Talk:Issuu

Gallery Section
Why does this article have a gallery section? Of the two images, one is presumably of a magazine that can be found on Issuu, and the other seems to have no relation whatsoever to the topic in question. Cheolsoo (talk) 02:06, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

Copyright infringement
I just found a digital copy of The Adventures of Phoebe Zeit-Geist on Issuu. I have my doubts about who posted it and whether they own the copyright. Issuu claims to take copyright seriously, but how can we tell if they are? and if we cant be sure, can we link from WP articles to Issuu, as is done with this book? im uncomfortable with using Issuu as a reference or even as an external link.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 23:32, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Advertorial
Is it just me, or does this whole thing sound like brochure copy? There are many citations, but the bulk of the copy is not cited. It looks like 13 citations are just referring to where Issuu was mentioned. Virtually all of the remaining article should be summed up briefly. Let readers visit Issuu's site if they want to read advertorial. Anyone else agree with this? Indy (talk) 13:54, 26 May 2009 (UTC)


 * yes, it needs major cleanup. and i still think there is a big issue (NPI) with copyright. if i find references to my concern as stated above, i will add it to article. Mercurywoodrose (talk) 21:48, 29 May 2009 (UTC)


 * here's my attempt at a cleanup. I think i left the information appropriate for WP. to me, this kind of editing makes in more clear what the notability of a company is. when its promotional material, as a reader my eyes glaze over and i often dont get what they are actually doing because of the promotional tone. now i actually see what they are doing, and its obviously notable. still, i will try to find articles that address any copyright problems, as that would be a logical, notable event around this service. Mercurywoodrose (talk) 17:27, 11 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Speaking personally, I find it hard to believe the Issuu software could have won any sort of award. I cannot imagine who perceives a benefit from poorly imitating a paper document in a Web browser. All it does that I can see is make documents much harder to read and cite. Reading information on, say, Wikipedia is vastly better. This article needs a "Criticism" section. If the product has received any significant independent coverage I have to believe some of it was by someone who can recognize an ergonomic disaster when they see it. --Teratornis (talk) 18:46, 7 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Came here to say this. There must be criticism out there! Equinox ◑ 18:54, 27 June 2023 (UTC)

Persistent Spammer Section
Do not delete/blank the Persistent Spammer section without providing a valid reason in Talk. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.64.6.154 (talk) 23:13, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

Suggesting edits to remove inaccuracies and bring article into date
This page is quite out-of-date, so I've drafted a version with revisions that make it more current and accurate. I'll post the proposed text below and any feedback will be welcome. I'm also open to discussing section by section as well. Thanks for your time and please feel free to reach out with any questions or suggestions.


 * Issuu, Inc. (pronounced "issue") is a SaaS electronic publishing platform that allows users to upload digital content such as magazines, books, or brochures as PDFs that can be published and shared via links or embedded into websites. The platform has more that 30 million available publication that receive a 4 billion page views each month.


 * Founded in 2006 as a Danish startup, the company moved its headquarters to the United States in 2013 and is now based in Palo Alto, California, with office in Berlin; Germany, Braga; Portugal and Copenhagen; Denmark


 * == History ==
 * Issuu was founded in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 2006 by Michael Hansen, Ruben Bjerg Hansen, Mikkel Jensen, and Martin Ferro-Thomsen.


 * By 2011, Issuu software was used by several online publications.   In early 2013, the company opened an office in Palo Alto, California and appointed CEO Joe Hyrkin, formerly of Reverb.com, Trinity Ventures, and Yahoo!, to helm its Silicon Valley operations. The company soon moved its headquarters to the Palo Alto location. Upon the move, the founders of Issuu stated that they chose the city as they saw social media and digital distribution partnerships as the key to its growth, rather than focusing mostly on publishing relationships.


 * Also in 2013, Issuu acquired the Denmark-based software company Magma, including the company's software that allowed collaboration between editorial teams in organizing, laying out and proofing publications. The financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.


 * In 2014 the platform hosted more than 18 million publications and had 83 million users.


 * === Funding ===
 * In 2007, Issuu raised $10.3 million in Series A financing. The company obtained $10 million in Series B that closed in 2014. In September 2021, Issuu closed a round of financing that raised $31 million.


 * == Features ==
 * Users can edit their publications by  adding links and multimedia to the pages of their documents. Issuu also provides tools for measuring and monetization of content.


