Design & Production
— Last checked and updated May 1, 2020 by Amanda Michalak, Langara College Library & Information Technology practicum student.
Editing
Testy Copy Editors
Community Facebook page for professional copy editors. (Accessed May 1, 2020) Visit Site
What Do Editors Do? PEAVI (Professional Editors Association of Vancouver Island)
A list of the various jobs and tasks for editors in the Canadian magazine industry. (Accessed May 1, 2020) Visit Site
What Is a Copy Editor? TheSlot.com
A beginner’s guide to being a copy editor, from a popular copy-editing blog. (Accessed May 1, 2020) Visit Site
Design
Caldwell, Cath and Zappaterra, Yolanda. Editorial Design: Digital and Print. Laurence King Publishing, 2014. More Info
Thompson, Bradbury. The art of graphic design. (First paperback ed.). Yale University Press, 2018.
With contributions by designers, critics, and art historians. More Info.
Tips on How to Make a Magazine Cover. FotoJet (Accessed May 1, 2020) Visit Site
Design Guides & Resources
The Canadian Press Stylebook. James McCarten, Editor. The Canadian Press, Jan. 2018.
A handbook for following standard CP style in both print book and online subscription versions. (Accessed May 1, 2020) More Info
Chicago Manual of Style Online.
Overview of a widely used editorial style guide developed by the University of Chicago, now sold as a subscription. (Accessed May 1, 2020) More Info
European Color Initiative
An international group working on devices for independent processing of color data in digital publication systems. (Accessed May 1, 2020) Visit Site
Fonts.com. Monotype
More than 150,000 desktop and Web font products, plus tips and techniques of typography and new typefaces. (Accessed May 1, 2020) Visit Site
Pantone
The industry’s premier colour guide. (Accessed May 1, 2020) Visit Site
Stock Photos
Getty Images
A popular stock photo and graphic service. (Accessed May 1, 2020) Visit Site
Photocase
A stock photography library with more than 160,000 creative and unique photos, all available under a royalty-free license model. (Accessed May 1, 2020) Visit Site
Other sources of copyright- and attribution-free and cheap stock images:
Pexels
Pikwizard
Pixabay
Unsplash
(All accessed June 24, 2020)
Templates
BIG Huge Labs-Magazine Cover Mockup Generator A free mockup generator that makes magazine covers out of uploaded photos, provided by Big Huge Labs. (Accessed May 1, 2020) Visit Site
Nieves, Melody. “Best Resources of 2017: Magazine Templates.” Envato Market and Envato Elements, 9 Nov. 2019. Visit site
