Monthly Archives: September 2010

Just One Day Left to Enter the Digital Magazine Awards!

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Times ticking digital publishers, entry submission for the Digital Magazine Awards ends tomorrow, the 30th of September.

The Digital Magazine Awards, launched by Bruce Hudson, celebrates the best in digital publishing, whilst also encourage new growth in the industry, something that we here at YUDU thoroughly agree with.

We know YUDU is home to oodles of talent, so get entering, there are 19 categories recognising designers, writers, editors, and both specialists and generalist titles that are innovating in online and digital publishing. This is a great opportunity to showcase your digital magazines and give them the recognition they deserve. Entry forms can be found here

We look forward to hearing twho the winners are, announced October 27th.

Mr Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, author of The Great Gatsby born 114 years ago today

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Today marks the anniversary of the birth of F.Scott Fitzgerald, celebrated American author.

Widely regarded as one of the twentieth century’s greatest writers F.Scott Fitzgerald completed four novels, This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and Damned, Tender Is the Night and his most famous work; The Great Gatsby, which we have available for you to read today.


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The Great Gatsby is part of our American Literature Library which should could keep you busy for a while – enjoy.

YUDU at the 2010 Frankfurt Book Fair

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This year YUDU media will join the 7,500 exhibitors attending the world’s biggest book fair!

Between the 6th and 10th of October 290,000 visitors, 10,000 journalists and 7,500 exhibitors from over 100 countries will descend on Frankfurt for the world famous Frankfurt Book Fair.

YUDU will be talking Branded iPad Apps; the opportunities they provide as marketing channels, YUDU’s overcoming the subscription hurdle and the general benefits of having a branded app available in the App Store.

We’ll be in Hall 6.0 Stand D935 in the Mobile HOT SPOT area for the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday so if you’re planning on being in Germany for the event, pop by our stand, both our CEO Richard Stephenson and our Marketing Director Robert Elding will be available for meetings, which you can book through the Frankfurt Book Fair Website.

YUDU CEO Richard Stephenson will also be doing a special 30 minute presentation at 11.45am on Wednesday the 6th in the Mobile HOT SPOT Theatre, entitled “Merits and opportunities of developing marketing channels to readers using your own iPad and iPhone Apps”

For more information click here, we hope to see you there.

Runway iPad App, now live!

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The renowned fashion and entertainment magazine, Runway is now available to read on the iPad through the new Runway App, produced by YUDU.

Read about the newest designs, hottest celebrities and find great shopping ideas in each downloadable issue.

Click here to download the app from the app store, as an added bonus the first edition is free!



University Prospectuses go Digital with YUDU

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Students and young people are spending an increasing amount of time online, which makes digital prospectuses an obvious choice for Universities.

It makes perfect sense; students are spending more and more time online, so why not peruse University prospectuses online too.

Lancaster University have the right idea, their prospectus is brimming with rich media which adds an extra dimension to a prospectus; welcome videos, tours of accommodation and departments all help potential students get a clearer picture of their possible future university.

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Aberystwyth, Bath Spa, Cornell, Leeds and York University (to name but a few) have also seen the potential in going digital, all producing their prospectuses using YUDU.

It’s not only prospectuses which are being published using YUDU; Universities are also using our technology to published Student, Newspapers, Newsletters and Magazines, and they look great.

Check out Rice University’s library below which is sent to university alumni, faculty, staff, graduate students, parents of undergraduates and friends of the university.

Apple iPad: Trends and Statistics

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YUDU has produced a free report highlighting the key iPad stats and trends in one easy resource.

The Apple iPad is fast redefining mobile media. In just a few short few months since its release it has conjured up a storm of excitement and opened endless possibilities for a new era of publishing. With the buzz and excitement comes a multitude of new research surrounding the iPad, its usage and its future potential, so much research in fact that it can all get a bit confusing.

So, to help make everything nice and clear YUDU have created a useful report that highlights all the key iPad stats and trends, in one easy resource, we’re good like that!

The Report can be read for free on the iPad/iPhone by downloading the YUDU Media App and then seleting the “iPad Trends” report within the App.

For those of you who dont have an iPad you can read the report online by clicking below.


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Jane Austen Collection iPad App now Live

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The Complete Collection of Jane Austen’s novels are now available to download through the latest YUDU app: The Jane Austen Collection

The App features all of Jane Austen’s adored novels:

Pride and Prejudice
Emma
Mansfield Park
Northanger Abbey
Sense and Sensibility
Persuasion
Lady Susan

Told through her spirited heroines, these treasured novels provide an insightful and witty social commentary of Middle-Class England in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century.

The app containing all these beloved novels is a mere £2.39, well worth downloading!

If you don’t have an iPad and we have just reignited your fancy for a bit of Jane Austen, then fear not, we also have all of the Jane Austen’s novels available as free ebooks in the Jane Austen Library on YUDU.com.