Issuu
Encyclopedia
Issuu is an online service that allows for realistic and customizable viewing of digitally uploaded material, such as portfolios, books, magazine issues, newspapers, and other print media. It integrates with social networking sites to promote uploaded material. Issuu's service is comparable to what Flickr
does for photo-sharing, and what YouTube
does for video-sharing. While most of the documents are meant to be viewed online, some can be downloaded and saved as well. Uploaded print material is viewed through a web browser
and is made to look like a printed publication with an animated page flip options. The company was founded in 2006, with the service launched December 2007. Issuu was selected as one of TIME
's 50 Best Websites 2009 and was a 2009 Webby Awards
Honoree and a 2008 South By Southwest
finalist. Notable Issuu clients include Routledge
, The World Bank and Cambridge University Press
. In December 2008 Issuu released Smart Look, which allows other websites to convert their hosted documents to digital Issuu editions, so readers do not have to download the documents to read them.
Flickr
Flickr is an image hosting and video hosting website, web services suite, and online community that was created by Ludicorp in 2004 and acquired by Yahoo! in 2005. In addition to being a popular website for users to share and embed personal photographs, the service is widely used by bloggers to...
does for photo-sharing, and what YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
does for video-sharing. While most of the documents are meant to be viewed online, some can be downloaded and saved as well. Uploaded print material is viewed through a web browser
Web browser
A web browser is a software application for retrieving, presenting, and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web. An information resource is identified by a Uniform Resource Identifier and may be a web page, image, video, or other piece of content...
and is made to look like a printed publication with an animated page flip options. The company was founded in 2006, with the service launched December 2007. Issuu was selected as one of TIME
Time
Time is a part of the measuring system used to sequence events, to compare the durations of events and the intervals between them, and to quantify rates of change such as the motions of objects....
's 50 Best Websites 2009 and was a 2009 Webby Awards
Webby Awards
A Webby Award is an international award presented annually by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences for excellence on the Internet with categories in websites, interactive advertising, online film and video, and mobile....
Honoree and a 2008 South By Southwest
South by Southwest
South by Southwest is an Austin, Texas based company dedicated to planning conferences, trade shows, festivals and other events. Their current roster of annual events include: SXSW Music, SXSW Film, SXSW Interactive, SXSWedu, and SXSWeco and take place every spring in Austin, Texas, United States...
finalist. Notable Issuu clients include Routledge
Routledge
Routledge is a British publishing house which has operated under a succession of company names and latterly as an academic imprint. Its origins may be traced back to the 19th-century London bookseller George Routledge...
, The World Bank and Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent by Henry VIII in 1534, it is the world's oldest publishing house, and the second largest university press in the world...
. In December 2008 Issuu released Smart Look, which allows other websites to convert their hosted documents to digital Issuu editions, so readers do not have to download the documents to read them.