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Makeover a magazine. Thumb through magazine design and production tips and tutorials. Puruse publications for magazine publishers and study trends in magazine publishing.
What is the Difference Between Magazines and Newsletters?
Magazines and newsletters are both serials or periodicals - publications that are published on a regular, recurring schedule for an indefinite period of time. So, how do magazines and newsletters differ from each other? Is there a standard?
How to Use Bylines on Articles
Tutorial shows various ways to format and use bylines in magazine and newsletter articles.
How to Use Continuation Heads for Articles
Show readers where the article picks up again when continuing on a new page.
How to Use End Signs for Articles
Let reader's know where the article stops.
How to Use Jumplines in Articles
When it won't all fit on a single page, let readers know where to go for the rest of the story.
What is Digest Size?
Discover how big (or small) a digest size magazine is.
What is Letter Size?
Learn about this common size for magazines.
What is Tabloid Size?
It's more than just a trashy newspaper. It can be a classy magazine too.
Decline of Western Magazine Design, The
Pop Cult bemoans the demise of truly artistic magazine covers in favor of celebrity photos and a hodge-podge of headlines and teasers.
Essentials of a Business Plan
Publishing Business Group provides a list of the key elements for a newsletter or magazine business plan.
Eye on the News
This Poynter ONline column features articles on design topics for newspapers and magazines. Learn about trends, get tips on use of type, photos, and layout.
Final Decline and Total Collapse of the Magazine Cover
Michael Bierut discusses the loss of real graphic design in the design of magazine covers.
Magazine Covers and Cover Lines
This is an illustrated history lesson and timeline from the 1700s to present of the changing face of magazines covers with commentary.
Magazine Covers Then & Now
Pop Cult compares and contrasts past and present covers for Esquire, Fortune, House & Garden, Playboy, Vanity Fair, and others.
Pages Full of Surprise
In this creativepro.com article, John D. Berry looks at Horst Moser's "Surprise Me" -- a book on magazine design. Pick up tips from the book then decide if it's something you'd like to pick up for your own design library.
Preserving The Craftsman in PDF Format
Adobe looks at how a magazine from the early 1900s is going digital with PDF.

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