The Digital Publishing Report

Access Joins Readium Foundation

Access Company Ltd. has joined the Readium Foundation, a consortium of companies committed to establishing electronic publishing standards which incorporate the Readium Project for EPUB3 applications. more

Audit Bureau of Circulations Becomes Alliance for Audited Media

The Audit Bureau of Circulations has announced its official new brand identity as the Alliance for Audited Media (AAM). The organization said the change was made, in part, to reflect the evolving media environment and its evolving role in media verification and to emphasize the organization’s role in providing cross-media standards, audit services, and data critical to the advertising and publishing industries. Endorsed by 94% of the organization’s members, the identify change is meant to build on the AAM’s expanding role in auditing media across multiple platforms including print, tablet, and smartphone apps, Web sites, social media, e-mail newsletters, and digital publishing platforms. more

The Alliance for Audited Media Certifies Adobe Digital Publishing Suite

The Alliance for Audited Media (formerly the Audit Bureau of Circulations) has certified the accuracy Adobe Digital Publishing Suite’s analytics processes and key metrics, verifying DPS, and its associated Digital Marketing Suite, measures and reports key data points. DPS is the first digital publishing platform to receive certification from this organization. more

Digital Book World and BISG Announce e-Book Market Webinar Series

Digital Book World and BISG will present a three-part Webcast on statistics, trends, and issues in the e-book market in October and November. more

Magazines Canada Issues Update of Online Publishing White Paper

Magazines Canada has updated itsfree  white paper on online publishing. The resource provides charts and data on how magazines can publish online and benefit from multi-channel publishing. more

Ethan Grey Made Vice President at MPA Digital

Ethan Grey has joined MPA, the Association of Magazine Media as Vice President, Digital. A veteran of mobile companies and digital agencies with magazine media clients, Mr. Grey will help establish and disseminate best practices, particularly in the area of app development, to help magazine publishers bring digital products to market more efficiently and cost-effectively. He will also chair the creation of mobile advertising standards and explore potential collaborations with technology companies. more 

Aquafadas Joins the International Digital Publishing Forum

Digital publishing software developer Aquafadas has joined the International Digital Publishing Forum to contribute to the development of IDPF standards including ePUB. Aquafadas has joined the IDPF to help improve ePUB’s support for interactive books. more 

Mobile Marketing Association Creates MMA Mexico

The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) has created MMA Mexico, the newest of the 20 local MMA Councils worldwide. MMA Mexico was created in response to the growing recognition of the importance of mobile and need for industry support and guidance for success in Mexico. Founding supporters are Banamex and Terra. more