 * Readers can engage with free content, subscribe to publications and follow collections of publications on a specific subject matter.


 * In 2014, the company released Clip, a tool that allowed readers to take a snapshot of any part of a publication and share that on social media or through email.


 * Also in 2014, Issuu released its iOS app to access Issuu on Apple devices. The app included an offline reading list function that allowed users to read from the Issuu app without being online. The app could also stack publications back to back so that they could be read in succession. The Issuu app was discontinued in April 2023.


 * In 2019, Issuu announced the launch of Issuu Promote, an ad integration tool for Facebook and Instagram, allowing for content to be distributed across multiple social media channels. A partnership with LinkedIn allowed users to embed a publications or portfolio materials into a LinkedIn profile.


 * === Integrations ===
 * Issuu allows for integrations with Canva, Adobe InDesign, Dropbox, Google Drive, Squarespace and Mailchimp.   In 2023 Issuu launched an app within the design tool Canva that allows Canva users to publish content directly to Issuu.


 * == Recognition ==
 * In 2008, Issuu was nominated for a SXSW Interactive award. In 2009, the company was named one of Time's 50 Best Websites and a Webby Award honoree in the Web Services & Applications/Website and Mobile Sites category. In 2010, the company was a Webby honoree in the Apps, dApps and Software Experimental & Innovation category. In 2023, Issuu was named Best Interactive Content Platform in the MarTech Breakthrough Awards.

Thanks for reviewing and looking forward to feedback. SBCornelius (talk) 16:26, 18 September 2023 (UTC) SBCornelius (talk) 16:26, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

Reply 18-SEP-2023
Regards, Spintendo  19:55, 18 September 2023 (UTC)
 * 1) Reasons have not been provided for each change.
 * 2) Several of the proposed references have formatting errors that need to be corrected (e.g., missing titles, authors, bare URL's, etc).
 * 3) When ready to proceed with your new proposal, kindly change the ' template's answer parameter to read from y to n. Please note that prior text entered in the Edit request proposal should not be retro-actively altered. Instead, a new reply post containing the improved request should be posted below this review. The original ' template may then be altered, or a new one may bne added to your new request. Thank you!


 * Thanks for the quick feedback, Spintendo. I'll get started and update the COI tag when I add those. Thanks again! SBCornelius (talk) 15:22, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Hi @Spintendo, I thought I'd make this a little more manageable by addressing just a few edits or groups of related edits now and then moving to additional issues once we've settled a few things, either accepted or rejected.
 * I've included my suggested version of the introductory paragraph below. The current text is insufficient if the goal is to provide a brief but thorough summary for a reader who may not read the entire article. Here are a few examples of articles about software platforms that have what I believe are the types of opening paragraphs Wikipedia expects Salesforce, Slack, and Zoom. Please let me know you thoughts about the best way to make this opening paragraph better for readers.
 * Issuu, Inc. (pronounced "issue") is a SaaS electronic publishing platform that allows users to upload digital content such as magazines, books, or brochures as PDFs that can be published and shared via links or embedded into websites. The platform has more that 30 million available publication that receive a 4 billion page views each month.
 * Founded in 2006 as a Danish startup, the company moved its headquarters to the United States in 2013 and is now based in Palo Alto, California, with office in Berlin; Germany, Braga; Portugal and Copenhagen; Denmark
 * My second request for this post is about the section titled Purpose. Firstly, that's an odd section title that I don't recall seeing anywhere else. Secondly, none of the information in that section is cited at all. The information in that section that is true was included elsewhere in my earlier draft and I can make future edit requests that reincorporate the citable information. For now, I think the section should go since Wikipedia requires information be properly cited.
 * Thank you and once we settle these issues I'll move on to another manageable group of suggestions. SBCornelius (talk) 18:55, 22 September 2023 (UTC) SBCornelius (talk) 18:55, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

The requested prose is not grammatical (e.g., "The platform has more that [sic] 30 million available publication that [sic] receive a 4 billion page views each month..") Regards,  Spintendo  19:26, 22 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Hi @Spintendo, I've edited the typos, and included the edited version below. Thank you.
 * Issuu, Inc. (pronounced "issue") is a SaaS electronic publishing platform that allows users to upload digital content such as magazines, books, or brochures as PDFs that can be published and shared via links or embedded into websites. The platform has more than 30 million available publications that receive a total of 4 billion page views each month.
 * Founded in 2006 as a Danish startup, the company moved its headquarters to the United States in 2013 and is now based in Palo Alto, California, with office in Berlin; Germany, Braga; Portugal and Copenhagen; Denmark SBCornelius (talk) 14:56, 23 September 2023 (UTC)


