The Seybold Report

Golfing Magazine Uses Quark to Publish to iPad

The CTGolfer.com Court Guide 2011, Connecticut’s oldest golf magazine, is now available as an iPad App created using QuarkXPress. Published by Netminder Communications Inc., the guide provides comprehensive information about the state’s public and private courses, golf shops, and driving ranges. The 2011 issue includes a directory of all courses by state, maps by type of course, and in-depth features on some courses including slideshows and photos. more

Irish Tourist Magazine Uses QuarkXPress to Create iPad App

Bullet Design has created the Galway edition of iPages Ireland’s interactive digital magazine for the iPad using QuarkXPress. The app delivers information about Ireland county by county with history, sightseeing information, special activities, accommodations, events listings, and special offers. more

WoodWing Releases iPad Reader Version 2

WoodWing has released a new version of its iPad reader the company says ds new sharing functionality to allow readers to share pages or parts of pages via Twitter, Facebook, and e-mail. WoodWing has also announced version 1.2 of its Android Reader App for Froyo and Honeycomb with in-app billing and usability improvements. more

Enfocus Updates PitStop for iPad

Enfocus has updated PitStop Pro 10 and PitStop Server 10 to support customers who require the ability to access and work with complex PDF files on tablets such as the Apple iPad. Although tablets are becoming important within printing and publishing workflows, says Enfocus Director of Product Management Elli Cloots, the limitations of these devices sometimes cause PDFs to open very slowly or crash the PDF reader completely. The update allows users to choose parameters such as file resolution to optimize PDF handling. more

WoodWing Announces Compatibility with Apple iOS5 Including Newsstand

WoodWing has announced its tablet publishing solution will support the new Apple iOS5 operating system for iPhones and iPads, including the new Newsstand feature. more

Meredith Brings Three Top Magazines to iPad with WoodWing

Meredith Corp. has published electronic editions of Fitness, Parents, and Better Homes and Gardens, America’s largest commercial magazine, on the iPad using the WoodWing Tablet Publishing Solution. The digital editions offer interactive features and online shopping options to readers including animated before-and-after floor plans, workout videos, and a virtual playroom. more

Apple Announces iPad 2

The iPad 2 is 33% thinner and up to 15 times lighter than the original iPad and features a much faster dual-core A5 processor that allows it to do twice the work in a given amount of time and has a 10-hour battery life. more

Managing Editor Announces Traveling Seminar Series on Tablet Publishing

Managing Editor, an Adobe premier development partner and provider of software for the publish industry, has announced a Pro Pub Series of seminars for publishing on tablet computers. The traveling program helps publishers learn methods for publishing content onto the iPad and other tablets. The series focus is using Adobe’s Digital Publishing Suite for publishing to tablets using Adobe InDesign. more

WoodWing World Tour Arrives in San Francisco March 9, 2011

WoodWing Software will bring its WoodWing World Tour of free cross-media publishing conferences to San Francisco on March 9, 2011. The San Francisco event will focus on tablets and feature a keynote by designer Roger Black, design director of Nomad Editions and owner of the Roger Black Design Studio in New York City. more

Reader’s Digest Launches iPad Edition Created Using Managing Editor and vjoon Tools

The Reader’s Digest has has released an iPad App designed in partnership with Managing Editor Inc. MEI designers used a combination of Adobe’s Digital Publishing Suite and custom HTML programming to create several pieces for the Digest’s iPad edition. MEI used the vjoon K4 Cross-Media Publishing Platform to manage the project alongside production of the print edition. more

Hamburger Abendblatt Publishes on iPad Using Woodwing Tools

Hamburger Abendblatt, North Germany’s largest regional newspaper, is now publishing a daily electronic edition as an iPad app built using the Woodwing Digital Magazine Solution. The daily edition contains 24 lead stories and 12 top news photos from the full physical edition of the paper. more http://www.woodwing.com/

FlipBoard Adds More Social Media Capability

FlipBoard has released the new edition of its popular social magazine iPad app that allows users to add photos and articles from Flickr and Google Reader. Users can post updates, tweets, and photos from anywhere within the app. Apple recently named FlipBoard the 2010 iPad app of the year. more

Reynolds Predicts iPad to Cut Into Newspaper Print Subscriptions

The Reynolds Journalism Institute is predicting newspaper subscribers will begin dropping print subscriptions with iPad news apps. The conclusion is based on a three-month survey of well-educated, affluent men aged 35-64 who own iPads. The survey is the first phase of a multi-year research project to understand how iPad users consume news content. more

100 Publications Use WoodWing for iPad Apps

WoodWing Software has announced that more than 100 publications worldwide are using its tools to aid in the creation of the iPad versions of their publications. WoodWing estimates 75% of these publications are digital magazines. Most publish monthly, although the group includes several weekly news magazines such as Time, Vega, Stern, and La Point. Several daily newspapers are also on the list. more

FlipBoard App Adds iPad Look-and-Feel to Publishers Online Content

Eight publishers are testing the Flipboard app, which adds an iPad look-and-feel to their online content. Users accessing selected articles from ABC News, All Things Digital, Bon Appetit, Lonely Planet, SB nation, SF Chronicle/Gate, Uncrate, and the Washington Post Magazine shared on Twitter and Facebook on an iPad via the app double-tap on the excerpt to get a magazine-style reading experience. more