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eMAGine and eKiosk - the platform for innovation in publishing
e-Publishing today.
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About spherix / index
Spherix AG was established as a public limited company in St. Gallen, Switzerland in 2000 as a creativity agency focusing on e-business. As provider of high quality professional services in the field of on and offline media, sustainable success of our clients forms the core of our efforts. Over the last years Spherix AG has assisted our clients with the development and execution in over hundred effective concepts. We see ourselves as personal trendscouts of our partners. For Spherix AG it is elixir and challenge at the same time to discover new trends, evaluate them and make customized future technology available to you today. This gives your projects a technical and design head start in innovative customer sourcing.
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Preface
05Impressive and cost-effective
06In 3 steps to your own publishing app
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General Overview 07
Functions in «eMAGine» 08
Functions in «my eKiosk» 09
Benefits for the publishing industry
11The advantages
13e-Publishing today.
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Innovation in publishing
Martin Leiter Head of Marketing Tel: +41(0)71 27 43 83 - 2 Mobil: +41(0)79 916 11 33 E-Mail: martin.leiter@spherix.ch PrefaceDigital media has changed our information behavior fundamentally. The Internet is now clearly the most important medium and with all new mobile devices it‘s more and more in your pocket or briefcase. The launch of the iPad in 2010 created a completely new instrument: it opened the door to various opportunities and possibilities to present content. Even in publishing these new and innovative ways of communication are becoming increasingly important and complement the traditional print
publications. Tablet Publishing on iPad or Android Tablets, offer new ways of addressing readers: The combination of the visual impact of paper with interactive elements such as videos, animated graphics and diverse advertising opportunities enables so much of which media makers could only dream of. It can also analyze detailed reporting and tracking of the reader‘s habits. Until now the effort to develop individual Newspaper-/Magazine-Apps had been enormous and the handling of this specific
communication channel with optimized content is extremely expensive and the editing the complex publishing systems is possible only after intensive training. With eMagine we launched an innovative and very practical solution where you can create amazing, vibrant and inexpensive publications for eTablets.
Anyone starting now can position themselves as progressive and innovative first movers of this technology.
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From specialist - customer and employee magazines to presentations for the sales force. «eMAGine» turns classic Print publications into multimedia ePublishing Tablet App‘s and Web-Page flip Applications.
The additional effort to produce communication for mobile eTablets is manageable and publishers benefit from the aura and the attention on the new devices. The effort it takes to add media to mobile eTablets is manageable and one benefits from having a lot of attention on all the new devices. In three steps to your own
publishing app
A clear strategy, a concept and creativity is all companies need in order to create a happening media event. In three easy steps without much special knowledge, you can start process-oriented mobile publishing with „eMagine“.
«eMAGine» multimedia experience
1. Upload & adding media
Through the Internet load the publications in PDF format in the password-protected Web eMagine suite. In this environment, the management and enrichment content can be displayed using „drag and drop“ and supplemented with interactive and multimedia elements - easy without any special software and through any Internet browser. Add links, map views, photo galleries, videos, audio files, and more.
2. Publishing
A personalized and CI-compliant Reader App dynamically brings the publications on to the various eTablets. Publishers can also, of course, define prices for subscriptions or single issues or unlock free publications.
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Impressive and cost-effective
3. Update & reporting
Due to real single-source publishing readers finally have direct access to e-publications all over the world in real time. The connection to your own CRM system, the variability or correction of content in real time, the measurability of sophisticated reporting capabilities and a push-Messenger for targeted marketing campaigns offer a variety of ways to know the reader and communicate with them and represent a clear advantage towards print publications.
The ideal solution for the distribution of individual titles and publications
•Expense Management
•Archive management
•Enrichment Editor
•Channel Management (IOS, Android, Web)
•Release, Pricing Management
•Reporting and tracking of reader behavior
•Push Message Suite
•Platforms / channels
Publications
App Stores / Webchannel
Mag Flyer Books Newspaper
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The ideal solution for the distribution virtual kiosks
•Client management
•Expense Management
•Archive management
•Enrichment Editor
•Channel Management (IOS, Android, Web)
•Release, Pricing Management
•Reporting and tracking of reader behavior
•Push Message Suite
•Platforms / channels
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eMAGineis a scalable and customizable software solution for the marketing and porting of traditional print publications as single-title apps. Content via web-based CMS can be enriched with multimedia, and managed in real time.
Functions:
•Title / Expense Management •Archive manager
•Enrichment Editor
•Channel Management (IOS, Android, Web) •Release, Pricing Management
•Vouchers
•Reporting, Tracking •Push Message Suite
«eMAGine» – all in one
Multimedia enrichment editor
Individual Pricing
Digital Archive
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«my eKiosk» – one for all
my eKiosk is a scalable, customizable kiosk solution for the publishing and marketing of titles including extensive accounting and monitoring tools. Within minutes, an own virtual kiosk can be activated on the Internet and mobile devices.
Functions:
•Title / Expense Management
•Archive manager
•Enrichment Editor
•Channel Management (IOS, Android, Web)
•Release, Pricing Management
•Vouchers
•Reporting, Tracking
•Push Message Suite additional functions:
•Client / publisher management
•Article Pool Management
Data mining / Analytics
Real-time update
Digital Archive
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Benefits for the
publisher
While on the World Wide Web a free cost culture exists, tablet publishing offers the possibility to monetize content. This allows publishers to offer their content on the new media and use it to serve new sales channels in the diversified media world. Although tablet magazines and newspapers do not outnumber print editions, yet. The forecasted figures show strong growth potential.
The media-friendly processing of your publication is crucial: Exploit the possibilities of enrichment with multimedia content to it‘s fullest, integrate interaction and dialogue functions and intelligent linkage with other publishing formats. The solution offers a strong performance reader and a wide
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range of use. This allows you to create a unique a user experience that guarantees success with the new devices.
While with other vendors you will need different solutions to create your eKiosk tablet publications, using „my-ekiosk „ is an all-in-one solution to create and distribute your publications in a managed environment!
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Innovation
Position yourself as a progressive and innovative first mover of this technology.
Cost and time efficient entry
into eTablet publishing. Independent implementation by editors without great knowledge possible. Time efficiency through well thought out processes. Generation eReader
With „my eKiosk“ you can open up your own virtual kiosk, prepare your contemporary publications and sell them there, where the modern customer gets their information - in a format that stands out. Communication
Targeted push marketing with an intelligent push messenger
Online management
with the intuitive „single source“ administration and production suite without the need of Desktop Publishing software, no plug-ins and sub licenses necessary, no share model.
Individual Pricing
With a few clicks, publishers can set prices for single issues, subscriptions and single-products and can publish them with „my-ekiosk“ immediately.
Data mining / Analytics
Allows the collection of reading and buying behavior information and the measurability of clicks on ads in real time. User data is an important tool to develop or to optimize publishing offers.
Real-time update
of content and enrichment. After downloading offline publications remain accessible and can be updated online.
Multimedia enrichment
of publications with video, audio, photo galleries, links, e-mail and maps, create added value for readers and advertisers.
Your kiosk with foreign labels
„my-ekiosk“ can handle the complete billing with payment providers and end users transparently and automatically. So you can offer foreign publishers the opportunity to appear in your kiosk to generate additional revenue.
Infinitely versatile
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