Digital Replicas vs. Interactive Apps, Digital Mags Embrace Social Media, The iPad Turns 3, National Magazine Awards 2013 Finalists, Top 10 Best Tips for InDesign Users, DPS Tip: Swiping Articles Horizontally

Welcome to TFP’s weekly roundup of interesting and noteworthy stories from the publishing world. This week, we’re discussing digital replicas versus interactive apps, the iPad’s third anniversary, ASME’s National Magazine Award finalists, and more.

  • Some analysts are predicting that the market share for Android-based tablets will equal that of the iOS-based iPad this year. So why do most publishers develop interactive magazine apps for the iPad but stick with PDF replicas for Android? Poynter spoke with some of them to find out.
  • In an eMedia Vitals column this week, Rob O’Regan looked at how magazines like My Home, My Style, and Forbes are “reinventing their models for mobile consumption” by integrating social sharing and creating strong connections between the digital publications and their websites.
  • This week marked the three-year anniversary of the release of the first iPad, when tablets and digital magazines became a reality. We offer a look back at the disruptions the technology produced and some related metrics that could offer some insight on what the future may hold for digital media.
  • The American Society of Magazine Editors revealed its finalists for the 2013 National Magazine Awards earlier this week. Visit the TFP blog to see who’s on the list of nominees for each category.
  • TFP’s e-resource “Top 10 InDesign Tips: Efficiency Tips & Tricks From Technology for Publishing” presents 10 of our staff’s favorite InDesign tools that are guaranteed to save you time. Learn how to get your free copy!
  • Sometimes when you’re building articles in Adobe’s Digital Publishing Suite, you might want content to be experienced as a series of pages that a reader swipes through from side to side instead of up and down. Visit TFP’s DPS Tips blog to learn more about the Horizontal Swipe Only option.

This Week in Publishing appears every Friday on the TFP blog. Every week we compile interesting and noteworthy stories from the publishing world and put together a wrap-up to help our readers stay up-to-date. Think we missed something great? Leave a comment below and let us know.

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