Magazines

Design your magazine, your way

Create a stunning magazine that stands out. Enjoy easy distribution and newsstand quality, whether you need 1 or 100+ copies.
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  • Dynamic & Vivid Magazine Options

    Dynamic & Vivid
    Printed Magazines

    Give your magazine the perfect blend of color and contrast, plus deep blacks that punctuate the pages for a high-end look.
  • Flexible Magazine Creator Tools

    Flexible Magazine
    Creation Tools

    Make magazines with Blurb's' free desktop tool BookWright. You can also use pro tools like Adobe InDesign or our PDF Uploader to set up your book.
  • Selling & Sharing Your Magazines

    Selling & Sharing

    Share a sneak peek of your publication with an embeddable preview on your website, and easily sell your digital or print magazines through the Blurb Bookstore.

 

Magazine Format Features

Print newsstand-quality magazines as either part of a series or single project that showcases visual work in a low-cost way.

Custom magazine shown open to a spread featuring a person in a blue sweater with gold paint on their face on one page, text on the opposite page. Custom magazine shown open to a spread featuring a person in a blue sweater with gold paint on their face on one page, text on the opposite page.

Newsstand magazine sizing

  • 8.5×11 in (22×28 cm)
  • Page counts from 20 to 240
  • Perfect Bound, page count must be divisible by 4
Custom magazine with a person looking over their shoulder on the cover. Custom magazine with a person looking over their shoulder on the cover.

Printing and covers

Cover
  • Semi-gloss for heft, protection, and a high-end look
  • 80# Semi-gloss (216 GSM) cover
Paper
  • Vibrant printing on a matte, velvet finish
  • 80# Matte text (115 GSM) paper

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Magazine inspiration

Illustrated Zine

Safe Vol. 2: Home

Captivating audiences worldwide, McKenzie Young's popular zine masterfully employs illustration to foster open dialogue about mental health. Read interview.

"[Bookmaking classes in college] got me thinking about all of the ideas I had and how easy it was to get them out there through self-publishing... Blurb has amazing tools for designing and printing, and [having] the tools to launch your ideas yourself is pretty awesome."

Custom designed magazine titled Safe Volume 2, Home, by McKenzie Young-Roy, A collection of comics and art about living with obsessive compulsive disorder, featuring an illustrated coffee cup with a door drawn on the side.

Nonprofit Magazine

We See VI

Nonprofit femLENS uses this annual magazine to display the impactful work of female photographers trained through their free documentary workshops. Read interview.

"With this magazine, we want to expand publishing opportunities for women photographers around the world. [We] design using Adobe InDesign, but we love the Blurb plugin, which helps with keeping the right format and making a spine for an exceptionally large mag."

Custom magazine shown open featuring a person smiling on one page, text on the opposite page.

Photography Showcase

Rohingyatographer Magazine

Gaining global media attention, this magazine showcases the work of young Rohingya photographers from Cox's Bazar, the world's largest refugee camp. Read interview.

"[We] provide Rohingya youth with a creative platform using photography to document all aspects of our life… In the refugee camps, we have very limited opportunities to engage with the outside world. [Our success] would not have been possible without…self-publishing."

Custom magazine shown open featuring a child looking through binoculars on one page, two children standing waist-deep in a river on the opposite page.

 

Magazine Inspiration

 

Magazine Templates

Make a Magazine

From masthead to editorial features, take advantage of our professional-looking page components to make your own magazine.

Magazine Book Template - Portrait Basic

Portrait: Basic template

Magazine Template - Portrait Primary

Portrait: Primary template

Magazine Template - Portrait Vibrant

Portrait: Vibrant template

Magazine Templates - Portrait: Basic

Fully modifiable, these templates come in a variety of color schemes to coordinate with any kind of content.

Available sizes
Magazine (8.5×11 in, 22×28 cm)
Formats
Magazine (Softcover)
Fixed-layout ebook
Compatible Projects
Seasonal recipes, vacation reviews, in-depth brochures
Number of unique layouts
20
Required Software
BookWright

Magazine Templates - Portrait: Primary

Fully modifiable, these templates come in a variety of color schemes to coordinate with any kind of content.

Available sizes
Magazine (8.5×11 in, 22×28 cm)
Formats
Magazine (Softcover)
Fixed-layout ebook
Compatible Projects
Seasonal recipes, vacation reviews, in-depth brochures
Number of unique layouts
20
Required Software
BookWright

Magazine Templates - Portrait: Vibrant

Fully modifiable, these templates come in a variety of color schemes to coordinate with any kind of content.

Available sizes
Magazine (8.5×11 in, 22×28 cm)
Formats
Magazine (Softcover)
Fixed-layout ebook
Compatible Projects
Seasonal recipes, vacation reviews, in-depth brochures
Number of unique layouts
20
Required Software
BookWright
Magazine Template - Portrait Modern

Portrait: Modern template

Magazine Templates - Portrait: Modern

Fully modifiable, these templates come in a variety of color schemes to coordinate with any kind of content.

Available sizes
Magazine (8.5×11 in, 22×28 cm)
Formats
Magazine (Softcover)
Fixed-layout ebook
Compatible Projects
Seasonal recipes, vacation reviews, in-depth brochures
Number of unique layouts
20
Required Software
BookWright

Helpful tips to make your own magazine

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