Comments on: Finally, a Web-based PDF Viewer That Does Not Suck (Issuu)

By: Manish Jethani » Blog Archive » What's new on Issuu: Presentation mode, Ajax-based viewer, CDN, and more...

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:53:34 +0000

[...] Ajax-based viewer: If you thought the existing Flash-based viewer was cool, now there’s one in Ajax too! The new Ajax-based viewer, officially called Paper mode, [...]

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The Windows Vista 3D Task Switcher | Learn Technology Online — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:28:03 +0000

[...] Finally, a Web-based PDF Viewer That Does Not Suck (Issuu) by TechCrunch [...]

By: Manish Jethani’s Blog » IxDA

Manish Jethani’s Blog » IxDA — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:48:27 +0000

[...] but if there’s anything I’ve learnt from my experience with Issuu it’s that good design can really set you apart (I knew this in theory all along). Through IxDA I’m hoping to get some more insights into the world [...]

By: Online PDF viewers: Man, what are they on? « The PDF Blog

Online PDF viewers: Man, what are they on? « The PDF Blog — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:59:40 +0000

[...] TechCrunch in particular has gone all crazy for the new online PDF viewer Issuu. It’s hard to argue with the fact that it’s raised the bar on slick presentation (it has that clean, Mac look and feel to it) but to claim it is the first online viewer that doesn’t suck is a bit of a stretch. I’d suggest they wind it back a little and say it sucks for some PDF files and excels with others. [...]

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Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:26:41 +0000

By: TechnoMinistry » ISSUU

TechnoMinistry » ISSUU — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:49:50 +0000

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By: Kapil Tundwal

Kapil Tundwal — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:29:09 +0000

Typically such a work is done after production (using pdf meant for printing) of the source document. Quark is a leading vendor of desktop publishing software and it is highly likely that such documents are created using QuarkXPress. Quark is release a technology preview of QuarkViewer that allows this to happen directly from the application.

QuarkViewer for QuarkXPress 7:
http://labs.quark.com/projectdetail.aspx?did=20

QuarkViewer is an XTensions module for QuarkXPress 7.3.x that allows users to export QuarkXPress layout pages for viewing in Microsoft Silverlight player. QuarkViewer may run as a pure desktop application or a Web application.

Our approach has been 1 click export. Behavior and user interface are pre-packaged and only relevant data (previews, vector info) is collected during export. Thus this is not meant for production workflow but another way to distrubute your artwork in a rich reading experience environment.

By: SpellboundBlog.com

SpellboundBlog.com — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 05:24:01 +0000

ISSUU: Interesting Platform for Online Publishing…

Issuu, with the tag line ‘Read the world. Publish the world.’ and pronounced ‘issue’, gives anyone the ability to upload a PDF document and publish it as an online magazine. I am intrigued by the possibilities of using this serv…

By: Fairweather Zealot » Blog Archive » Good News

Fairweather Zealot » Blog Archive » Good News — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 02:18:00 +0000

[...] Issuu - You’ll never look at PDFs the same way. [...]

By: Scribd Steps Up Its Game With iPaper

Scribd Steps Up Its Game With iPaper — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:44:43 +0000

[...] on the Web via embeddable Flash players keeps getting better all the time. Earlier this month I wrote about Issuu, a Denmark-based startup that does a really good job with image-heavy documents like magazines and [...]

By: Scribd Steps Up Its Game With iPaper

Scribd Steps Up Its Game With iPaper — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:44:43 +0000

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By: Dominic

Dominic — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:47:49 +0000

While I’m not a big fan of taking printed pubs and putting them on the web as is, it’s extremely difficult to be down on something like this that is FREE. Especially when big public companies are currently paying thousands and waiting days for something similar to be done with their annual reports.

I was amazed by how quickly Issuu converted a 112-page PDF annual report and how well it works. There are many usability issues with this type of document, and I’m sure some of the companies I deal with would willing spend a little more for a premium edition that included search and a custom skin to make their own sites.

If the issuu folks are reading this, see this post I wrote about using issuu for annual reportsand please give some thought to the corporate communications market. They are people who will happily pay for something a little more usable for the end-consumer.

By: Trish

Trish — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 19:36:47 +0000

Interesting - but there are a lot of Flash type viewers like this out there already. Not sure there is much of a business model here, like several comments have indicated. For those of us in the digital magazine service space, having a page flipping UI is just the start. The features, reporting, search capabilities, archiving, user selected sharing, bookmarking, etc are all critical to gaining user acceptance. We have been in the digital edition service space for 5 years and using that knowledge and taking advantage of emerging RIA capabilities, we built the world’s first Silverlight based UI to front our service. You can check out a few samples on our website at
http://www.advancedpublishing......index.aspx

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Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:04:55 +0000

[...] but you know that the current web readers all suck? Isuu is a free web service that finally does pdf rendering right. The page display is crisp and clear, and it loads faster than Adobe’s own browser. You can [...]

By: NXTblog - The blog of NXTbook Media » Blog Archive » All Looks - No Brains

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:41:06 +0000

[...] folks from Issuu hit a home run in the PR department, getting written up at both TechCrunch and by Robert Scoble, who both fawned over the sleek UI which - truth be told - is [...]

By: Joakim Ditlev

Joakim Ditlev — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:34:37 +0000

@#56: Sure, and that is a great argument - for end-users and B2C.

However, in my world Free does not equal Added Value.

By: Kenobi

Kenobi — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:15:53 +0000

Hey Zmag guy …Issuu is free. FREE!

By: Joakim Ditlev

Joakim Ditlev — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 09:36:29 +0000

Sure, it is sweet and nice-to-have. And working in this business area, I find it interesting and challenging that digital magazines are entering the web 2.0 era.

But… from a commercial perspective there is not much to this. #47 mentioned the lack of SE indexability. I can add the missing stats and tracking features, which in fact makes Issuu useless from an e-marketing point of view.

I miss the value-adding part - besides from looking nice, how does Issuu add value to the end-user???
We focus on that at Zmags - otherwise we wouldnt have acquired +700 B2B customers in less than 2 years.

By: randy

randy — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:22:17 +0000

“Issuu is the place for online publications… it’s the place where YOU become the publisher. Upload a document, it’s fast, easy, and totally FREE. Within seconds you’ll have a super cool online magazine you can post anywhere”

UH, NO. THAT IS COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT.

Issuu better provide a way for content owners to search “issuued” documents, so that copyright violators can be contacted.

By: Ernst-Jan

Ernst-Jan — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 19:06:01 +0000

They’ll probably make a lot of money on the sex magazines section.

By: Austin Storm

Austin Storm — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:35:03 +0000

I’ve been looking for something like this for awhile… all the solutions I’ve found are way to expensive or too clunky. Thanks!!!

By: Nathan

Nathan — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:54:30 +0000

I agree. How much were you paid for this “review”? There is zero new here. It’s been around for years, variously known as ePaper, eBooks, ezBooks, oh, and Flash paper.

If it’s so great, why not publish TechCrunch in the format? And what your usage fall off a cliff and no one ever quote you again because they cannot copy and paste text or other content.

Utterly useless interface for real usage.