Plastic Logic isn’t stopping at its content tie-up with Barnes & Noble for ebooks. Today, Aug 13th, 2009, its announcing a tie-up with Olive Software, a company that describes itself as -
the leading provider of digital edition and digital archiving solutions for the publishing industry.
The Press Release is out today. You can also get the Kindle Compatible Format.
Olive software provides solutions to 400 organizations to push content on the web and on to other platforms.
Olive software’s clients include -
- Newspapers - Daily Mail (UK), Denver Post, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Financial Times (UK), Sydney Morning Herald (Australia), and many more.
- Magazines – Time, Haymarket Publishing, and more.
- Libraries like Brooklyn Public Library and Colorado State University.
- Universities like Princeton University, Oxford University, and University of Pennsylvania.
- Enterprises like American College of Surgeons, Merrill Lynch, Microsoft and Canon.
- Government agencies including United States Government’s Department of Defence and the Israeli Air Force.
So it definitely brings a lot to the table.
You can check out an example of their ActiveMagazine solution and an example of their ActivePaper Solution.
The most fun, though, are the Archived Newspapers such as this June 16th, 1900 copy of the West Creek Mining News.
Their other solution is something called ViewPoint which takes different formats and converts them to a XML based digital format. The XML format can then be easily accessessd and leveraged to target a variety of platforms.
Plastic Logic’s Content Strategy
Plastic Logic’s quoted price range i.e. $299-$800 and not on the lower side of the scale has clearly indicated they want to focus on the business side.
The addition of Olive Software, and their customer base of 400 newspapers, magazines, libraries, universities, companies and governments, clearly indicates that Plastic Logic are serious about adding a lot of content for those business customers.
Olive software also provides some features that could translate to the Plastic Logic eReader -
Hybrid print and electronic subscriptions to maximize the value to audience and engage your audiences in multiple formats
Interactive ads within the online edition
Authenticate and track subscribers, gaining valuable insight using detailed analytics including popular content, tracking visitors interests, loyalty and time spend on the edition
Repurpose content to create new online products such as RSS feeds, custom editions
Plastic Logic’s content partners now include -
- Barnes & Noble for ebooks.
- Olive software for Newspapers etc.
- Zinio for digital magazines.
- Libre Digital for books, newspapers and more.
- Ingram Digital for 150,000+ ebooks, 7,000+ audiobooks and more.
That’s becoming a pretty impressive list and ought to translate into tons of choice for business customers that buy the Plastic Logic eReader.
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