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And it offers publishers an opportunity to re-gain their media position.

Having a solid (and rapid growing) installed-base gives us the opportunity to analyze the traffic going to a large amount of iPads. It gives a good indication when tablets are being used for media consumption throughout the day and throughout the week. read more >>

The other day, together with the editor of a successful USA weekly newspaper, I reviewed a number of the newspaper apps for the iPad . In the course of that review, something came into focus that the editor found astonishing and exciting. read more >>

With publications being launched onto the iPad almost every day, it's hard to keep track of what's hot and what's not.

Today a publication went live that has set a new milestone: TRVL Magazine.

It's a travel magazine filled with stunning photography. However, although great content, it's not so much the content that makes TRVL a game changer, what is so special is the fact that it's an iPad only magazine made by three guys who took their moment to become a tablet-publisher! read more >>

Today we have reached a nice milestone. Our customers have published 300 issue to the iPad. It's really amazing to see how fast the tablet market has developed, it's even less than 6 months ago that the iPad hit the market...

Check our iPad Gallery to see the complete list of Apps.

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In a variety of ways, the success of the iPad signals a branch point in editorial technology. The other night, working out a WoodWing Enterprise configuration for a potential newspaper customer, I realized that this branching possibly brings to an end the dynamic of writing "to the hole", resetting things back in time to the era of writing to the subject. read more >>

Today People magazine was launched on the iPad. Although I'm a bit biased I think it's fair to say that this is by far the best Digital Magazine available today. Like TIME Magazine was an important industry milestone on iPad launch day, People is setting the bar to a new level for the industry. read more >>

Some people familiar with launching new print titles might be familiar with the so-called 'Second Issue Problem'. You have been working very hard for months on a new title, new concepts, design, great stories etc. The big day arrives and you have completed the first issue, hurrah! And then comes the second issue... for which you only have one week or one month at most...

With all publishers rushing to the iPad the Second Issue Problem is happening all over the place now. read more >>

It's now 6 months ago since Steve Jobs announced the iPad. It has been a crazy 6 months :-)

We have seen huge interest in our Digital Magazine solution that allows publishers to efficiently publish to the iPad. This interest is ranging from the largest publishers of the world to 1-man design studio's. Because TIME Magazine was our launching title, a lot of people think/assume that our solution is expensive and only affordable for the biggest publishers. Which is not quite the case...

So let me provide some clarity on our pricing.  read more >>

In this blog article I would like to give you an insight into the my part of the world: Asia. This is a brief diary of my month of July where I visited Tokyo, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Jakarta, and Bangkok to talk to customers and prospects and to speak at various seminars about the WoodWing solutions and the iPad tools in particular. read more >>

The next stop of the WoodWing World Tour is a fact! On September 17, we will continue the success of our World Tour events in the amazing surrounding of the Blu Radisson hotel in downtown London.

On this day we hope to welcome many companies interested in the future of publishing.

Are we going to talk about publishing to tablets like the iPad? Most definitely! Is this going to be the only item on our agenda? No way! WoodWing will offer you a free event where you will learn everything you need to know about today’s publishing industry and one of the big opportunities for the industry lies in the upcoming use of tablet devices such as the iPad. read more >>

A lot has been written about the iPad since (and before) it made its debut in April in the United States. Sales have been a tremendous success and there is a constant push in areas where Apple has not launched it to start selling it as soon as possible. The iPad has been hailed by many in the publishing industry (most notably Rupert Murdoch) as the saviour of the industry. And I think they are right. Even though I must admit I was a sceptic at first, once I held one in my hands and really started using it I felt its potential impact. Not only to the publishing industry but to the way people use and interact with a computer. Because that is what it is, and a quite powerful one at that. read more >>

Digital magazines

A lot has happened since I wrote my last post here. In case you didn't notice it yet, the last couple of months we have been very busy working on our digital magazines solution. Now that we finally have our hands on the device (we were crazy enough to be waiting in line at the 3rd of April at 6 AM), lets look back at the last couple of months with a quick peek of what's to come. read more >>

The business potential of a tablet device

Suppose you are publisher of a consumer magazine. You publish monthly, your circulation in print is 100 and you are planning to publish a digital version of your magazine on a tablet device (and you are in the lucky position you have the right system to create this ;-) ).

How many copies of the digital issue 'April 2012' do you think you will sell and what happens to your profitability? read more >>

The announced support for the ePub format and the ability to download books from the iTunes store will probably give book sales a big boost and must have scared Amazon. The format is great for reading articles that are focussed on plain text, hence the focus on books and possibly newspapers. I doubt the iPad is the best option for reading them though. read more >>

Web Fonts May Be the Key for Magazines on the iPad (and all the Rest of the Digital Platforms)

Following Apple's iPad launch, I was struck by the juxtaposition of two observations by the commentators. Firstly, several noted the failure of the Flash component in the demo of the New York Times pages; apparently, like its cousins the iPod Touch and the iPhone, the iPad does not play Flash content. Secondly, as detailed in the extreme by a post at Gawker, there was no glitzy demo of magazine content. read more >>

Early January a lot of people are sharing their expectations for the coming year.  I don't like to be a sheep, but I do want to share my view on 2010, so here we go :-)

2010 is going to be very very exciting. read more >>