Tablet devices like Apple’s iPad could herald a new kind of digital publication. With just a week until that gadget hits shelves, what could the magazines of the future look like?

For this analysis, we present 15 multimedia examples in which periodical publishers place their bets. From high-class graphics and games to hum-drum page-turners, these are proprietors’ big ideas - but they vary somewhat, coalescing around five key trends…

So read on to see what may be next, as magazines move from paper to e-reader…

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