See the greatest collection
of publishing technology and services
ever assembled in Canada!

 

Invest in your future by visiting the Masthead Exhibit Hall held at Mags University on June 2 and 3. This year’s Exhibit Hall features a world-class mix of Canadian, U.S. and European technologies and services focused on meeting today’s publishing realities.

 

From digital editions to content management; distribution to green papers and printing; web search to stock images, you’ll see it all and more at the Exhibit Hall—the only trade show for publishers and their staff!

 

The Exhibit Hall is completely free to attend for registered Mags U delegates or if you pre-register at MagsU.com.

 

PLUS: Get professional advice from our free drop-in clinics staffed by experts in Cover Design, Web Content and Mail Distribution. And fuel up on coffee and refreshments. Only in the Exhibit Hall!

 

Exhibit Hall Hours:
Monday, June 2: 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Tuesday, June 2: 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

 

Who’s at the show? Read on! Many exhibitors are NEW to Mags U. Then drop by to see demos and meet face-to-face with suppliers who will answer your questions. For updates, visit MagsU.com and click “Exhibit Hall.”

 

3deltaE and Digital Solutions
Booth 53
The easiest way to achieve SWOP and GRAcoL7 certification for in-house and remote proofing requirements will be presented using the EFI ColorProof XF proofing system and the EFI Validation Media. The industry’s leading digital proofing system EFI ColorProof XF with BestColor Technology is renowned for its unique quality and performance. You can use EFI ColorProof XF as your main colour management system. The intuitive user interface makes getting started easy and in no time at all you will be assured of the very best results for your various applications and a whole host of printers. www.3deltae.com

Access Copyright
Booth 43
Access Copyright, The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency, was established in 1988 to license public access to copyright protected works. Our licenses provide users with immediate, legal and economical access to excerpts from published works while ensuring that copyright owners are fairly compensated for that use. Access Copyright represents the reproduction rights interests of more than 8,000 Canadian creators and publishers, as well as those of copyright owners around the globe. www.accesscopyright.ca

Advanced Publishing Corp.
Booth 3
Advanced Publishing is a premier digital edition service provider that leads the way in providing rich innovative digital editions using its state of the art RIDE(R) product. Our turnkey service includes everything a publisher needs to provide fully interactive versions of their print publications with the highest quality images, best quality video, extensive real-time statistics and fastest worldwide delivery. In addition, our engage email marketing service allows publishers to create and manage digital communications including e-marketing campaigns, e-newsletters, polls and surveys. www.advancedpublishing.com

Annex Publishing & Printing
Booth 17
Annex Printing specializes in the printing of short- to medium-run sheetfed magazines. It offers everything publishers need to get their magazines from their desktops to readers, and has developed a reputation for trust. Whether you’re a new publisher needing some advice to get started, or you are a seasoned veteran looking to improve your bottom line, Annex invites you to give one of its customer service reps a call. Concerned about the environment?  Well, Annex Printing is and we have stepped up our efforts and are now FSC Certified. Give us a call and see how we can help you get your next issue printed on recycled paper at no extra cost! www.annexweb.com

Audit Bureau of Circulations
Booth 44
ABC is a not-for-profit, tripartite association of advertisers, advertising agencies and publishers. Its purpose is to set standards by which circulation and other data from member publishers may be audited; verify facts and figures through field auditors’ examination of all pertinent records, and report these facts and figures through regularly published standardized reports. www.accessabc.com

Bard Business Solutions   
Booth 18
Bard’s latest Magazine Manager 5.0 is an all-in-one integrated management solution for advertisers, rate cards, volumes and issues, contracts,  production, subscriptions, scheduling, articles, invoices and reports. Magazine Manager 5.0 is available for Apple and Windows platforms. The power of this application is derived from the philosophy that you “enter data once and use it many times.” www.bardsolutions.com

