Electronic publishing platform

A system comprising:

• a processor;
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations including:
• display, to a first user, a first user interface of a digital magazine layout platform that enables users to design a digital layout of digital magazine documents including a plurality of templates and art controls, wherein a digital magazine document includes a plurality of flippable pages including content;
• display, to the first user, a second user interface of a digital magazine publisher platform that includes controls that cause a distributed application to attach the digital layout of the digital magazine document designed by the user to a cryptographic token, wherein the cryptographic token is transferrable to a second user, wherein the first user interface locks and appearance of the digital layout of the digital magazine after the digital layout has been attached to a cryptographic token;
• and
• in response to a transfer of the cryptographic token to the second user, shift the digital layout of the digital magazine document from the second user interface accessible by the first user to a second user interface of the second user.

A method comprising:

• displaying, to a user, a first user interface of a digital magazine publishing platform that enables users to design a digital layout of digital magazine documents including a plurality of templates and art controls, wherein a digital magazine document includes a plurality of flippable pages including content;
• displaying, to the user, a second user interface of a digital magazine viewer platform that enables users to browse the digital magazine documents via flipping digital pages;
• receiving, by the digital magazine publishing platform, user input causing a current digital magazine draft to become published and viewable on the digital magazine viewer platform;
• generating a magazine flip-through animation of selected pages of the digital layout, the flip-through animation;
• displaying, to the first user on the first user interface, a control that causes a distributed application to attach the digital layout of the digital magazine document designed by the first user to a cryptographic token, wherein the cryptographic token is transferrable to a second user;
• and
• in response to a transfer of the cryptographic token to the second user, shifting the digital layout of the digital magazine document from the second user interface accessible by the first user to a second user interface of the second user.