A high-resolution PDF with images at 300dpi with no crop marks or bleed works best. What you see is what you get.
Using the Design tab, you can easily add as many links and much multimedia as you'd like to your content. You can drag and drop live buttons onto any page or draw a box around any region on the page to make it a link. Buttons and links are truly dynamic, so you can add/edit/delete them at any time (even after the content is live), and they will update in your app automatically.
When you add a new issue, you choose a Digital Release Date (DRD) which must be at least 24 hours in the future. Your issue will go live on the DRD.
All video, audio, and web content are streaming and available when online. This significantly cuts down on file size and download speeds.
The multimedia must be hosted on your site or elsewhere on the Internet.
Your app can play video and audio content, as long as it is in the proper format. For video: YouTube, Vimeo, .m4v, or .mov. For audio: .mp3, .mp4, .aif, or .wav.
At the current time, no. All links and multimedia need to be added using the MAZ Control Links Tool.
A MAZ InDesign plug-in is currently in development but not yet available. However you should build your iPad layouts in InDesign, export to PDF, and then enhance with MAZ Control.
When you add an issue, you choose how much you want to charge for it. You can also make your content available for free.
You can choose to sell subscriptions of various lengths: annual, 6 month, 3 month, or monthly. You can also offer a free subscription, in which case all of the content in the app must be offered for free.
If you are a periodical that publishes more than four times a year and offers in-app subscriptions, then your app is eligible for Newsstand.
Newsstand is a special part of the App Store for magazines and newspapers. See http://www.apple.com/ios/features.html#newsstand
This functionality is part of our Enterprise plan. More information available upon request.
You can update the content of your app at any time, as often as you'd like. We do periodic app software updates to add new features, fix minor bugs, and to make sure that the app is up to the latest app standards.
Depending on which plan you choose, your app will be available in the Apple App Store (iPad, iPhone, or both), Google Play (Android tablets, smartphones, or both), or the Amazon Kindle Fire Android App Store.
It typically takes 2-3 weeks from the time you submit your finished app for it to be approved, but it can vary based on the various platforms' app approval times. Apple approves each app manually, but Google and Amazon can be significantly faster.
When you add a new issue, you choose a Digital Release Date (DRD) which must be at least 24 hours in the future. Your issue will go live on the DRD.
Only the app needs to be approved, which only happens once. New issues do not need to be approved by Apple.
Typically issues take less than 12 hours to process. After an issue is processed, you can enhance it with links and multimedia.
MAZ Control App is an iOS app that can be downloaded on the App Store and used to preview your app and issues before publishing.
Simply tap the refresh button in the app and all new changes will be reflected. Keep in mind that issues must already be processed to view.
MAZ Stats is broken down into downloads, usage, and Clippings.
No, every MAZ account comes with MAZ Stats built in so that you can learn as much as possible about how your users interact with your apps and your content.
Your data will be updated approximately every 24 hours so you always have access to the latest information.
We accept all major credit cards and require that they be kept on file for future payments.
You will be charged quarterly for the previous quarter's downloads.
Please contact us if your organization has special budgetary needs, and we will find a plan that works for you.
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