Canada Post
Booth 4
Canada Post’s Publications Mail is designed and priced for news and information periodicals. Whether you’re mailing newspapers, magazines or newsletters to subscribers, non-subscribers or news dealers, our professional letter carriers deliver reliably to every address in Canada. This includes households, apartments, rural routes and PO boxes, many addresses that our competition cannot deliver to. For delivery that gives you a competitive advantage Publications Mail delivers cost-effectively to more of your readers than any other service in Canada. And, you can use many of our other services to build readerships, improve advertising revenues, and streamline shipping processes. www.canadapost.ca

Canadian Business Press
Booth 11
Canadian Business Press represents the interests of the Canadian business, professional and farm press. Over 130 business publications produced by large, medium-sized and small companies from across the country benefit from its services. All Canadian business publications, members or not, receive periodic bulletins on important issues from the association. The organization promotes the interests of the business press with various levels of government and works to promote the business press as a medium for advertising. The CBP offers professional development through Magazines University and provides information services, such as special bulletins on postal and legislative affairs, by e-mail. A website keeps members informed about CBP activities, career opportunities, association resources, provides a catalogue of member publications and features a forum for discussion of industry issues. The annual Kenneth R. Wilson Awards program recognizes excellence in writing and graphic design. www.cbp.ca

CCAB/BPA Worldwide
Booth 1
The Canadian Circulations Audit Board (CCAB) is a not-for-profit circulation auditing organization serving over 500 Canadian consumer magazines, business publications, community and daily newspaper members. Internationally, BPA has the largest membership of any media auditing organization in the world with 5,300 media properties and media buyers in over 30 countries. CCAB is the only Canadian provider of circulation auditing with two full-service Canadian offices staffed by Canadians to serve our membership. We help our members sell more advertising! Contact Neil Ta at 416-487-2418 ext 228 or nta@bpaww.com. www.bpaww.com

Convera
Booth 2
Convera is the leading provider of hosted vertical search services for specialist publishers. Many of the world’s leading publishers, including Incisive Media, Advanstar, Informa, Lebhar-Friedman, CMPMedica and John Wiley & Co, are working with Convera to build custom vertical search applications that generate new Web traffic and additional online revenues. www.convera.com

Department of Canadian Heritage
Booth 32
Representatives from the Department of Canadian Heritage will be available to answer questions about departmental funding programs for the magazine publishing industry. www.canadianheritage.gc.ca

Dollco Printing
Booth 60
Dollco Printing is one of Canada’s largest privately owned companies offering the most comprehensive suite of printing services under one roof. Dollco has been supplying turnkey print solutions to its customers for over 50 years and is a forerunner in environmentally friendly print processes. We are Eco logo certified and offer a large selection of FSC certified paper. Our in-house services include everything from prepress to digital, multiple web and sheetfed printing, and a complete range of data, mailing and distribution capabilities. Our broad expertise and responsive customer service are just a few of the features Dollco can offer you. Come meet us at our booth 60 for a chance to win a trip to the Nation’s Capital, and an event of your choice. Tel: 1-800-267-2751 or visit www.dollco.com.

General Printers
Booth 52
Measure. Match. Maintain. General Printers has installed a second 8-colour Heidelberg perfector. Using spectrophotometric scanning technology, we can calibrate our digital workflow directly to our presses. By scanning press sheets, we are able to maintain colour consistency throughout the press run. We can print multiple forms of the same magazine simultaneously on both 8-colour presses with colour matched by the GPerfect system. GPerfect—the highest level in print colour management. Printing by the numbers—colour you can count on. www.generalprinters.ca

Getty Images
Booth 23
Getty Images is the world’s leading creator and distributor of still imagery, footage and multi-media products, as well as a recognized provider of premium digital content, including music and entertainment video footage. Getty Images has award-winning photographers and content to help customers produce inspiring work which appears every day in the world’s most influential magazines, newspapers, advertising campaigns, films, television programs, books and Web sites. Visit our lounge at Mags U for a complimentary and personalized consultation on how to utilize this content and create a flexible and affordable solution to increase your publication’s buying power. www.gettyimages.com

