November 10, 2009

10 Digital Magazine Sites You’ll Love

Digital versions of your favorite travel magazines are greener, more mobile alternatives to their paper versions.

Select airlines and media companies are featuring free digital versions of their magazines on their sites. While more travel magazines are offering a free preview of their digital version and digital subscriptions.

In other cases, magazines are opting to enhance their online profile, increasing current and archived content on their sites. If you’re seeking digital travel magazines, sites like Zinio sell subscriptions to diverse consumer and trade publications.

We love Wend Magazine (above), which specializes in adventure/inspiration/travel/activism. The magazine launched its digital version over a year ago.

Says Stiv Wilson, Editor in Chief, Wend Magazine:

“We invested in the digital platform for several reasons. Even though we pay through the nose for locally sourced FSC certified paper and print locally, digital is still, of course, greener…It’s been received well. For one, it’s great to have this asset for international subscribers, and because production is a fixed cost, it allows poor college students and the like to be able to get a subscription on a cheap beer budget. Also, it’s a tremendous marketing tool…”

Another favorite, up! magazine,the WestJet publication, launched a new beta site four months ago and expects a final version in early 2010. A digital version of the current magazine edition is available on the site.

Says Tom Gierasimczuk, Editor, up! magazine:

“up!’s website is not so much an extension of the magazine (although a lot of print content and our archives dating back to 2005 do appear on the site), but a travel planning tool and travel community….The response has been incredible, both from users and the travel industry, who see this authoritative, community-sourced content as a vital complement to our award-winning travel journalism in print…”

Here are 10 Digital Travel Magazine sites you’ll love:

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14 comments

November 10, 2009 - 9:18 am Nellie

hey this post’s really useful for me! I read digital magazines a lot as well, so this is helps alot.

November 10, 2009 - 9:28 am Sonya

Thanks, Nellie! I’m reading digital magazines more myself so it was interesting to research.

November 10, 2009 - 10:47 am Rhett Soveran

Thanks mentioning up! and as the Web Editor (who’s doing all the work while Tom is out giving quotes ) I can say that the new version of the site is going to be pretty fantastic. I can’t wait to show everyone.
.-= Rhett Soveran´s last blog ..Tom’s Complete Twilight Travel Guide =-.

November 10, 2009 - 11:15 am Sonya

Thanks, Rhett! I look forward to seeing it!

November 10, 2009 - 2:38 pm Craig

Thanks for the mention of Indie Travel Podcast Magazine. It’s been really well received and we’re glad to be part of the growing movement. I read Wend as soon as it comes out, but I’m going to look around some of these others.
.-= Craig´s last blog ..Burning Man Festival 2009 =-.

November 10, 2009 - 2:47 pm Sonya

Thanks, it’s a pleasure, Craig!

November 11, 2009 - 2:40 pm jessiev

great list – thank you!
.-= jessiev´s last blog ..Forum on Education Abroad: London Event =-.

November 11, 2009 - 9:27 pm Sonya

Thanks, Jessie!

November 18, 2009 - 11:17 pm Nancy D. Brown

I write “Traveler Making a Difference” column for Hip Compass Escapes magazine.
Thanks for including,http://www.zinio.com/search/index.jsp?pageRequested=1&pubType=1&showTitles=limit&newsstandSearch=true&s=Hip+Compass+Escapes

November 19, 2009 - 6:46 am Sonya

Thanks, Nancy!

November 22, 2009 - 6:16 pm Carrie

Great list! I’m also a contributing writer and photographer for Hip Compass Escapes magazine and I’m a big fan of Indie Travel Podcast Magazine. I started reading digital magazines just over a year ago and I’m happy to have made the switch. In addition to being environmentally friendly, I also like the thought of having an online library that I can access whenever I want. It certainly makes traveling a lot easier.
.-= Carrie´s last blog ..Getting Inked in Taiwan: Needle No 8 Tattoo Studio =-.

November 22, 2009 - 7:32 pm Sonya

Thanks so much, Carrie! I’ve also begun reading digital magazines more and love the mobility of it.

April 1, 2010 - 5:20 pm Leigh Shulman

These are great!

I know I’m biased, but I’d add the Matador magazines to this as well.

12 different blogs all connected on everything from where to travel to nightlife to daily life.

April 1, 2010 - 8:28 pm Sonya

Thanks so much Leigh! The Matador magazines are wonderful, especially Matador Change.

November 10, 2009 - 9:18 am Nellie

hey this post’s really useful for me! I read digital magazines a lot as well, so this is helps alot.
November 10, 2009 - 9:28 am Sonya

Thanks, Nellie! I’m reading digital magazines more myself so it was interesting to research.
November 10, 2009 - 10:47 am Rhett Soveran

Thanks mentioning up! and as the Web Editor (who’s doing all the work while Tom is out giving quotes ) I can say that the new version of the site is going to be pretty fantastic. I can’t wait to show everyone.
.-= Rhett Soveran´s last blog ..Tom’s Complete Twilight Travel Guide =-.
November 10, 2009 - 11:15 am Sonya

Thanks, Rhett! I look forward to seeing it!
November 10, 2009 - 2:38 pm Craig

Thanks for the mention of Indie Travel Podcast Magazine. It’s been really well received and we’re glad to be part of the growing movement. I read Wend as soon as it comes out, but I’m going to look around some of these others.
.-= Craig´s last blog ..Burning Man Festival 2009 =-.
November 10, 2009 - 2:47 pm Sonya

Thanks, it’s a pleasure, Craig!
November 11, 2009 - 2:40 pm jessiev

great list – thank you!
.-= jessiev´s last blog ..Forum on Education Abroad: London Event =-.
November 11, 2009 - 9:27 pm Sonya

Thanks, Jessie!
November 18, 2009 - 11:17 pm Nancy D. Brown

I write “Traveler Making a Difference” column for Hip Compass Escapes magazine.
Thanks for including,http://www.zinio.com/search/index.jsp?pageRequested=1&pubType=1&showTitles=limit&newsstandSearch=true&s=Hip+Compass+Escapes
November 19, 2009 - 6:46 am Sonya

Thanks, Nancy!
November 22, 2009 - 6:16 pm Carrie

Great list! I’m also a contributing writer and photographer for Hip Compass Escapes magazine and I’m a big fan of Indie Travel Podcast Magazine. I started reading digital magazines just over a year ago and I’m happy to have made the switch. In addition to being environmentally friendly, I also like the thought of having an online library that I can access whenever I want. It certainly makes traveling a lot easier.
.-= Carrie´s last blog ..Getting Inked in Taiwan: Needle No 8 Tattoo Studio =-.
November 22, 2009 - 7:32 pm Sonya

Thanks so much, Carrie! I’ve also begun reading digital magazines more and love the mobility of it.
April 1, 2010 - 5:20 pm Leigh Shulman

These are great!

I know I’m biased, but I’d add the Matador magazines to this as well.

12 different blogs all connected on everything from where to travel to nightlife to daily life.
April 1, 2010 - 8:28 pm Sonya

Thanks so much Leigh! The Matador magazines are wonderful, especially Matador Change.