The Parts of a magazine Main are the cover page, cover pages, table of contents, imprint, publisher letter, articles and back.
A magazine is a periodical publication of content - articles and interviews especially - accompanied by advertising, horoscopes, and thousands of creative ways of representing information.
A great way to share your own vision is through a magazine. To make a magazine, you only need to create meaningful content around a solid subject that can attract a specific market, then organize that content with an attractive design and publish it digitally or through print.
Even a single person can make a handmade magazine, or use software to design and print a professional quality magazine.
In general, today's magazines follow the same structure and although there are magazines that do not, this approach is predetermined. It is a point of reference that can be modified in many ways for the needs of each particular publication.
Main parts of magazines
Magazines consist of seven parts: the cover page, the cover pages, the table of contents, the imprint, the editor's letter, the articles and the back.
1- Cover
Time cover with Al Capone in 1930.
This is the first page of the magazine, so in some ways it is the most important.
It is never too early to start thinking about what could be a good photo for the cover.
Most editors use an image related to an important feature that will be developed within the journal.
2- Cover pages
They come after the cover, usually the same material as the cover and almost in 100% of cases are advertisements.
The second page of the cover is reserved for advertising. This is the second most expensive ad page.
The third cover page is again reserved for advertisers and is the magazine's third most expensive ad page.
The last cover page is on the back of the magazine and is the most expensive ad page.
3- Table of contents
After many ad pages, the table of contents serves as a quick breakdown of how the magazine is organized.
It is especially useful when a reader is intrigued by the cover and wants to read more, to flip to the content and easily find the item they were looking for.
The table of contents can be designed with or without margins, but it is important to distinguish the content elements so that the reader can understand the page number, the title of the subject and a brief description of the topic if you wish to include it. A good typographic choice is crucial in this part.
Table of contents of the magazine Eye of water
4- Imprint / Contributors / Writers
This is the part of the magazine that is usually placed in the front of the book, although some magazines place it in the back.
Imprint or"masthead"is the list of all the people who work in the magazine. From writing to marketing people, sales, ads, to editors and key people in the publishing house that is producing the magazine.
The design of this page is quite simple and clean. The logo is usually placed at the top of this page.
5- Letter from the Editor (s)
It is the first editorial page of the magazine. It is a welcome letter from the editor in chief explaining the content of the topic.
It depends on the publisher's style and journalistic voice. It basically covers the main topics, but it may also contain some reflections on the topics covered by this journal in general.
It is usually a page and includes an image related to the message or the editor (s).
In this magazine, they joined the editor's letter with the list of contributors.
6- Articles
This is the bulk of the magazine. Articles can be brief, medium to longest, spanning more than ten pages.
When the magazine is organized, short and long articles usually happen. For example, a 10 page article may be followed by a 4 page article instead of another 10 page article. This gives a better flow, or rhythm to the magazine.
The designs related to these pages are where designers have the greatest freedom, although a certain style of publication must be fulfilled.
It is important to state that each article should be visibly different than the other because the reader may be confused if he does not know where it ends and the other begins.
7- Back of the book
This part of the magazine contains the remaining content, shorter articles, news, listings, remaining columns and horoscopes. Again, just as at the beginning of the magazine, this part of the magazine follows a rigid structure and the design is not changed to just.
In general, here you can find so-called"classified"ads. Smaller ads, 1/4 of a page to 1/16 of a page, are grouped and placed on these pages.
Depending on the nature of the journal, the last page is reserved for a columnist, short essay, short interview or similar relaxed content.
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