Ironstone Media
Booth 40
Ironstone Media is one of Canada’s leading publication printers, making its mark as Web Offset in 1961. Featuring a technologically advanced front to back operation Ironstone Media combines quality with efficiency through its digital prepress, state of the art web and sheetfed presses and complete in-house bindery department. A pioneer in the electronic age, Ironstone Media’s powerful digital edition technology gets its clients’ products online, maintaining the look of the printed version while enhancing its function and appeal with an array of multimedia components. www.ironstonemedia.com

Jupiterimages
Booth 62
Think Bigger, Think Jupiter. Connect your boundless imagination to our exclusive imagery and find ideas at large. Creatively express the originality of your concepts with our rights-managed images from premium collections such as The Beauty Archive, Botanica, FoodPix and Workbook Stock. If you prefer royalty-free, then rely on the immense diversity of millions of our images to kindle ideas from high-quality collections like BananaStock, Brand X Pictures, Comstock Images and Goodshoot. Our increasingly popular Jupiterimages Unlimited, the ultimate collection of royalty-free imagery, offers images by subscription. Fill your image needs and, at the same time, enjoy a sigh of budget relief.  Connect with us at www.jupiterimages.com.

Managing Editor, Inc.
Booth 65
MEI provides innovative pagination and editorial management software to publishers in magazine and other markets in more than 60 countries. MEI’s offerings include:
-The K4 Publishing System, a high-performance database solution that integrates Adobe® InDesign® and InCopy® for collaborative design and editorial workflows. K4, developed by SoftCare GmbH, has more than 11,000 users worldwide. MEI is the exclusive distributor of K4 in the Americas. Customers include Condé Nast, Hearst magazine division, Rogers Media and Transcontinental Media.

-The Page Director® Series of Advertising and Classified Layout Systems, for automated ad placement and issue planning. ALS for Magazines is a version of the software especially optimized for magazine production.  MEI is an Adobe Systems portfolio company. www.maned.com

Mi5 Digital Communications
Booth 45
Our Secret is Service. Litho and Wide Format Print Experts. Mi5 Digital Communications has been servicing the magazine community since 1969. With over 35 staff members our production team has been working in print for nearly 40 years. Our experience allows us to tackle projects quickly and confidently no matter what the challenge.  We have an impressive list of equipment in both traditional litho and digital formats. We pride ourselves on providing a one-stop solution at low prices guaranteed to impress our magazine customers. At Magazine U we will highlight our ability to efficiently print your high quality magazine at a low price. Visit us online at: www.mi5digital.ca

MINT-NA – FotoWare – LaidBack
Booth 16
MINT-NA distributes, implements and services the Digital Asset Management and workflow management solutions from leading FotoWare and LaidBack Solutions in Canada. Utilize our solutions to manage your image, PDF, video, audio and Microsoft Office documents workflow. From automated color management and image acquisition to web sharing and distribution of digital assets, we cover the full range of services to the magazine industry. Our FotoWare version 6 solutions are 100% compatible with the Adobe CS3 suite and the Digital Image Submission Criteria (DISC) for standardizing still image manipulations for magazines.  Come visit us at booth 16 and get a chance to win a free copy of FotoStation 6.0, a CAD$580 value. www.mint-na.com

National Association of Major Mail Users
Booth 13
Sponsor: Mailing Clinic
Celebrating 25 Years! NAMMU is the voice of the Canadian mailing industry, representing the business interests of end users and the supplier infrastructure, from concept through execution. The Canadian mailing industry represents more than 500,000 jobs and contributes more than 85 per cent of the revenue and volume of Canada Post Corporation, as well as a significant portion of other distributors’ income. The NAMMU Publications Mail & Catalogue Council represents every component in the publishing chain, and as such, can easily evaluate and model solutions, as well as provide impact assessment on each publishing activity for any given proposal, adding significant value to joint industry-CPC efforts. Visit us at booth 13 and ask about our on-site new member special. Stop by the MAIL CLINIC or the NAMMU booth and celebrate our 25 years of industry accomplishments with us. www.nammu.org

