A digital edition is an online catalog, magazine or other publication delivered in electronic form. The edition is formatted identically to the print version, and is derived from the exact same files as the paper publication. Digital editions have the benefit of reduced cost to the publisher and reader by avoiding the time and expense to print and deliver a print version.

Digital editions — also sometimes referred to as electronic publications, digital reproductions, digital flip books, or online publications — often feature interactive elements such as hyperlinks (both internal and to external Internet resources), searching and bookmarking. They also can incorporate multimedia such as video or animation to enhance articles or advertisements.

To replicate the real world experience of their print versions, digital editions include animation and sound effects replicating the turning of paper pages. They are sometimes considered more environmentally friendly than print publications due to the reduction of paper and energy use.

Our digital editions require no uncommon application downloads and run in Adobe Flash, one of the most popular methods of online animation.

Archives of print newspapers, in some cases going back hundreds of years, are being digitized and made available online. Google is indexing existing digital archives produced by the newspapers themselves or by 3rd parties.

Digital magazines, ezines, e-editions and emags are sometimes referred to as digital editions but some of these formats are published only in digital format unlike digital editions which replicate a printed edition as well.