Spring is here and so is the 9th edition of Calaméo Magazine! Read our brand-new Music issue, out today:
This edition is all about music and audio. Whether you’re an aspiring musician, podcast aficionado, or simply a casual listener, you’ll find something for you in this issue of the Calaméo Magazine. We have statistics about the music industry and a spotlight on the invention of music recording, plus songwriting tips from top artists and a special Spotify playlist (and of course much more)!
But the most exciting development for this issue of the Magazine? It’s now available in French HERE! We are so happy to be able to offer Calaméo Mag to our francophone readers all around the world. Don’t hesitate to share the version en français with your French-speaking friends!
💡TIP: Missed an earlier issue? No problem! Head to the complete archive and browse every edition.
We hope you enjoy this issue of Calaméo Magazine! Let us know on Twitter @Calameo what you think, and stay tuned for the next edition.
Creating content on Calaméo and want to control who can access it? The platform offers several privacy options to suit your needs, from fully public sharing to strictly private access. In this article, we break down each option and help you choose the best fit for your publications.
Why manage the visibility of your publications?
Not every piece of content is meant for everyone. Some publications are designed to be widely shared, while others need to remain confidential—whether for your team, clients, or subscribers. Calaméo makes it easy to manage your documents’ visibility and protect your sensitive information in just a few clicks.
Calaméo privacy options
Calaméo provides three main sharing modes: Public, Private, and Restricted to Subscribers. Here’s a clear overview of what each option offers:
Sharing Mode
Who Can Access
Indexed by Search Engines
Private URL Available
Password Protection
Notes
Public
Anyone
Yes
No
No
Perfect for marketing materials and open newsletters.
Private
Only you or anyone with a private URL
No
Yes
No
Accessible only via a private link. Available for all users (limited features).
Restricted to Subscribers (Premium/Platinum)
Your subscribers with a username and password
No
Yes
Yes
Secure, ideal for exclusive content, reports, or internal documents.
How to set your publications to private on Calaméo
Access your publications Go to the Publications tab and select the document you want to protect.
Open the properties panel Click the pencil icon to open the publication settings.
Set visibility to “Private” In the General tab, choose whether the publication will be visible only to you, accessible via a private URL, or available to your subscribers (Premium/Platinum users).
For even tighter control, Premium and Platinum users can disable the sharing button in the reader. This ensures your documents aren’t spread beyond your chosen audience. You can also customize the reader to apply this setting as the default for future publications.
Managing the privacy of your Calaméo publications is simple and flexible. Whether you want to share publicly, limit access via a private link, or restrict content to subscribers with a password, you have all the tools to protect your documents while sharing them effectively.
For many businesses, showcasing digital publications on their own website is a great business solution. Clients can enjoy the convenient presentation and interactive features of catalogs, magazines and more all while browsing the brand’s site.
To help you take advantage of this powerful tool, we’ve created a complete guide to embedding your publications!
In today’s post, we will explain how your publications on Calaméo can be embedded in your website, blog or displayed in a Library widget.
We’ll start off with the basics: what is an embed? Simply put, an embedded publication will be displayed in a webpage outside of Calaméo. In this example from DARRAN Furniture‘s site, their catalog appears ready to read in our viewer:
You can embed any digital publication that you’ve created with Calaméo. Even private publications can be included in your website, as long as they have not been set to be visible only to your account.
Getting Started
In order to embed your publication, you’ll have to work with a bit of code. You can insert your publication into your blog, a website built with HTML or in a dedicated tab on your Facebook page.
Finding the code is easy. In the Publications tab of your account, mouse over the title you want to embed, click the arrow and select “Embed” from the drop-down menu. You can choose from HTML, WordPress or Joomla for your embed code, depending on the needs of your site.
💡TIP: Be sure you’ve installed the appropriate Calaméo plug-in before using WordPress or Joomla embed codes.
Hit the “Copy” button and you’re ready to go!
Virtual Library
The only thing better than embedding one of your digital publications on your business’s website is embedding a whole series for your audience to discover. We’ve covered the brand benefits of creating a Calaméo Library Widget before, and here’s a great example from Hachette:
Our tutorial video recaps how to customize your Library Widget and get the embed code. The best part? New publications are added to your Library Widget display on your website automatically, so you never have to update the code in order to update your readers.
In the next part of our Complete Guide to Embeds, we’ll be reviewing the options to ensure your publication looks exactly how you want it to on your website.
Tip: You can update the privacy settings of a publication at any time. 
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