Nstein Technologies
Booth 64
Nstein Technologies (TSX-V: EIN) develops and markets multilingual solutions that power online publishing for the most prestigious newspapers, magazines, and content-driven organizations. Nstein’s prestigious client portfolio includes today's largest publishers such as Medias Transcontinental, Canoe, Reader’s Digest, ImpreMedia, Condé Nast and Hachette Filipacchi. Nstein’s solutions generate new revenue opportunities and reduce operational costs by enabling the centralization, management and automated indexing of digital assets. Nstein partners with clients to design a complete online strategy for success using publishing industry best practices for the implementation of its Web Content Management, Digital Asset Management and Text Mining Engine products. www.nstein.com

Nxtbook Media
Booth 21
Nxtbook Media, LLC transforms the way people read on the Internet. Working with magazine publishers, catalog publishers and corporate marketers, we find ways to leverage traditional print material for optimized use online. We provide our publishers with a service that reduces their costs while simultaneously expanding the reach and effectiveness of their materials. In doing so, the readers of our digital editions enjoy a media-rich experience that returns them to our publishers time and time again. Nxtbook Media is headquartered in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and has customers world-wide. The owners of Nxtbook Media have enjoyed fifteen years of business-to-business magazine publishing success and this experience comes to the forefront in our digital magazine offering—the Nxt solution in digital publishing. www.nxtbookmedia.com

PointOne Graphics
Booth 34
Our 18-year legacy in pre-press and printing, as well as an award for being one of Canada’s fastest growing companies attests to our commitment to our customers—we’re serious about printing! The big news at PointOne Graphics Inc. is the new Man Roland web press. PointOne provides flexibility for publications before they go on press. With 16-page capability, five printing units and perfing, remoistenable gluing, folding and sheeting all in-line, the new web completes PointOne’s full-service capabilities. PointOne Graphics Inc. 70,000 square foot building also houses a state-of-the-art prepress department and full bindery. PointOne Graphics holds FSC chain-of-custody certification. The FSC logo identifies products that contain wood from responsibly managed forests independently certified in accordance with the rules of the Forest Stewardship Council. www.point-one.com

Quebecor World
Booth 30
As an established leader in every magazine market segment in North America, Quebecor World is truly a world-class print solution provider. Our dedicated account management team understands the customers’ needs and has excelled at servicing both large and small publishers. Quebecor World offers complete end-to-end technology solutions including pre-media facilities, management and co-mail. With an integrated coast-to-coast print network, Quebecor World is geared for quality high-speed, flexible print production and distribution. www.quebecorworld.com

Sappi Fine Paper
Booth 15
Sappi Fine Paper North America, the leading manufacturer of coated free sheet papers for the magazine industry, along with our merchant partner Buntin Reid will introduce Flo, a new publication grade. New Flo is available in sheets and web from 40lb to 80lb basis weight with 10% PCW and FSC certification. Sappi will also introduce a new 90lb basis weight Aero high bulk magazine cover designed for newsstand rigidity and lighter weight shipping. More information can be obtained at www.sappi.com

Spring Global Mail
Booth 12
Servicing over 200 countries, Spring handles an average of 20 million mail items each week. With over 60 International Sorting Centres strategically located around the globe, Spring’s proprietary network includes Direct Local Injection and Hand Delivery Services in many countries. If you need to send mail or parcels anywhere around the globe, simply give us your shipment and we will get it there—wherever you choose and however you want. To locate a knowledgeable Spring consultant nearest you, please feel free to call 1-888-624-5327. Other information is also readily available by visiting our website at ww.springglobalmail.com.

