Saturday, February 16, 2008

Bringing magazines into the digital age.



Exact Editions
Exact Editions makes magazines, books and other printed documents accessible,
searchable and usable on the web. The Exact Editions system processes PDF files
supplied by the publisher and stores images and text in a database. The goal of
this content management process is that the web version of the printed title should
look exactly the same as the printed version. The Exact Editions system also
offers publishers a variety of distribution options: titles can be freely sampled
by any web user, or individual subscription can be sold, or 'controlled'
circulation accounts provided to registered individuals. Exact Editions also now
supports institutional access through IP-address-based accounts sold on subscription.

Within the Exact Editions system each print page becomes a web page, so printed
pages can be bookmarked, cited and referenced by other users or web applications.
The platform also delivers a range of useful enhancements to the printed page:
email addresses and urls are rendered as clickable links, ISBNs and
telephone numbers (provided that they are in international format) are rendered clickable,
and Tables of Contents and Indices are also enriched with live links.



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