Digital issues without the media break
The magazine becomes a digital issue with paywall, ads and an archive — no app development, no second editorial team.
Over 100 teams publish with Novamag
Why Novamag for publishers?
An e-paper is a PDF to leaf through: unreadable on a phone, invisible to Google, impossible to monetise beyond the subscription. Novamag turns every issue into a real web publication with pages, subpages, video and audio. The paywall sells single issues or subscriptions, the ad manager fills the advertising slots, the kiosk keeps every issue online. Nova AI reads the InDesign PDF and lays the issue out in the project styles of the title.
Today and with Novamag: the comparison for publishers
Four steps to the issue for publishers, Nova AI takes on the build
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Create an account, start the title as a project, take project styles from the magazine.
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InDesign export or print PDF, photos, video, audio and graphics into the media library, articles added straight in the editor.
Nova AI builds the issue
Nova AI recognises articles, headlines and images and lays the issue out again. The editorial team checks it and sets paywall and ads.
Publish and measure
The issue live in the kiosk, push to subscribers, tracking per article, impressions per ad.
Source: Novamag, internal analysis of customer projects 2023 to 2026. Averages, may vary by project.
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Digital magazines for publishers: what's behind it
The most important terms, figures and workflows, gathered on one page.
Digital magazine or e-paper: what is the difference?
An e-paper is the printed magazine as a PDF to leaf through: fixed pages, small type on a phone, no video, no URL per article. A digital magazine is a web publication: every page responsive, with its own URL, video, audio and galleries, organised into issues like the magazine. Search engines index every article, readers share single pieces, and the paywall sells access right on the page.
How does the paywall work for publishers?
Part of the article stays open to read, the rest opens after a purchase or a login. What is sold is a single issue, a subscription or the full catalogue, payment included. The open part is indexed by Google and brings reach, and the paywall turns that into revenue. Password-protected issues for subscribers are possible on top.
How do publishers sell advertising in a digital magazine?
The ad manager places banners inside the article and interstitials between pages, per page, per issue or per period. Impressions and clicks are recorded and serve as proof for the advertiser. Slots can be released for external booking, with durations and successors defined.
How does an issue get from InDesign into the digital magazine?
Nova AI reads the InDesign export or the print PDF, recognises articles, headlines, images and captions, and lays them out again in the project styles of the title. The editorial team checks, adds video or audio and publishes. The route takes hours instead of days and needs no second editorial team.
What does the kiosk do for publishers?
The kiosk shows every issue of a title under one domain, sorted by year and issue. Full-text search covers every issue, and each page stays linkable and indexed. Older issues keep working as a content archive and can be sold individually.
What does a digital magazine cost for publishers?
Professional from 445 euros a month with paywall, ad manager, Tracking Premium and your own domain; Enterprise for several titles. Independent of print run and page count. App development, e-paper providers and extra production steps fall away.
Novamag for publishers: the key answers
Yes. Every title is a project with its own styles, domain, kiosk and accounts.
Credit card, PayPal, SEPA and others through the integrated payment provider. Single purchase, subscription and full subscription are all configurable.
Yes. Access can be imported or granted with a password per issue.
With Nova AI, in a few hours: upload the export, check the result, publish.
Yes. Slots can be released for external booking, and the customer receives impressions and clicks as proof.
Yes. The open part of every article has metadata and a sitemap entry; the protected part stays out.
Yes. Readers subscribe in the browser and get a push when an issue is published.
Content, media and tracking data can be exported and remain the property of the publisher.
Try Novamag for publishers with your own material
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