based on its magazine articles Expect the headline "Time and motion pictures" to appear somewhere soon Mygazines saga continues Exact Editions smells a rat regarding the regularity of what's been scanned in so far by "users". ... http://www.losowsky.com/magtastic/2008/news-6august-08/ John Smith of Mygazines.com has sent the following response to my previous post Dear Andrew, Thank you for taking the time to write about Mygazines. I did however want to clear up a few misunderstandings about our site. We will re-iterate we have every intention of working with the industry to fortify ... http://www.losowsky.com/magtastic/2008/mygazines-responds/ A new magazine-based file-sharing website called Mygazines has just launched, flagrantly breaking publishers' copyright from around the world. Is it a threat, an opportunity or both? Let's step back a moment. When Amazon released the Kindle, most people focused on the experience of using physical object, saying how they did or ... http://www.losowsky.com/magtastic/2008/magsharin/ The carbon cost of the Esquire e-Ink cover The backlash begins. 150 carbon tons, apparently The strange, sad story of door-to-door magazine sales A story of lies, drugs, death and the nationwide pressure to increase magazine circulations. Top reporting from the Houston Press Design is pretty, but won't someone think of the content? Editorial grandaddy ... http://www.losowsky.com/magtastic/2008/news-25th-july-08/ The prevailing logic is that only two kinds of magazine are immune from recession: wedding magazines and high-end luxury magazines. And so, despite the current sub-prime number crisis, several luxury magazines are slated to launch or relaunch in the USA over the coming months. It may be wishful thinking to persuade ... http://www.losowsky.com/magtastic/2008/print-money/ Photo by Darkmatter In the book We Love Magazines, I wrote in 2006: "Advances in digital paper and low-cost throwaway screens suggest that the first ever animated front cover isn’t far away. The newsstand may yet prove even more attention-grabbing." And here we are, with Esquire about to publish a cover ... http://www.losowsky.com/magtastic/2008/moveable-type/ How a magazine page is designed Video of putting together a page for the Royal Academy magazine, designed by Studio8. 'Light Fantastic' was a much better headline, I reckon (via MagCulture) Wallpaper* uses clever ink for The Secret Elite edition Brilliant. But why subscribers only? (and did they subconsciously copy Wire for the ... http://www.losowsky.com/magtastic/2008/news-9th-july-08/ (Plenty to catch up on – a few weeks ago, I married my lovely partner and moved to the USA, hence the pause. Onwards!) Time Out Beijing closed by the Chinese government Officials get pre-Olympic jitters. Read a recent copy here Esquire puts celebs in a large box to celebrate anniversary Pretentiousness contest ensues; ... http://www.losowsky.com/magtastic/2008/news-020708/ UPDATE: There's an interview with MagCloud's creators here. Paper is a strange beast. Environmentally suspect, over time it yellows, turns brittle, starts to smell a bit musty. The colours never shine as well as they do on the screen, it tears, it creases, it's heavy to store and rapidly decreases in ... http://www.losowsky.com/magtastic/2008/the-wisdom-of-clouds/ John Menzies starts selling digital magazines online And also selling a digital magazine subscription system to other retailers. WH Smith has their own here, plus there's a USA Today story on e-market leaders Zinio here Newspaper prototype is basically a magazine Is it a newspaper or a newsmagazine? New York Review of Magazines returns Great ... http://www.losowsky.com/magtastic/2008/news-060608/