Web Host Industry Review Magazine Launches Digital Edition with Texterity

Web hosting industry trade publication the Web Host Industry Review (www.theWHIR.com) announced that it is working with digital publishing technology from Texterity (www.texterity.com) to deliver the new digital edition of WHIR magazine, the organization's bi-monthly print publication.

Toronto, ON (PRWEB) October 4, 2005 -- Web hosting industry trade publication the Web Host Industry Review (www.theWHIR.com) announced Tuesday that it is working with digital publishing technology from Texterity (www.texterity.com) to deliver the new digital edition of WHIR magazine, the organization's bi-monthly print publication.

Using Texterity's Published Web Format, WHIR magazine's digital edition will reproduce all the content from the Web hosting industry's most read, most respected and most influential publication, with content and advertisements enhanced with rich media such as video, audio and animation, as well as direct clickable links to related online content and advertiser Web sites. The PWF format is fast loading and easily readable through a Web browser, enabling readers to zoom, print or send pages to friends. They can also save a copy for later offline reading.

The digital edition is accessible to both subscribers and non-subscribers of the print magazine. Containing every page of the printed edition, it can provide readers with supplemental online material and may serve as an alternative to paying shipping costs for International subscribers.

Advertisers in the magazine's print edition will benefit immediately from the added value of interactive rich media ads in the digital edition at no added cost to their existing ads.

"We are no strangers to online publishing at the WHIR. TheWHIR.com is the world's most widely read source of Web hosting news and commentary," says Stephen Mayhew, publisher of the Web Host Industry Review. "From our XML news feeds to our WHIR TV flash video news broadcast, we're always at the cutting edge of Internet publishing, and we're happy to be working with Texterity to bring our print edition online in such a highly accessible, highly readable format."

"The WHIR's audience is made up of highly sophisticated Internet users," says Martin Hensel, President of Texterity, "and the ability to access content online in a clickable, enhanced format is certain to appeal to them. We're pleased to be able to help the WHIR expand its Internet properties to include the WHIR magazine digital edition."

WHIR magazine's digital edition will be accessible at www.thewhir.com/magazine beginning October 4th, 2005.

About The Web Host Industry Review

The Web Host Industry Review (www.thewhir.com) is the foremost authority of the Web host industry providing reliable, insightful and comprehensive news, reviews and resources to the hosting community. The Web Host Industry Review Magazine (www.thewhir.com/magazine) offers the best in competitive industry intelligence and provides insight into the thinking and strategy of web host industry leaders and trendsetters. The Web Host Industry Review Television - WHIRtv (www.thewhir.com/tv) is an engaging online broadcast featuring the latest news and trends from the Web hosting world.

About Texterity

Texterity (www.texterity.com) today serves a wide range of publishers in the consumer and trade categories, including Reader's Digest, Dow Jones & Co., Time Inc., Condé Nast, Penton Media, CMP, Ziff Davis Media, IDG, Northstar Travel Media, EH Publications, Fawcette Technical Publications, Rogers Media, Stevens Publishing, Morris Magazines, GIE Media, Hanley Wood, Grand View Media, and Microsoft Corporation. It is privately held and headquartered in Southborough, MA.

Contact: The Web Host Industry Review
    Candice Rodriguez, 416-925-7264
    candice@thewhir.com

Contact: Texterity
    Cimarron Buser, 508-804-3062

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