Research into Adobe Digital Publishing Suite.

Research into Adobe Digital Publishing Suite.

http://helpx.adobe.com/digital-publishing-suite/help/overview-digital-publishing-workflow.html

What is workflow DPS? (what are all the different stages of how digital magazines is designed and digitally published).

Step 1: Install DPS tools.

Have to make sure that the tools you are using are up to date, to make everything run a lot more smoothly. 
These updates do update frequently. 
Need a Adobe ID to access.
Also need develop ID for IOS.

Step 2: Create source documents in InDesign

Built in vertical and horizontal layout , Reader can rotate the device.

Helps to construct a folio.

Landscape and portrait layouts.

Step 3: Add interactive objects

Clicking 'new object state' to edit and create interactivity.
Using  a'pinch and zoom' on an image by turning on the radio button.
Also using a 'swipe' and 'tap' motion.
Step 4: Use the Folio Builder to create folio and articles

Step 5: Preview articles
Preview articles on the top corner of the screen where you can try out the design you've created by tapping and swiping.

Step 6: Make folios available to customers (Subscribers and Single Edition only)

Folios producer, where you can see all your folois.

You have to give a publication name and number.

You have to upload images of vertical and horizontal for publication. 

Select the folio in editor mode, add to panel design can take a look a horizontal or vertical order.
Can choose between Private or public publication.

Produce two case studies on digital magazine publishers

Produce two case studies on digital magazine publishers.

http://www.imagine-publishing.co.uk

• What magazines, both print and digital do they publish?

Digital stories online such as  'Now' and ' History War' 

                                                                    They also publish print magazines such as 3D Artist.

• What other creative work do they create? apps, branding etc?

Imagine Publishing has mainly digital brands such as ' Photoshop for beginners, Book artist, Play, Pocket world' etc.

Their ideal audience would be digital gaming types of people

What is their approach to publishing?                                                                                         Their approach to publishing is very colourful and seem to want to publish creative and digital brands. They publish mainly gaming and digital brands since that is their audience.  


High quality trusted brands

Quick to market

Content works hard 

Innovative and entrepreneurial 

International content 

Control and management of content and rights 

Multiplatform

• Have they won any awards?

Won the Media Pioneer Awards in 2013





How would you summarise them? (you are looking at the business side of publishing here)

I'd summarise the website as a very proffessional and informal book service, good choice of Advertisement, although not relevant to the book side.

Also think its a good website with their award on show, show's people that the website is trusting and loyal.