Any time you’d like to make a new issue available to users of your app—whether free or paid—you will create it in the Issues tab on your Publish site and upload your issue mib file.

The first time you go to the Issues tab, your only option will be to add a new issue. Then after upload it will be listed under Unpublished, and when it is published (that is available to your app readers) it will be listed under published.

To Add a New Issue 

Click Add New Issue.

Basic Info

• Title - This is the name for the issue that will be displayed in the in-app Store and Issues list.
• Description - A short introductory text of the issue that will be displayed in the in-app store along with the cover image.
• Publication status - Click the Save and Publish button only when all the necessary information and fields have been filled out. Note that if you are going to sell your issue on the iPad you also need to create an in-app purchase for it in iTunes Connect. You should mark the issue as Cleared for sale in iTunes connect before you publish it here.

Image files

• Store and Newsstand image (Required) - The Store and Newsstand Image that will be displayed on the App Store while no other issues are current. The image muste be a .png file, at least 72 DPI, a minimum of 768 pixels on the long edge and must have a aspect ratio between 1:2 and 2:1. Also the artwork must be flat with no rounded corners.

For all app versions from 3.0 the 2 following images are not needed.

• Cover image file (Optional) - The cover image is displayed on the details page in the store. (png, required dimensions: 300x175)
• Thumb image file (Optional) - The thumb image is displayed in the list view in the store. (png, required dimensions: 80x80)

Distribution Platforms

Check the box for the platform(s) you want the issue to be available on.

Payment

• Free issue - If this box is checked, the issue is added automatically to the users Library and is not listed in your app's Store. Free issues don’t need an Apple Product ID.

iTunes Connect

• Apple product identifier - This is the Product ID from iTunes Connect for the in-app Purchase that corresponds to this issue. You can find it by going to your app in iTunes Connect and clicking Manage In-App Purchases. For free issues, you can ignore this field. In the example below it would be: magplus.example.1

Android Market (Only for Android)

• Android Market In-app Product ID: This is the identifier from Android Market for the in-app Purchase that corresponds to this issue. You should copy this identifier in Android Market and paste it in here. For free issues, you can ignore this field.

To create the issue press create.

Publish an Issue

Upload your MIB files

Now you will be presented with information about your issue and also the option to upload your MIB for that issue.If you don’t have the MIB file ready now you can upload it later. Also all necessary assets that aren't updated will be marked red and need to be uploaded before the issue can be published.

To upload a MIB, click the Upload link. If you wish to host the MIB from your own server, select 'enter a URL instead' and enter the full URL pointing to the MIB file. Otherwise just click 'Browse', select your MIB and it will be hosted with our servers. Select if it is a Retina optimized or Standard MIB. Finally click Upload.

Read this article for more important information when uploading MIB files for different devices.

Verifying

All devices that are defined as test devices in publish, will be able to see the unpublished issues in the Library of the app.

Publish

When you are satisfied that your issue is finished and all the lights are green click Edit.

At the bottom of the issue page press 'Save and Publish'.

Updating a Live Issue

If you after publication notice that there are errors in the MIB, you can upload a new MIB to the issue. Read How to Update an Issue to see how this is done.