issuu

issuu
Web address https://issuu.com
Commercial? Yes
Type of site
 Electronic publishing
Available in English
Created by Michael Hansen, Ruben Bjerg Hansen, Mikkel Jensen, and Martin Ferro-Thomsen
Launched December 2007
Alexa rank
 Decrease 709 (March 2016)[1]
Current status Active

issuu (/ˈɪsjuː/) is a free electronic publishing platform for magazines, catalogs, newspapers and more.[2] As a digital newsstand with over 21 million publications and 85 million active readers, issuu features leading and emerging titles in fashion, culture, arts, and hyperlocal content, all of which are accessible on any device.[3] Issuu software is used by many online publications.[4]

History

issuu was founded in Copenhagen, Denmark in 2006[2] by Michael Hansen, Ruben Bjerg Hansen, Mikkel Jensen, and Martin Ferro-Thomsen.[5]

In 2008, the site was a South by Southwest (SXSW) finalist.[6]

In 2009, issuu was named one of TIME's 50 Best Websites.[7]

In early 2013, the company opened an office in Palo Alto, California and appointed CEO Joe Hyrkin, formerly of Reverb, Trinity Ventures, and Yahoo!, to helm its Silicon Valley operations.[8]

In July 2014, issuu raised $10 million in a Series B round to bring the total capital it has raised since it was founded to $21.5 million. That round of investment was led by KDDI, one of the largest telecoms in Japan.[9]

Products

Clip

In 2014, issuu released Clip, a tool that allows readers to take a snapshot of any part of a publication and share that on social media or through email.[10]

Features

Criticism

Many publications, such as PDFs and scans of Russian magazines, are anonymously uploaded to issuu.com without regard to copyright.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "issuu.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Company Overview of Issuu, Inc.". Bloomberg. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  3. ↑ Sarah Perez (3 October 2014). "issuu Brings its "YouTube for Magazines" to the iPhone and iPad". TechCrunch. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  4. ↑ Steven Kurutz (1 June 2011). "The Thriving (Online) Shelter Magazine Industry". New York Times. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  5. ↑ "About issuu". issuu.com. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  6. ↑ Michael Calore (14 March 2010). "Gowalla Tops Foursquare at SXSW Web Awards (But Benson Smokes 'em All)". Wired. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  7. ↑ Adam Fisher (24 August 2009). "50 Best Websites 2009". Time. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  8. ↑ Calvin Reid (16 September 2013). "Fast Growing issuu Appoints Joe Hyrkin CEO". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  9. ↑ Viral Shah. "Is this the future of digital content for publishers?". Hot Topics. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  10. ↑ Martin Bryant (9 July 2014). "Issuu launches Clip to help users and publishers share the best of its 16m publications". The Next Web. Retrieved 15 March 2016.

Further reading

External links

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