A personalised magazine, made from your photographs and stories
Not every magazine is for an organisation. A fiftieth birthday, a parents' anniversary, a family history assembled over years, a retirement after four decades in one trade: all of these make better magazines than they make photo albums.
A personalised magazine is a whole custom magazine about one person or one family, not a single novelty cover. You send the photographs and the stories, as notes, letters or voice messages typed up; we shape them into an issue, edit the words to fit, and design every page. You get a print-ready file for any printer and a light copy to send to the family.
Or write to magz@digi.ai.in or WhatsApp +91 98605 96905.
Photograph above is a stock image of magazines in general, not our work. Our own issues are in the portfolio. See the work.
- Usually
- 8–12 pages
- Price
- From US$249 · ₹8,000 in India
- Usually bought by
- Individuals and families marking a birthday, anniversary, wedding or retirement, in India and abroad
What the price covers
- A conversation to shape the material into an issue
- Restoration pass on old or damaged photographs
- Full design of every page, cover to back
- Print-ready PDF you can take to any printer
- A web-optimised PDF to send to family
- Two rounds of revisions after the first full proof
Every project is quoted before it starts. Prices are per issue (or per brochure or catalogue): in US dollars for clients outside India, in rupees for clients in India. Two rounds of revisions are included.
Ways to buy
Personalised magazine
8–12 pages
From US$249 · ₹8,000 in India
Longer keepsake
12–16 pages
From US$399 · ₹12,000 in India
Family history or legacy edition
24–32 pages, web edition included
From US$749 · ₹20,000 in India
Occasions
Birthday magazine
A 40th, 60th or 90th birthday told as a magazine: a cover with the person on it, the decades as features, messages from friends and family.
Anniversary magazine
Twenty-five or fifty years of a marriage: the wedding, the homes, the children, the photographs no one has seen together.
Wedding magazine
The couple's story and the day itself. Weddings have their own pages: wedding magazine (India) and wedding newspaper.
Retirement and tribute
A working life in one trade or one company, for a farewell gift.
Family history
Generations, places and recipes from a family archive, made into a legacy edition.
Printed where you live
We do not print or post copies. You receive a press-ready PDF that any print shop or online printer can produce, in the UK, the US, India or anywhere else, in whatever quantity you need. On request we size the file for a particular online printer. A web edition, one link to send to relatives abroad, can be added.
Closest samples
VivahWedding keepsake · 12 pages to turn
Saat PhereWedding keepsake
It's My DayArts title
Ninety YearsLegacy edition
Studio specimens, not client commissions. Vivah is a full 12-page wedding keepsake; the others are covers. All our work.
Web edition
The same issue can also be delivered as a web edition: an interactive digital magazine with text that fits any phone, video and links that work, and a reader report of opens, reading depth and time spent. One link to share by email or WhatsApp.
Web edition +US$99 (₹6,000 in India).
Issue launch kit
The posts that launch your issue, made from it and in its design, in your name and your voice: a cover reveal for the feed and stories, a LinkedIn carousel of the main idea, quote cards, a chart card and a note for WhatsApp, each with a suggested caption. Nothing on them mentions us.
Issue launch kit: about 10 pieces, US$99 (₹6,000 in India) per issue.
A sample kit for Jharokha, Issue 01. Rukmini Sethna, her company and every figure are fictional; the photographs are licensed stock. See the whole kit.
Questions we get asked
- I have photographs but the writing is not done.
- That is the normal starting point. Send what exists — notes, letters, captions, a recorded conversation transcribed. We will tell you the gaps and the order the story wants to be in.
- Can it be printed where I live?
- Yes. You receive a press-ready PDF that any print shop or online printer can produce, in any country and any quantity. We do not print or mark up printing; tell us the printer and we size the file to its specification.
- How does a personalised magazine work?
- You send photographs and whatever words exist. We agree a page plan with you, design the whole magazine, and send a full proof. Two rounds of changes are included, then you receive the print file and a light copy to share.
- What do you need from me?
- Photographs as original files (not ones forwarded through WhatsApp), the names and dates that matter, and the stories: notes, letters, captions or messages from family. We tell you what is missing.
- How long does it take?
- The first proof arrives within 10 working days of your photographs and stories being complete. Allow another week for changes and then your printer's time; for a birthday or anniversary, start at least five or six weeks before the date.
- Can I order one for a 50th birthday or an anniversary?
- Yes, those are the most common occasions. An 8–12 page personalised magazine starts at US$249 (₹8,000 in India), fixed in a written quote.
- Is this a fake magazine cover?
- No. It is a whole magazine, designed page by page around one person or family, not a joke cover with a photo dropped into a template.
Tell us what you want to publish.
Tell us the format, roughly how many pages, and when you need it. We come back with a fixed quote and a date.
Or write to magz@digi.ai.in or WhatsApp +91 98605 96905.