Don’t get me wrong. I don’t think the days of print media are over. But self-publishing becomes easier and more profitable all the time. In addition to far lower publishing costs, with the explosion of personal electronic devices in recent years (even Granny has a smartphone now), it’s much easier to become an online magazine creator than you might think. But how do you create online magazines? My solution was Yumpu Publishing. When I made the decision to transition from a print publication to an online one. I was presented with many setup options via services such as Scribd, Issuu, Blurb, etc., and like many publishers who create online content, encountered problems. One service made downloading articles very difficult. Another overcharged me, renewed my subscription fees without my permission. On top of this, its software had trouble working with some Apple products, and text downloading was again an issue. Another product produced something that was extremely slow to download, had no prompts, and no customer service, either, when I tried to resolve the issues. Just messages telling me that what I was getting was what I wanted. Even if it wasn’t. So much for being an online magazine creator, I thought.
