One of my favorite uses for the iPad is reading digital magazines. Being a design and tech junkie, I like the ability to carry dozens of magazines, back issues, and the like all inside one portable 10" screen device now. Even better is the recent development digital magazines have taken to create new interactive experiences previously not possible with print. Here's my list of formerly print-only magazines worth checking out in digital format...
If you've browsed through a few digital magazines, you'll know the experience and quality can range widely. Most magazines are merely carbon-copy, page-to-PDF exports, often in low resolution. However, some publishers are seizing the opportunity to take advantage of the possibilities digital tablets offer: interactivity, embedded videos, high resolution images spanning across pages, outgoing links, etc.
Notable tablet format features include:
- Answering quizzes in the app like a game.
- Exclusive interviews and video offerings.
- "Tap to email" buttons for recipes and articles.
- Personal scrapbooking.
- Bookmarks.
- Scrollable table of contents with direct links to features.
- Social sharing.
- Changing, updateable content.
Here's a list of some magazines I've tried (in no particular order) that make full use of your tablet's capabilities fora more engaging experience. And a bonus: you're saving a tree each time you skip the printed edition for a digital-only experience!
Are there any magazines you enjoy that do a good job of utilizing the tablet format? Share your finds in the comments.
(Images: Chris Perez)
10 No-Fail Decor Tricks & Tips for Small Spaces
Beth's Romantic & Retro Residence
Good Food to Share 
The Big Book of Small, Cool Spaces 
Apartment Therapy Presents 
The Eight-Step Home Cure 
Shaw's Original Fir...
How to Make Easy 3-Ingredient Energy Bars at Home
How To Cook Tender, Chewy Wheat Berries on the Stovetop
I've just started subscribing to digital magazines on my iPad in the last year or so. They are more convenient for me to read on the iPad and some actually have links to web sites for more information about the article or ad I'm reading. I started with Mother Earth News on Zinio and now read Popular Mechanics, Dwell and Maximum PC. all digitally. No more paper magazine subscriptions for me.
I would love to read Martha Stewart Living on my iPad, but somehow my "free" iPad subscription that I'm supposed to get by virtue of being a print subscriber stopped working. I called customer service, and after a 30 minute call, they still couldn't fix it nor did they seem real bent on making it right.
I'd put a vote in for Better Homes and Gardens. They've done a great job of translating their magazine into a digital format. Great interactive features like switching out paint colors on photos and videos of designers describing the rooms that are featured.
I love reading Dwell on my nook.
Real Simple! Also, Foreign Policy.
Women's Health. I love how it's laid out.
I like Martha Stewart Living but it has so many videos on it that it hogs my precious storage space.
We like Wired.
I second the Better Homes & Gardens recommendation from @themoderngal.
The Robb Report is great digitally (I was lucky to receive a free print subscription and the digital subscription is free, by default).
I'm having that same problem with my Martha Stewart Living subscription. The first issue I got worked great, but none of the subsequent issues have worked at all.
I would love to read Martha Stewart Living on my iPad, but somehow my "free" iPad subscription that I'm supposed to get by virtue of being a print subscriber stopped working. I called customer service, and after a 30 minute call, they still couldn't fix it nor did they seem real bent on making it right.
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Uninstall it and reinstall it. Try also restarting your iPad.