Stocko
Booth 33
Stocko Inc. is the first Canadian artist-owned illustration representation group that caters to all print and digital media. Stocko was born out of a need to increase the exposure of local illustration talent and to help and encourage the ambitions of unique, upcoming professionals. Stocko, founded by Jason Schneider, a multi award-winning Canadian illustrator with over 19 years of illustration experience, has worked with North America’s leading periodicals, magazines and trade publications. The Stocko family currently consists of Canada’s best illustrators, info-graphic, storyboard, caricaturists, digital modelers, cartoonists and digital animators. www.stocko.cc

Texterity
Booth 55
Texterity is a leading provider of digital publishing solutions, creating, hosting, and tracking more than 850 digital editions, including 650 consumer and B2B magazines. Texterity’s Published Web Format transforms the printed page into a vivid replica that can be quickly searched, saved, or shared using a standard web browser.  Enhanced with multimedia, advertiser links, circulation tools, and social networking connections, this highly interactive web experience is delivered instantly to readers while publishers enjoy lower costs, more reach, “plus” revenue, and less environmental impact. Texterity, Inc. is an EContent magazine  “Top 100 Company.” Phone 1-800-455-5450. www.texterity.com

Torstar Direct Services
Booth 10
Torstar Direct Services, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation, is GTA’s premier newsstand distributor of free publications. The experts at TDS are Newstand Distribution Specialists who offer full service circulation/distribution services to newspaper and magazine publishers. Our distribution network offers 2,000 Dream Box locations, thousands of retail outlets and exclusive access to the TTC and GO Transit Systems reaching hundreds of thousands of commuters daily. Only TDS can offer free publishers exclusive distribution inside the Toronto Transit subway and GO train system. TDS offers clients premier advertising opportunities within Gateway TTC newsstands. Contact Connie Fancy at cfancy@starmediagroup.ca to discuss your distribution needs. www.torstardirect.com

Trade Secret Printing
Booth 20
At Trade Secret Printing, we have the equipment and skilled professionals necessary to take responsibility for your entire project in house, from start to finish, thus improving turnaround time and ensuring the highest quality. We are proud to announce the installation of our newest press, a 5-colour Goss Sunday 2000 heatset web press, ideal for efficient, competitive publication printing. Combined with our existing prepress, printing and bindery serv-ices, we are the one-stop shop for all your printing needs, including magazines, presentation folders, brochures and more. FSC certified. Visit our booth at Mags U to learn what’s new in printing for publishers. www.tsprinting.ca.

Transcontinental Printing
Booth 50
Transcontinental, the leading catalog and magazine printer in Canada, has the capacity to handle any type of publication and any size of run. We help publishers increase efficiency and reduce costs at every step of the workflow process and their publications’ lifecycle. With premedia workflow solutions and tools like Virtual Edge Press Side Proofing, postal optimization strategies along with revenue-enhancing opportunities ranging from personalization options to MetalFX®, Transcontinental is focused on helping publishers succeed. Visit transcontinental-printing.com/magazine.

TransMedia Group Ltd.
Booth 54
TransMedia is a North American newsstand distributor with national exposure and a reputation for personal attention. It offers direct to specialty retailers and subscription services and has helped publishers improve their newsstand performance since 1986. From sales and distribution to break-up and traffic management, TransMedia prides itself on ensuring client magazines are seen on today’s highly competitive newsstands across North America. www.transmedia-group.com

Warren’s Waterless Printing
Booth 63
As Canada’s only dedicated waterless printer, Warren’s Waterless Printing is committed to providing an environmentally responsible print alternative with a promise to deliver enhanced quality, customer service excellence and superior value. At Warren’s being environmentally responsible does not come at a higher price; in fact, it simply makes good business sense. Explore the ways in which Warren’s can enhance your business, while ensuring your company is effectively contributing to environmental stewardship. We welcome you to visit us at www.warrenswaterless.com.