Magazine Revolution on the iPad

When I first discovered that there was going to b such a thing as the iPad, I knew right off the top that the print industry has found new life in what was soon to be an extinct genre of media. Print is not Eco friendly and across the world presses are closing, downsizing and searching for life. Introducing the iPad.

I’m actually really excited about this. Not only do we get to enjoy the release of a magazine or comic but also you get it instantly. I’m not one for waiting on things and I believe that in our current economic status this is true across many other mediums.

Here are some things that I am really hoping to see come alive very soon. First off are interactive comics. Stories have multiple endings as well as different versions of the road to get there. Many times you are stuck with the view of one character, waiting to see what’s in stored for that cliffhanger but with live interactions you can really pick and choose where to go.

Secondly, you can really engage an audience with audio and visual cues. So for comic books add in various sound effects or even have someone read the graphic novel to you. For video you can link right out to the different clips you are referencing, you can set up specific animations to help tell your story. For the news papers you can link right to the live stream or already told news. Your images can really come alive and add subtle little motion to stills just to really wow a user.

These few things already create an experience like no other when you have such interaction. I know a lot of people say that they love the feeling of a book and bent corners, dirt and grime… well how about an app that reacts to where you close your book it folds pages. Over the course of time your book sees more and more wear on it. It’s a simple solution for the purest.

It’s interesting to see so many new articles now that detail how the magazine market is on the rise because of the iPad. While I’m sitting here on the plane to LA I peaked over to see some reading on this exact topic. It’s only a taste of what’s to come and the companies that rely on press can move to digital and we should see fewer publications shutting their doors. The iPad is a revolution for the rebirth of what was to be an extinct medium in today’s time.

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