iOS 5 Newsstand Information

http://developer.apple.com/technologies/ios5/

Looks like you need to have a developer account - and in there you will have access to the Newstand Kit.

Newsstand

Publish the latest issues of your magazines and newspapers directly to Newsstand, the new folder on the Home Screen. Newsstand Kit provides everything you need to update new issues in the background, so you can always present the most recent cover art. Apps built for Newsstand use In-App Purchase subscriptions, making it easy for users to manage their auto-renewable subscriptions. And it's now possible to provision your app for In-App Purchase within Xcode.

Hi John,

I've just been reading this thread.. and I'm interested to find out how you got on.

Did you manage to create something?

Thanks,

Jamie.

Also I would know news about this funcionality. I've a customer that want publish a magazine with more numbers but Quark or Zinio (or others) are too expensive. I've interest to know the technology wich I can use for publish in newsstand. Can I use a PDF ? Or sould I use a format as .issue or .folio?

Hi Edoardo,

publishing to the iPad with QuarkXPress is probably one of the least expensive solutions around currently and still offering compelling iPad features.

But you should not have to take my word for it, try it yourself: The 30-day Test Drive is not crippled in any way and you can use it to publish to the iPad: http://www.quark.com/Products/QuarkXPress/Test_Drive.aspx

And Quark's solution also will support the Newsstand in iOS 5.

Regards
Matthias

hi there,

Did you get any update on this? I'm looking for informations on how to put a magazine on Newsstand and cannot find a good source of information.

Basically, if we use inDesign to produce the magazine, how do we load it on Newsstand without the need to go through Adobe DPS system or Woodwing, etc...?

Hi allysson,

I am afraid you either need to program that yourself (using Xcode) or use any of the solution providers who are offering a Newsstand-compatible solution.

Regards
Matthias

Hello Edoardo,

We have created a PDF Magazine Reader for iPhone & iPad as Universal application and we have integrated 3rd Party InApp Purchase System from UrbainAirship.com with Push Notification, which means you can use this application as your own Magazine reader and through the Admin / Control Panel of UrbainAirship you can upload your new issues as and when needed.

If you don't want to use UrbainAirship then we can help you create your own Control Panel in PHP and host that on your server.

Please contact me on skype (rakesh.patel.m) (rakesh @space-o)

Thanks

Rakesh

Hi Allison,

Maybe I can help you out. I am a tablet publisher and we publish with WoodWing / Adobe / Aquafadas. So if you send us your InDesign files, we can publish them for you in an App that is newsstand compatible. Drop me a line at: sales[at]tabulanova.com if you are interested.

Cheers!

By far the easiest way to do this (if you have Adobe InDesign) is to download the Folio Builder update and link it to your Adobe ID to make use of their Digital Publishing Suite.

You can then use your developer account to publish it through iTunes/Newsstand.

These two YouTube vids should help you get started:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tk-LxGM4p4E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i_gvAoySuo