NXTbook Media

Nxtbook Media is a privately owned digital publishing company that provides the creation, distribution, and tracking of digital editions of magazines and other digital publications. Nxtbooks use Adobe Flash and XML to display digital publications both online and offline.

Nxtbook Media produces digital editions for major customers such as Advanstar Communications, Hewlett-Packard, Reed Business Information, Prism Business Media, Cisco, Valpak, CMP, Thomas Publishing, VNU Media, Weaver Official Publications, Hanley Wood, Kia, Vance Publishing and Ziff Davis. Nxtbook Media is privately held and headquartered in Lancaster, PA.

Product Categories

Nxtbook Media focuses on four separate product categories: digital magazines, digital catalogs, digital collateral and travel collateral.

Use of Rich Media

Nxtbook Media's use of Flash technology allows their digital content to employ the use of Rich Media:

• Nxtbook example using video
• Nxtbook example using audio
• Nxtbook example using Flash animation
• Nxtbook example using interactive Flash Survey

Product differentiation

Nxtbook Media's product differs from similar offerings by using a browser-based delivery mechanism and by offering users permalinks. As of late 2006, they were the only digital publisher to do so.

Noted titles

Nxtbook Media produces the digital edition for NYLON Magazine and also produces the Official California Visitors Guide.

Recognition

Nxtbook Media was named to the Inc. 500 in 2008. The company was named the 303rd fastest growing privately held company in America, and the 38th fastest growing company in the business services category. In 2010, Nxtbook Media was recognized as one of the “2010 Hottest Pennsylvania Companies” by Lead411.^[1]

Competitors include

• Mygazines
• Texterity
• Zinio
• Zmags

External links

• Nxtbook Media home page
• Nxtbook Media Latin America Partner
• Nxtbook Media France Partner
• Nxtbook listing on the Inc. 500

Offices/Resellers

Nxtbook Media markets its services both from its home office in Lancaster, PA and its European headquarters in Manchester, UK. They have additional resellers in Colombia, Spain, France, Mexico, Thailand, Canada & India.

Nxtbook technology is also available in Latin America through Mundo Logico. Mundo Logico is a Nxtbook partner since 2005.

In France, Nxtbook Media is represented by NewPress since 2006. http://www.newpress.fr NewPress].

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