InDesign 5.5 Digital Publishing
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- HAYZ1LLLA
Does anybody use this to create publications for ipad/playbook/android? Is it good? Does it work on all tablets?
I'm using CS3 still but might upgrade if this is a decent way of creating magazines for ipad etc.
Thanks.
- goldieboy0
I am. It works a treat. Not sure if it works across all devices... I'm sure adobe could give you some answers to that.
The only alternative that I can see is Wood Wing, which is just an InDesign plugin.
- dasDesigner0
It works great. You can publish to Android, iOS and Playbook.
The only problem is that it's very expensive for smaller usage and one-offs. You have to pay distribution fees on a monthly level plus a certain amount per downloaded copy. So it really makes sense for bigger publications.
The capabilities and output though are fantastic. You can do great things with it (panoramas, 360 views, videos, audio, photos and additional animations and overlays and so on). You can achieve even some more complex interactions if you are creative. You can even load full HTML5 code/apps right inside of it as it is utilizing things like uiWebView in iOS and the whole workflow within InDesign is simple and productive.
Definitely the best digital publishing tool for tablets around. Wired uses it. And you can do it in 2 different ways (as far as publishing goes).
1. You can publish it as an app/viewer that allows you to sell individual issues with it and it updates automatically because Adobe takes care of the distribution, updates and purchasing for you.
2. You can publish just one issue of your publication as an app without any subscriptions or multiple issues.
They just really need to make it more affordable for catalogs and stuff like that where designers like us who can't pay the steep price now can go and do this stuff for clients that will give it away for free or for promotional usage.
Last time I checked the price was like $700-$800 a month plus you pay 25k copies right away and the rest are .30 cents per download.
Or something like that.. look on Adobe's site, they have pricing too I think.
- riskunlogic0
Well unfortunately you can't acquire WoodWing InDesign plugin alone, you have to buy the entire publishing system, which is quite pricey.
- HAYZ1LLLA0
Thanks das! Very helpful.It was an absolute nightmare trying to get things such as compatibility and pricing from their website!! I'm looking to distribute about 3,000 FREE digital versions of a magazine every other month.
So going by their pricing I need to pay £6k a year before thinking of any design/build costs! Yipes, any cheaper solutions anyone can recommend then? LOL
- goldieboy0
You could always look at going down the online route
*shudders*
http://www.emagcreator.com/cases…
http://www.uniflip.com/?gclid=CP…
- ESKEMA0
Mag+ is the most simple and affordable method. Adobe Publishing is brutally expensive.
- monolith0
Look at also at onSwipe.. these are really HTML based solutions and definitely won't be as smooth or feature packed as Adobe solution but it might do the job for you.