COPIA?s Social E-Reading Platform to Deliver New Content
Delivery and
Revenue Models for Book, Magazine and Newspaper Publishers
COPIA?s Content, Community and Commerce Offering to Drive
Increased
Value for Publishers by Delivering Digital Content within a
Socially
Engaged Community of Readers
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DMC
Worldwide (DMCWW), a leading enterprise and consumer
technology
company, today announced that COPIA
(www.thecopia.com),
the world?s first social e-reading platform, will offer book,
magazine
and newspaper publishers new delivery and revenue models for
digital
content. Through COPIA, users actively share, rate and recommend
e-books, magazines and newspaper articles. The experience is
designed
for users to discover new and interesting content, enhance their
content
consumption through a connected social community and purchase that
content directly through COPIA.
?COPIA will have deep retail penetration and be embedded
on several
tier-1 brands of e-readers and PCs in 2010?
?COPIA will provide publishers with millions of new customers,
insights,
information and tools to connect their content to consumers in a
way
that?s never been done before,? said Anthony Antolino, SVP, DMC
Worldwide. ?We also have a very competitive and robust bookstore
out of
the gate, and are actively adding publisher content to our roster.
But
what separates COPIA is our data mining abilities and the valuable
insights we are able to provide to our publishing partners.?
Introduced at CES in Jan. 2010, COPIA is the first open platform
that
combines content, social networking and e-commerce (a bookstore)
with an
array of branded wireless e-readers to deliver a user experience
centered around shared discovery. It harnesses the power of
word-of-mouth, community and a breakthrough user experience, and
connects that to the point of purchase. The COPIA platform also
includes
a software application engine for OEM hardware brands looking to
deliver
content across its digital devices including e-readers, notebooks,
netbooks, tablets and smartphones.
?COPIA will have deep retail penetration and be embedded on
several
tier-1 brands of e-readers and PCs in 2010,? continued DMC
Worldwide?s
Antolino. ?Combine that with the reception we?ve had with the
publishing
community, and we have a lot to look forward to as we work with
publishers to connect to consumers in new and exciting ways.?
The COPIA-branded OCEAN and TIDAL e-reader devices offer an
immersive
and connected reading experience. The e-readers include both
monochrome
e-paper-based touchscreens and panels, and advanced color
e-readers
designed for rich content. Each device is designed to extend the
collaborative online experience of COPIA.
Publishers interested in evaluating the COPIA platform can contact
DMC
Worldwide at info@thecopia.com.
For more information on COPIA, including hi-resolution images,
please go
to TheCopia.com media Web site at www.thecopia.com/press.
DMC Worldwide is demonstrating COPIA at the O?Reilly
Tools of Change for Publishing conference in New York City on
Feb.
23-24. Anthony Antolino, SVP of DMC Worldwide and Co-Creator of
COPIA,
will present Content,
Community, Commerce:How COPIA Drives Revenue in a Digital World
on Wednesday, Feb. 24, at 2:00 p.m. ET in the Broadway Ballroom at
Tools
of Change for Publishing.
About Distribution Management Consolidators Worldwide
DMC Worldwide (DMCWW) is a leading enterprise and consumer
technology
company with a heritage that spans more than 40 years investing
in,
developing, manufacturing and distributing cutting-edge consumer
electronics products. The company holds deep expertise in sales
channel
development, supply chain management sales, marketing,
distribution and
customer service and support. The DMC Worldwide family of
companies has
sold hundreds of millions of consumer electronics products by
leveraging
its robust mature infrastructure. The DMC Worldwide family of
companies
includes DMC Capital Funding, LLC, a leading private equity
company
focused on strategic investments in middle-market, technology
product
companies; COPIA, the world?s first social media reading platform;
Xact
Technology, LLC, a leading provider of GPS tracking solutions; and
Cocoon Innovations, LLC, a leading provider of personal
organization and
protection systems. The company is headquartered in New York City
with
offices in Hong Kong. For more information, please visit http://www.dmcww.com.
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