How to Customize an E-Magazine for Your iDevice

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by Tim Storm

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First, if you don't yet have a Twitter account, get one. (No one needs to know.)

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Next, you'll want to follow some people or organizations. These Twitter accounts will serve as curators for your e-magazine. I'd recommend finding curators who post links in their tweets.

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Now we'll create a list from your Twitter account. You have to do this from a computer; Twitter's mobile apps don't allow list creation.

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Open up Twitter on a web browser on your laptop or desktop computer and under your profile page, navigate to lists and select "Create list."

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Give your list a name and maybe a description. For our purposes, it doesn't matter if it's public or private.

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Next, find a curator you'd like to add to your e-magazine and from that little drop-down menu there, select "Add or remove from lists. . ."

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Place the curator in the appropriate list.

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And once you've populated your list with however many curators you want, you've got yourself the basis for a Flipboard e-magazine.

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So now we open up Flipboard and click on the magnifying glass icon in the upper right.

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Under "Accounts," you can choose "Add an Account" if you haven't yet added your Twitter account, or you can select your Twitter profile under "Your Accounts."

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In your Twitter account, select "Your Lists."

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And select the list you want to turn into a Flipboard magazine.

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Finally, be sure to click "Add."

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And there you have it: your new customized e-magazine. Most of Flipboard's own magazines (like that "Flipcool" one you see on my board above) are populated in this same way (i.e. through Twitter).

You're Done!

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