Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Top 10 Sites for Creating Digital Magazines and Newspapers

In my never ending quest to find useful "top 10" lists, I was inspired on Twitter to create one for digital magazines/newspapers. While this is something that can be done in any word processor, there are dedicated sites that bring this to a whole new level.

Top 10 sites for Creating Digital Magazines/Newspapers
  1. Iussu - One of the most popular and successful online digital magazine creators/publishers around, w/ a very nice user interface.
  2. Yudu - Upload a document or PDF to create an online magazine that can be emailed our or embedded into a site.
  3. Openzine - Very user friendly site w/ an abundance of templates and layouts to create a professional looking magazine and share online.
  4. NewsCred - Create a terrific looking online newspaper in 5 minutes, similar to Openzine.
  5. Scribd - A very popular "web 2.0" site for creating online content and publishing.
  6. Fodey - A fun site to create a newspaper and then download to print out or put on a blog/site.
  7. Zinepal - A great way to bring the news to students by "clipping" online articles. This is a wonderful site for those making the move to ebook readers.
  8. Paper.li - A fantastic site to turn Twitter into an online readable magazine.
  9. Guzzle.it - Is a news aggregator that puts online news in one customizable place.
  10. Crayon - Create a professional looking newspaper w/ this nice online creator. There are a bunch of options to choose from so has a bit of a higher learning curve.
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11 comments:

  1. This is a fantastic "Top 10" List and it could not come at a better time. The beginning of the school year. I am always looking for new resources to share with my students and colleagues.
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  2. Nice list, but what's your criteria for those entries? Looks like you only included free or low-market tools. There's a lot of other strong vendors in the market with added functionality, integration options, advanced analytics.
    I represent Zmags who is one of them. Pleas reach out if you want to look out for more or want more details from this industry.

    Thanks,
    Joakim Ditlev
    Zmags
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  3. Check out ThyNews if you haven't already
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  5. I agree with Joakim. Decent list, but it doesn't feature vendors that are selling more sophisticated solutions.

    Check out the company I work for, mygazines:http://www.mygazines.com/home

    You may also find our resource page quite useful:http://www.mygazines.com/webinars

    Audrey, mygazines
    416-900-3830 ext 2005
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  6. I wanted to email you, but could not find a link. I saw your Top 10 Sites for Creating Surveys list in T&L mag.
    I disagreed with all of your choices except Obsurvey, and that one has some issues- including it may cost money soon.
    You should check out the simple, free and unlimited site: www.kwiksurveys.com
    It has it all and is free. Your list is full of sites that cost money, are limited to only a few questions, responders or surveys and are for only one question, invitation or text msg.
    One of the links (runpolls) does not even work.
    Thanks for the effort; do some more thorough research next time.
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  8. Nate, I just wanted to say, I respect and appreciate your opinion and will try to be more accurate in the future. However, I do feel that any list is going to be objective and these are just my opinions; others will be different.

    I'm really just trying to get the creative juices flowing for people and give them sites that I think are useful.
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  9. I'm really just trying to get the creative juices flowing for people and give them sites that I think are useful.This is a fantastic "Top 10" List and it could not come at a better time. The beginning of the school year. I am always looking for new resources to share with my students and colleagues.please add some use full links like these
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  10. or www.DHEMedia.eu , which has a very special approach in database driven publications
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  11. Your efforts to create a detailed top 10/25/100 lists are laudable. many thanks for the same . I am not an educator
    but i help a few students in their studies and they find some of the free sites very useful.

    I wish you, your associates and your family a very Prosperous and Happy New Year.
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