Faithlab is excited to be chosen as a launch partner with TypeEngine, a new service that enables publishers to easily create and share elegant and fast-loading digital magazines through Apple’s Newsstand. Faithlab will be publishing a new magazine titled, Spare Change. We will be revealing more about the publication in the coming weeks.
Read the full press release below:
TypeEngine chooses 12 publishers to create iPad/iPhone-optimized magazines
Apple Newsstand platform opens beta to US, international digital publishers
SEATTLE, Wa 18 Feb 2013 – TypeEngine, an Apple Newsstand publishing platform, released the names of its launch partners prior to its roll-out in Q2 2013.
TypeEngine is part of the growing movement toward micropublishing and subcompact publishing, where magazines are specifically designed for digital platforms and their unique requirements.
Previously, digital magazines were designed with print aesthetics in mind, sacrificing functionality and user experience.
The first set of magazines to be launched span a wide range of topics and interests. Technology, music, market research, green living and crafting are among the themes represented.
Publishers are located in the US, Thailand and Australia. Where applicable, publication names were also shared. Titles may change closer to launch.
- The King’s Tribune
- 30 Day Books – The Write Life
- Frank Frank Frank – Frankly
- I Am The Lab – The LAB Journal
- The Faith Lab – Spare Change
- Logic Product Group
- Maritz Research – Research Forum
- Matthew Guay – Techinch
- Patrick Rhone
- Riccardo Mori
- The Mac Instructor – The Newsletter
- I Care If You Listen
TypeEngine creates magazine apps that are designed from the ground up for Apple’s iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Publishers own their apps, release magazines under their own names and get subscription fees paid directly to them from Apple.
TypeEngine will also submit apps for Apple’s approval on behalf of publishers, removing an important barrier to entry for independent publishers.
Images, video and audio are supported. TypeEngine’s web console allows writing and editing using MultiMarkdown and a multi-user editing workflow.
“Magazines are categorically not dead,” said Jamie Smyth, founder of the Smyth Group which is developing TypeEngine. “But regurgitating PDFs onto iPads is dead.”
“We are enabling both indie and business publishers to publish magazines optimized for reading on iPhones and iPads. Readers have suffered through slow-to-download, cruft-ridden PDF magazines long enough. We are helping writers and publishers create high quality reading experiences.”
The Smyth Group is based out of Seattle, Washington.
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