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Digital Magazine and Newspaper Editions: Best Practice Cases Philosophy Every day consumers are relying more and more on technology to make their lives easier to manage. They are creating a Digital Life Style. Consumers expect the entertainment they enjoy to be made available to them, on demand, wherever and whenever they need it. Zinio’s philosophy is twofold: Customers should have access to the content that they love, whenever and wherever they want. At the same time, that content should evolve in accordance with the digital advancements of today; it should be a more interactive and engaging experience. Technology Description Zinio’s core technology is a downloadable digital edition and a Reader application for Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS. The Reader uses a combination of Macromedia Flash and Flex formats, as well as a custom XML file for rendering magazine layouts within the reader. It supports a variety audio, video, and animation formats for embedded rich media (see below). Users sign up for single copies, back issues, or subscriptions to digital editions through the publisher’s Web site or Zinio Global Network Web sites in several different countries. Zinio Reader’s user interface features include: Two-level zooming; Highlighting and annotation; Print; Forward a free copy to a friend (pass-along); Search (in digital edition and across archives); Online/Offline Library view (view all of your digital issues); Audio, video, animation, and interaction can be embedded in digital editions. Zinio offers consumers the choice between reading content online through their Web browser or via the downloadable option of a Zinio Reader, which also includes Zinio Delivery Manager, an application that enables automatic and robust digital edition downloads without email links. The Zinio format is encrypted and includes full digital rights management (DRM) functionality for security of client content. In addition to the downloaded and online formats, Zinio offers Zinio Express, a Web browser-based viewer that supports many of the features but is used primarily for marketing purposes by both Zinio and publishers. Many use Zinio Express for free preview editions and sampling programs. Services Offered Zinio offers a complete range of services to publishers for designing, producing, selling, delivering, and marketing their digital editions: ©2008 Gilbane Group, Inc. 105 http://gilbane.com http://gilbane.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Gilbane Research Report - Digital Magazine Editions

Gilbane Research Report - Digital Magazine Editions
Table of Contents
Introduction
Section One: The Data
Section Two: Best Practice Cases
Nxtbook
Bentley Systems
Graduate Prospects
Hearst
Information Today
Marine Log
Vendor Description
Section Three: Buyer’s Guide
Section Four: Visionaries
Section Five: Conclusions
The Authors
About the Gilbane Group, Inc.
Our Sponsors

Gilbane Research Report - Digital Magazine Editions