 * The proposed text continues to be non-grammatical ("The platform has more than 30 million available publication [sic] that receive a total of 4 billion page views each month". The phrase "30 million available publication" is not a phrase that is used in the English language. "Publication" implies singular (publications would be plural), while "30 million" implies plural. The two cannot be used in the same sentence. The provided source does not even use this made-up phrase: it says " With over 30 million publications hosted and 4+ billion monthly page views, Issuu also has offices in Copenhagen, Berlin, and Braga, Portugal."  Spintendo  19:21, 26 September 2023 (UTC)


 * @Spintendo Understood and thank you. Sorry for creating a time sink. I'll look everything over and correct any additional typos and errors before resubmitting. SBCornelius (talk) 14:44, 27 September 2023 (UTC)


 * @Spintendo Thank you for your patience. I have edited my proposed version of the opening paragraph to remove the typos and to make sure the language in the sentence about the total publications hosted and monthly page views more closely matches what the source says. Please let me know if this is acceptable, as 2 of the 3 citations currently being used are a decade old.


 * Additionally, I'm wondering what you think about the oddly-named "Purpose" section that has no citations. Thanks again for your time on this. SBCornelius (talk) 19:49, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
 * The proposed text continues to be non-grammatical, as previously noted by fellow reviewer User:Spintendo. You must fix that. -- Johannes (Talk) (Contribs) (Articles) 20:29, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
 * @Johannes Maximilian Thank you, and I've sworn off trying to make quick edits in the source code, as it's too easy to miss typos among all of the markup. Below is a clean version of my proposed introductory paragraph for the article.
 * Issuu, Inc. (pronounced "issue") is a SaaS electronic publishing platform that allows users to upload digital content such as magazines, books, or brochures as PDFs that can be published and shared via links or embedded into websites. The platform has more than thirty million available publications that receive a total of four billion page views each month.
 * Founded in 2006 as a Danish startup, the company moved its headquarters to the United States in 2013 and is now based in Palo Alto, California, with offices in Berlin, Germany; Braga, Portugal; and Copenhagen, Denmark.
 * Thanks again! SBCornelius (talk) 20:30, 3 November 2023 (UTC) SBCornelius (talk) 20:30, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

❌ The phrase "electronic publishing platform" is the more appropriately-succinct way to describe the technology than the requested prose is. The requested prose is also largely already provided in the article under the Purpose section. Regards, Spintendo  04:25, 10 November 2023 (UTC)


 * @Spintendo thank you for the feedback on those points. I would like to take a second to address an error in the article that I haven't brought up specifically thus far. It is about the year the company was founded.
 * My proposed edits to the opening paragraph changed that from 2004 to 2006. Currently, the intro says 2004 (and cites to a source that does not mention any founding year), but the InfoBox and History section both say 2006. For accuracy and consistency, can we update the 2004 reference to say 2006? A reference for the 2006 founding date can be found at:
 * https://techcrunch.com/2014/01/31/issuu-hires-jeremy-lacroix/.
 * Thanks for the help. SBCornelius (talk) 20:53, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ Spintendo  02:09, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
 * @SpintendoThank you! SBCornelius (talk) 21:20, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

Requesting removal of the "Purpose" heading
I'm starting a new section for this specific request since the section above is getting a bit cluttered. The "Purpose" section that follows the intro paragraph in this article seems oddly named and I think the article would be improved if the heading was removed and the text below it became part of the introductory paragraph.

I wanted to make sure the "Purpose" section was actually as rare as it seemed to me on the surface, so I visited several category pages for platform-type companies and checked the articles for those that seemed the most well-known. In almost all cases, a more robust intro (that describes what the platform does) is followed by the History section. None of the checked articles contain a Purpose section.


