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Exact Editions
FounderAdam Hodgkin, Daryl Rayner, Tim Bruce
Headquarters
London
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United Kingdom
Websiteexacteditions.com

Exact Editions is an integrated content management platform for magazine and book publishers. It was launched in 2005 by Adam Hodgkin, Daryl Rayner and Tim Bruce.[1] The platform expanded from a web-based subscription service into developing branded iOS apps for Apple’s Newsstand. These use the freemium model, offering subscriptions via an in-app purchase.[2] They allow users to sync issues for offline use, share app content via social media and email, and bookmark pages to return to.[3]

The platform offers subscriptions to individuals and to institutions, as well as several titles in French and Spanish.

In 2009, the company launched an Android app called ‘Exactly’, which offers access to all titles.[4][5][6] In 2012, they began offering publishers the additional option to offer apps on the Kindle Fire through the Amazon Appstore.

In 2012, Exact Editions launched its first complete digital archive for Gramophone magazine, offering subscribers access to 90 years' worth of back issues (1,000 issues in total). Since then, Dazed & Confused's 20-year archive and The Wire's 30-year archive have also been released.[7]

In 2021, Exact Editions also began offering the then 27-year archive of Magma, the London-based poetry magazine, dating back to 1994. They now also have those of other poetry journals, such as The Poetry Review and Modern Poetry in Translation.[8]

Moving further, Exact Editions expanded its partnership with several companies and made way for collaboration with others, including Kelsey Media,[9] New Welsh Review,[10] a publication from 1840 (The Tablet),[11] the Royal Society of Biology's The Biologist,[12] the British Museum for a thirty-year archive of their membership magazine,[13] Filmmaker,[14] Autocar,[15] Warners Group Publications' German military history title Iron Cross,[16] The Times Literary Supplement,[17] and Mousse, the contemporary art magazine.[18] Overall, the titles span a variety of subjects (news, music, technology, sport) and varying frequencies of publication (weekly, monthly, quarterly).

With sustainability being an idea behind Exact Editions, they proposed to move beyond an online archive of magazines to house "environment-friendly" online collections to allow convenience for prize-program jurors.[19][20] They materialised the same by showcasing the Independent Publishers Guild books for publishers at the 2023 London Book Fair.[21]

References

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  1. ^ Brook, Stephen (12 February 2007). "On track for a publishing revolution". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 August 2009.
  2. ^ Neilan, Catherine (22 March 2010). "Osprey launches "freemium" app". The Bookseller. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
  3. ^ Thomas, Kim (5 November 2008). "Shibboleth signs up Exact Editions". Information World Review. Retrieved 3 August 2009.
  4. ^ Yantézia, P. (2 October 2009). "Exactly is like a newsstand in the palm of your hand. A journalist dream!". Appshouter. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  5. ^ Rothman, David (26 May 2009). "Books, mags and newspapers in original layouts on your iPhone: Exact Editions app—with 'pageflow' view". Teleread. Archived from the original on 1 June 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2009.
  6. ^ Andrews, Robert (29 March 2010). "Spectator's iPad Mag Will Have Monthly 'Pay Membrane'". paidContentUK. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
  7. ^ Reid, Alastair (11 June 2013). "The Wire launches digital archive of all 350 issues". Journalism.co.uk. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  8. ^ "Magma Poetry Launches Complete & Fully-Searchable 27-Year Archive". InPublishing Ltd. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  9. ^ "Kelsey Media partners with Exact Editions". InPublishing Ltd. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  10. ^ "Magazine archive goes online thanks to family bequest". Nation.Cymru. 13 July 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  11. ^ Anderson, Porter (6 March 2019). "Industry Notes: London's Exact Editions Digitizes 'The Tablet'; Singapore's MXRi Signs With OUP". Publishing Perspectives. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  12. ^ "The Biologist Launches Digital Edition". InPublishing Ltd. 15 March 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  13. ^ "British Museum Completes 30-Year Digital Archive Membership Magazine". Professional Publishers Association. 27 April 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  14. ^ Macaulay, Scott (12 September 2022). "Filmmaker Moves To Exact Editions for Digital Editions and Archive". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  15. ^ "Autocar offers one-time fee for libraries". InPublishing Ltd. 7 January 2025. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  16. ^ "Iron Cross magazine available via Exact Editions". InPublishing Ltd. 18 December 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  17. ^ Cowdrey, Katherine (3 July 2018). "TLS launches new digital archive with Exact Editions". The Bookseller. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  18. ^ "Mousse Magazine launches digital archive". InPublishing Ltd. 20 September 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  19. ^ Anderson, Porter (22 March 2023). "Sustainability: Exact Editions Promotes 'Collections' for Book-Award Juries". Professional Publishers Association. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  20. ^ Kemp-Habib, Alice (21 March 2023). "Exact Editions trials virtual book collections for literary prizes". The Bookseller. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  21. ^ Anderson, Porter (9 January 2023). "Exact Editions To Showcase IPG Publishers' Books at London Book Fair". Professional Publishers Association. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
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