Flipzines burst onto the scene about 20 years ago as the latest and greatest advance in publishing since the Guttenberg Press.
Publishers worked hard to attract readers who weren't sure about this new fangled tech.
The digital pages "turned" just like the paper ones, but with far less effort -- usually just the click of the mouse. There was also that satisfying woosh of the page turning.
Flipzines: A brief History
In the last 20 years ...
Flipzines are Passé