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Different types of magazine covers A simple and neat cover is not enough for your digital book to get noticed and serve the intended purpose. The market place is getting more and more crowded and a strategically designed cover is inevitable. By this, you can get new readers and retain the existing ones. Lend your eyes on to the   different types of magazine covers . Image based   In such faces, there may a single or few people, most of the times smiling on to the camera. Some of the common examples to the said are fashion, men’s and celebrity magazines; there obviously are exceptions. Travel books have beautiful landscapes while cook books have any of the amazingly snapped delicious meals. Illustration based   Earlier,  illustration magazine covers  enjoyed high popularity. The New Yorker ever since it started publishing in 1925 has kept its cover design unchanged. Nowadays illustrations focus on presenting something unique, extraord...

Introduction to Magazine Cover Pages Nikola  | January 31, 2014|  3 Comments Magazine cover page serves several purposes. It sells the brand, it has to be visually appealing and different from the other cover pages on the newsstand to attract the new readers. On the other hand each new cover must be different from the previous issue but still familiar and recognizable to regular readers. It has to present the publications character and its content. All of this make the cover page the most important page in any magazine. Process of magazine cover design is a tough one. Designers spend lots of time and effort to create a cover page. Some magazines, even have one person dedicated only to cover design. Yes, cover designer is a designer that designs only cover pages. Of course only the biggest magazines in the world have cover designers, but you get the point. The process of cover design can last up to 5 days in weekly magazines, to few weeks in monthly magazines. Several...

7 Types of Articles You Can Write and Submit to Publications Share this: Facebook5 Twitter Pinterest3 Google LinkedIn4 Print Email More Nonfiction writing is not just about writing and publishing books. You also can write and submit articles to publications. And many nonfiction writers earn a decent living writing for publications. Writing articles for publications also provides a phenomenal way to promote your books in your target market. When magazines (online or off) in your target market publish your work, this exposes you and your book to your ideal audience. Additionally, writing for publications can be fulfilling. You get to write about your favorite topics, interview interesting people, and see your name in print. If you know nothing about articles, here’s a short primer on the seven primary types of pieces you could write and submit to publications. 1. Essay:  Most essays are short to medium-length pieces about a personal experience or an opinion. Typically, ...

If you want to start an online magazine get a domain name, fill it with content, monetize and advertise. Here's how to start your own online magazine: Pick a topic for your magazine. This should be something you know a lot about and something you love.Do research to find out if there's a market for your idea.Think of a title for your magazine that includes search-engine optimized keywords. You can test your ideas by typing them into  Google  Keywords to see what gets the most hits. You can also use a title that the keyword tool recommends.Get an Internet domain name.Decide if you're going to hire someone to design your website or if you're going to do it yourself. You can always design a simple, free website and then spend more on a professional one once your magazine gets off the ground.Write content for your magazine. Write it yourself, hire freelance writers, solicit free articles from people who want to market products related to your magazine topic or mine article...

5 Easy Magazine Marketing Ideas The fundamental thing all businesses need is customers. To market a magazine to new and existing customers you can use a variety of channels. Try to market the general interests of the magazine in the directions you take. Be entertaining, thought provoking and give the customer reason to trust your content – so your magazine can have an instant rapport with them. This can be achieved through clever marketing.  If you want to market online you could use these tips, measure the results, see what works best for you and apply on a regular basis. 1. Professional conversations : Promote an expert’s opinion. Someone from the field of interest your magazine is about. Tweet, ask your writers, creatives and contributors to share.  These professionals should already have a loyal fan base, and to pass on your publication should be of benefit to both parties. 2. Features : An article you include one month may not be as relevant the next month...

Magazine Columns – Backbone of Every Good Layout Nikola  |  April 20, 2013 |  3 Comments Columns are essential tools to standardize your layout. They will help you in getting order and structure of your magazine, but do resist to imprison your thinking into standard format because rigidity dulls the creativity. To avoid that trap you can play with column width and shapes. You should treat each story as a separate unit and mix the number of columns in each story. One story can be laid out on a two column grid while the other can be laid out in three, four or more column grid. In this article we will talk more about columns as a design element and in another separated article we will talk about the  width of the columns  and the number of characters that would be ideal for such columns. Line length (the number of characters or words per line) is closely related to column width and those two terms should work together as a unit and since this subject is very...