Magazine Heaven – 20 websites that scream “Media is NOT dying”

Like the fall of the TV, the must anticipated and rumored extinction of print magazines and newspapers is a hot subject for a few years now. Maybe what the Internet revolution hasn’t accomplished (magazine extermination) will the Recession finish, but we can still enjoy alot of print awesomeness these days, so sit back and relax check these resources.

Read Offline

Mag Nation is the world’s first and only magazine superstore, with the largest range of mainstream and special interest magazines in the galaxy (over 4.000 titles). That’s a nice selection they have there… 4.000 magazines that you have to dig to find the ones that best suit you. Don’t worry; they have a search by interest or title option, so that’s not as hard as it sounds. [twitter]

Magma Books is a British bookstore with a great website where you can also subscribe to the hottest titles from ranges like Illustration to Film, Life-Style or even trend Forecasting.

Maghound (what a great logo!) is a service with a great idea: why make subscriptions only for one magazine at a time, when people want to read alot more? So here we are – we can subscribe to as many magazines as we want and pay just a monthly fee (3 titles for $5 / month, 5 for $8, and so on). That sounds like All you can read! [twitter]

Stack is the newest service of them all. It’s more focused on niche and independent (maga)zines. Each delivery of Stack is a surprise so there’s no way of knowing what will come next. However, every magazine delivered by Stack comes with a guarantee that it represents the very best of independent magazine publishing, targeted at young, intelligent readers who appreciate an alternative to the mainstream. [twitter]

readonline

Issuu is a great social platform for publishing and reading free magazines from independent zines to famous print magazines. There is a strong selection of pop culture and gaming titles (I am reading right now One Small Seed). [twitter]

MagCloud is a service enables you to publish your own magazines. All you have to do is upload a PDF and they’ll take care of the rest: printing, mailing, subscription management, and more.

Lulu – is a marketplace for digital content on the Internet. It enables authors to publish their work themselves with complete editorial and copyright control.

Mygazines was last year’s revelation – you could read there all the big magazines for free, as private users uploaded them. After a while the service went down and a few months ago has re-launched without the copyright hassles and geared it self to working with publishers to spread their content, similar case to the Muxtape from the music industry. They already have a few business and travel available titles. [twitter]

Zinio is one of the firs services to offer online reading option for print magazines and, as the years passed by, it consolidated its position. Now Zinio has al the big titles in digital version, from Esquire, to Maxim and Macworld.

Pdf-mags is a fabulous online collection of PDF magazines, mostly focused on visual and pop culture titles. [twitter]


apocalypse

Magazine Death Pool is the personal blog of The Reaper, the evil superhero responsible for all the killed magazines. This guy has some inside news and he is willing to tell us everything with the smile on his face.

Themediaisdying is another source of magazine bad news, this time on Twitter. 15.000 followers are watching the daily stream of gossips and facts that this guys share from the publishing business. But remember, the Media is also hirin’ and huntn! [twitter]

resources

Colophon – a biennial symposium for magazine makers, experts, advertisers, readers and all creatives involved in the world of the independent magazine. Read online the interviews and other great materials from this year’s edition in Luxembourg. Also please check the two books they have published so far – We Love Magazines and We Make Magazines.  [twitter]

Alltop – Guy Kawasaki’s version of Popurls self dubbed “an online magazine rack” of popular topics; here is the Publishing rack. [twitter]

Do you read me – huge magazine store in Berlin.

Distill is a bimonthly magazine that brings together the best content from lesser-known fashion and style publications from around the world, enhanced by commentary from renowned creative figures.

Mr. Magazine – one of the strongest voices in the publishing business.

Mag Culture – great blog about magazines.

Magtastic – Andrew Losowsky’s bits & thoughts about magazines.

Things to look at – daily selection from a print lover.

Magazineer - insights from the magazine industry.

The best magazine Twitter profiles – Newsweek, Fast Company & Wired

Our favourite independent magazines – Good, Beast & Vice.

Thank you and please leave some other tips & tricks for the magazine enthusiasts.

Catalin is the founder of Mostash - a social marketing boutique - and he's always happy to share his passion for graphic design & social media.

 
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Comments

  • Maghound Alli March 24, 2009

    Thanks for the great shout out! We are glad to hear that you like the Maghound service (and our logo!) Maghound also allows you to switch the magazine selection you recieve from month to month. You are not locked into one magazine for an entire year like you are with traditional subscriptions. Thanks again, and let me know if you have any questions!

  • Derek March 24, 2009

    See also: MagCloud – http://magcloud.com – a new service that allows anyone to become a publisher of real, printed magazines.

  • Newsweek Twitter March 24, 2009

    Thanks so much for the mention–we’re so glad to hear you like our Twitter! You can also follow us on Tumblr and Facebook, or of course, check out the great content at newsweek.com.

  • Mag Nation March 24, 2009

    Thanks for the mention. We provide annual subscriptions to all our titles, but also allow people to buy single copies online for many of the hard to find mags.

    We have also built the tongue-in-cheek “magdentifier” – a mini personality test that tells you at tne end which magazines you might like. It a lot of fun.

  • Catalin Zorzini March 24, 2009

    Hey guys, thanks for the info, glad you liked it!

  • Jaypeg March 25, 2009

    Wow, thanks for putting us in such an illustrious list. There are some great resources there that I hadn’t seen before! I am now right on the pulse of magazine/web land. Great post.

  • Nick March 30, 2009

    we use http://www.pagegangster.com/ (our publication at http://bitchslapmag.com/magazine/)as well as issuu – both sweet but i guess issuu is free. I’m digging the PG sound files and zoom functions.

  • Rajesh April 1, 2009

    Great work! Enjoyed it.

  • Pierre Bisaillon April 1, 2009

    Thank you for the listing. The engine behind http://www.mygazines.net is our Enterprise Edition which is a white-labeled version for publishers who wish to have their own private newsstand.

  • bruce hewson April 1, 2009

    Very nice list..thanks!

  • pevefimmope April 13, 2009

    This is quite a hot information. I’ll share it on Twitter.

  • Vince Delmonte April 14, 2009

    I read your blog for a long time and should tell you that your posts always prove to be of a high value and quality for readers.

  • Florence Italy April 25, 2009

    Look forward to reading more from you in the future,keep up the good work.

  • Grant Lyons December 11, 2009

    Give us a shout out next time. GreenerMags – your interactive magazines. Launching January 2010. Http://GreenerMags.com

  • Atlanta injury lawyer April 23, 2010

    The collection of websites you’ve put together is most interesting in the fact all the sites have different elements that make them unique and give their own reason to make this list.

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