 * Survey Monkey
 * Medium
 * Zoom
 * Monday.com
 * Canva
 * Figma
 * Patreon
 * Discord
 * QuickBooks
 * Kickstarter

It seems a bit more encyclopedic to have a uniform structure across articles that discuss similar points of information about companies. To achieve that, I'm proposing that the "Purpose" heading be removed and the text below it be bumped up into the intro paragraph. I'm open to feedback from anyone, but tagging @Spintendo since we've been discussing other aspects of the article. Thanks for the feedback and help. SBCornelius (talk) 17:08, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
 * If you could point me to a mock-up of how this might look (a diff of the changes, etc) that would help in analyzing the request. Please advise, and change the template to "unanswered" when ready. Tx! Regards, Spintendo  16:33, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
 * @Spintendo Thank you! I'll get on that and change the template when done. SBCornelius (talk) 16:12, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
 * @Spintendo I created a draft using the current article and then made my proposed changes so you can view them in the edit history. Please see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Issuu_Edits_-_Proposed and let me know if you have any questions. Thank you! SBCornelius (talk) 21:05, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi @Spintendo, I was wondering if you'd had a chance to take a look at the mockup I created for merging the Purpose section into the intro? Any feedback is appreciated. SBCornelius (talk) 15:52, 2 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi @Spintendo was this mockup format sufficient for you to get a sense of what I was asking? Please let me know if something else would work better. Thanks for the help. SBCornelius (talk) 22:19, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
 * @Daylen, tagging you here in the hopes that you're willing to weigh in on the use of a "Purpose" section in the Issuu article. I haven't been able to find another article that uses this and posted some example above to show comparable articles. This request has been queued for a bit, so hoping you can let me know if this seems to be a valid suggestion. Thanks for your time. SBCornelius (talk) 22:08, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I moved the purpose section into a new products and services section, and indented the apps section. The lead is supposed to summarize what's in the article, so simply moving the purpose section to the lead doesn’t work. I'm also concerned that the source for the information that I moved does not substantiate the info. Users can edit their publications by customizing the design, using templates, or adding links and multimedia to the pages of their documents. isn't in the source. The article only mentions how the company matches readers to content, and utilizes social media links to spread awareness. The product text in the Wikipedia article is considered original research, which is one of the reasons that connected editing is frowned upon. Everything has to be sourced. I’m going to come back to this when I have more time and see if I can fix it. STEM info  (talk) 01:27, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi @STEMinfo and thanks for taking the time to look at this. You're right about the source problem for the content that existed under the Purpose section. That language predates my involvement with the article and it was unsourced.
 * I found a source I believe will support it, but I think it may have been overwritten when I created the draft the previous editor requested. Here is the source: https://www.edtechreview.in/reviews/issuu-digital-publishing-platform/.
 * I have additional edit requests that would bring the article up to date factually, but I broke them into individual requests while working with the previous editor. If it would help provide context, I can repost them in a new section to clean things up a bit. Thanks again for helping with this. SBCornelius (talk) 17:06, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

June revision
- I edited the article, which included some of your requests but I felt is was important to rearrange the info to put the history in the history section. I put a sentence about the product in the lead, but not the whole paragraph. You may want to review the product info to make sure it's accurate, and come back with any edit requests. It's better to have a products and services section than one called apps. Also, please use the textdiff template format so I can see what you're changing, rather than showing me the new draft in its entirety. See how it looks here. STEM info (talk) 06:31, 26 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Thank you for the resource on the textdiff template! I started using it and realized it may be complicating things too much since I don't have any requests that involve internal edits to existing paragraphs. Below I'v used the box format to show new paragraphs that would be helpful to have in the History section timeline. Please let me know if you have any questions or suggestions.


 * Please insert this paragraph into the History section.

✅ STEM info  (talk) 01:12, 9 July 2024 (UTC)


 * Please insert this paragraph into the History section.

✅ STEM info  (talk) 23:37, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

✅ except I didn't include the series A. I've seen concerns about using Crunchbase, and the link doesn't actually show the funding number. It's blurred. If you can find a better source ping me. STEM info (talk) 23:37, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Please insert this as a Funding subheading of the History section, or any other place you see fit.


 * Please insert this paragraph into the Products and services section, or even as an Integrations subheading.

❌ I'm not comfortable with the sourcing. Getapp looks like a business directory, and martech360 is a dead link. I'm also not sure that this is suitable for an encyclopedia - it's a bit promotional and not necessarily a big deal to the average reader. STEM info (talk) 00:01, 16 July 2024 (UTC)


 * This paragraph could be added to the Products and services section, or even as a stand-alone Recognition section.

Thank you again for your help on this and please let me know if anything else is needed before these can be included in the article. SBCornelius (talk) 14:39, 8 July 2024 (UTC)