Magzter Inc. which counts itself among the fastest growing digital magazine store and newsstand that is compliant with multiple platforms announced having secured $10 million in a series B funding. The latest round of funding is aimed at further consolidating their position as one of the largest operators in the field of digital magazine stores besides also venturing into … [Read more...] about Digital Magazine Store Magzter Gets $10 mn Series B Funding from Singapore Press Holdings
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Adobe Joins the Readium Foundation to help with EPUB 3
Adobe announced today that the company is joining the Readium Foundation with the intention to make a significant contribution to the development of the Readium SDK project, a full-featured EPUB 3 rendering engine optimized for native apps on tablets and other mobile devices.”Adobe has been a strong supporter of EPUB since its inception” said Tridib Roy Chowdhury, General … [Read more...] about Adobe Joins the Readium Foundation to help with EPUB 3
Vanity Fair’s iOS Version Sorted by Reading Times
In a nod to the understanding that consumers who read on mobile devices are probably on a time budget, the newly launched full-length issues of Vanity Fair have a new offer: reading times. Originally initiated by Liberty magazine in the 1920s, the reading time feature sorts articles for the reader by how long the article should take, which is perfect for the morning commute or … [Read more...] about Vanity Fair’s iOS Version Sorted by Reading Times
Adobe Releases Report on Viability of Digital Magazines
A report from Adobe, the State of Mobile Benchmark, demonstrated some interesting information about how consumers are utilizing mobile devices for magazine reading and subscriptions. The information specifically relates to readership of magazines produced using the Adobe Digital Publishing Suite, but the news gives insight into how the market as a whole is consuming … [Read more...] about Adobe Releases Report on Viability of Digital Magazines
Royal Irish Academy, Adobe Release App for St. Patrick’s Day
Just in time for St. Patrick's Day, the Royal Irish Academy has partnered with Adobe's Digital Publishing Suite to produce the interactive app, "A History of Ireland in 100 Objects." Featuring embedded video, audio, animation, and photos, the app is a celebration of the historical relevance of the country and its past, while also highlighting it "ascension to the Presidency to … [Read more...] about Royal Irish Academy, Adobe Release App for St. Patrick’s Day
This Year’s Cyber Monday Sets New Record for Growth
Early results are in from the data tracking this year’s post-Thanksgiving holiday shopping and Adobe puts this year’s Cyber Monday sales at seventeen percent higher than last year’s, for a total of about $2 billion.One of the stunning categories of growth was mobile sales, which accounted for 22% of the overall sales total. Interestingly, this was a 100% increase over last … [Read more...] about This Year’s Cyber Monday Sets New Record for Growth
Adobe Anticipates Huge Holiday Sales
Adobe analyzed data from more than 150 billion retail websites and compiled its holiday predictions today, foreseeing that by the Cyber Monday close of 2012 post-Thanksgiving shopping, online sales would reach about $2 billion. That data, compiled in its Digital Indexprior to the shopping season rather than being accumulated after the holiday shopping has closed, predicts an … [Read more...] about Adobe Anticipates Huge Holiday Sales
Adobe Unveils New Publishing Tools for iPad Mini and Kindle Fire HD 8.9
The Adobe Digital Publishing Suite has been a fairly viable solution for authors and companies to construct their ebooks. One of the big hyping factors is being able to create apps out of books, with little to no coding. The service provides deep analytical reports, see how many people are reading the book and how many people are opening the app. Today the company has … [Read more...] about Adobe Unveils New Publishing Tools for iPad Mini and Kindle Fire HD 8.9
Digital Publishing Is About Options
There is no shortage of options for digital publishing, so many in fact that companies are finally starting to specialize in the content the rework. GoodeReaderreached out to two different companies who, while possibly lesser known compared to the household names in the business, have a lot more to offer their clients than many publishers know about.GoodeReader spoke with … [Read more...] about Digital Publishing Is About Options
Adobe’s Digital Publishing Suite Developing Publisher Content for Smartphones
GoodeReader recently spoke with representatives from Adobe about the features of the industry popular Digital Publishing Suite, specifically as it relates to giving publishers control over digital editions of magazines, optimized for both the growing tablet market and the emerging smartphone reading market. Lynly Schambers-Lenox, Adobe’s Group Publishing Marketing Manager for … [Read more...] about Adobe’s Digital Publishing Suite Developing Publisher Content for Smartphones