Exact Editions
{{Short description|Online publisher}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Exact Editions
| logo = Image:ExactEditions-logo-small.gif
| founder = Adam Hodgkin, Daryl Rayner, Tim Bruce
| location_city = London
| location_country = United Kingdom
| homepage = [http://www.exacteditions.com exacteditions.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.{{cite news
| first = Stephen
| last= Brook
| date = 12 February 2007
| title = On track for a publishing revolution
| url = https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/feb/12/mondaymediasection20
| work= The Guardian
| access-date = 2009-08-03
}} 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.{{cite web
| first = Catherine
| last = Neilan
| date = 22 March 2010
| title = Osprey launches "freemium" app
| url = http://www.thebookseller.co.uk/news/114869-page.html
| work = The Bookseller
| access-date = 2010-04-22
| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130421114108/http://www.thebookseller.co.uk/news/114869-page.html
| archive-date = 21 April 2013
| url-status = dead
}} They allow users to sync issues for offline use, share app content via social media and email, and bookmark pages to return to.{{cite web
| first = Kim
| last= Thomas
| date = 5 November 2008
| title = Shibboleth signs up Exact Editions
| url = http://www.v3.co.uk/information-world-review/news/2229780/shibboleth-signs-exact-editions-4312985
| work= Information World Review
| access-date = 2009-08-03
}}
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.{{cite web
| first = P.
| last = Yantézia
| date= 2 October 2009
| title = Exactly is like a newsstand in the palm of your hand. A journalist dream!
| url = http://www.appshouter.com/iphone-app-review-exactly/
| access-date = 2010-05-04
| work= Appshouter
| first = David
| last = Rothman
| date = 26 May 2009
| title = Books, mags and newspapers in original layouts on your iPhone: Exact Editions app—with 'pageflow' view
| url = http://www.teleread.org/2009/05/26/want-to-see-magazines-in-original-layouts-on-your-iphone-try-exact-editions-app-with-page-flow-4/
| work = Teleread
| access-date = 2009-07-30
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090601052900/http://www.teleread.org/2009/05/26/want-to-see-magazines-in-original-layouts-on-your-iphone-try-exact-editions-app-with-page-flow-4/
| archive-date = 1 June 2009
| url-status = dead
| first = Robert
| last = Andrews
| date = 29 March 2010
| title = Spectator's iPad Mag Will Have Monthly 'Pay Membrane'
| url = http://paidcontent.co.uk/article/419-spectators-ipad-mag-will-have-monthly-pay-membrane/
| work = paidContentUK
| access-date = 2010-04-22
}} 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.{{cite web |first=Alastair |last=Reid |date=11 June 2013 |title=The Wire launches digital archive of all 350 issues |url=http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/the-wire-launches-digital-archive-of-all-350-issues/s2/a553234/ |work=Journalism.co.uk |access-date=2013-11-22}}
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.{{Cite web |title=Magma Poetry Launches Complete & Fully-Searchable 27-Year Archive |url=https://www.inpublishing.co.uk/articles/magma-poetry-launches-complete-and-fully-searchable-27-year-archive-18820 |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=InPublishing Ltd |date=2021-08-20 |language=en-GB}}
Moving further, Exact Editions expanded its partnership with several companies and made way for collaboration with others, including Kelsey Media,{{Cite web |title=Kelsey Media partners with Exact Editions |url=https://www.inpublishing.co.uk/articles/kelsey-media-partners-with-exact-editions-24145 |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=InPublishing Ltd |date=2024-05-21 |language=en-GB}} New Welsh Review,{{Cite web |title=Magazine archive goes online thanks to family bequest |url=https://nation.cymru/culture/magazine-archive-goes-online-thanks-to-family-bequest/ |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=Nation.Cymru |date=2024-07-13 |language=en-GB}} a publication from 1840 (The Tablet),{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=Porter |title=Industry Notes: London’s Exact Editions Digitizes ‘The Tablet’; Singapore’s MXRi Signs With OUP |url=https://publishingperspectives.com/2019/03/industry-notes-uk-exact-editions-tablet-digital-singapore-mxri-oxford-university-press/ |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=Publishing Perspectives |date=2019-03-06 |language=en-GB}} the Royal Society of Biology's The Biologist,{{Cite web |title=The Biologist Launches Digital Edition |url=https://www.inpublishing.co.uk/articles/the-biologist-launches-digital-edition-2643 |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=InPublishing Ltd |date=2018-03-15 |language=en-GB}} the British Museum for a thirty-year archive of their membership magazine,{{Cite web |title=British Museum Completes 30-Year Digital Archive Membership Magazine |url=https://ppa.co.uk/british-museum-completes-30-year-digital-archive-membership-magazine |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=Professional Publishers Association |date=2021-04-27 |language=en-GB}} Filmmaker,{{Cite web |last=Macaulay |first=Scott |title=Filmmaker Moves To Exact Editions for Digital Editions and Archive |url=https://filmmakermagazine.com/116434-filmmaker-moves-to-exact-editions-for-digital-editions-and-archive/ |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=Filmmaker Magazine |date=2022-09-12 |language=en-GB}} Autocar,{{Cite web |title=Autocar offers one-time fee for libraries |url=https://www.inpublishing.co.uk/articles/autocar-offers-one-time-fee-for-libraries-24940 |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=InPublishing Ltd |date=2025-01-07 |language=en-GB}} Warners Group Publications' German military history title Iron Cross,{{Cite web |title=Iron Cross magazine available via Exact Editions |url=https://www.inpublishing.co.uk/articles/iron-cross-magazine-available-via-exact-editions-24914 |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=InPublishing Ltd |date=2024-12-18 |language=en-GB}} The Times Literary Supplement,{{Cite web |last=Cowdrey |first=Katherine |title=TLS launches new digital archive with Exact Editions |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/tls-launches-new-digital-archive-exact-editions-822361 |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=The Bookseller |date=2018-07-03 |language=en-GB}} and Mousse, the contemporary art magazine.{{Cite web |title=Mousse Magazine launches digital archive |url=https://www.inpublishing.co.uk/articles/mousse-magazine-launches-digital-archive-22332 |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=InPublishing Ltd |date=2023-09-20 |language=en-GB}} 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.{{Cite web |last= Anderson |first=Porter |title=Sustainability: Exact Editions Promotes ‘Collections’ for Book-Award Juries |url=https://publishingperspectives.com/2023/03/sustainability-exact-editions-promotes-collections-for-book-award-juries/ |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=Professional Publishers Association |date=2023-03-22 |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |last=Kemp-Habib |first=Alice |title=Exact Editions trials virtual book collections for literary prizes |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/exact-editions-trials-virtual-book-collections-for-literary-prizes |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=The Bookseller |date=2023-03-21 |language=en-GB}} They materialised the same by showcasing the Independent Publishers Guild books for publishers at the 2023 London Book Fair.{{Cite web |last= Anderson |first=Porter |title=Exact Editions To Showcase IPG Publishers’ Books at London Book Fair |url=https://publishingperspectives.com/2023/01/exact-editions-to-showcase-ipg-publishers-books-at-london-book-fair/ |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=Professional Publishers Association |date=2023-01-09 |language=en-GB}}