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.yuduFreedom - It’s Like YouTube for Print!*

by Valto

May 16th, 2008

A few weeks ago, I was reading a news article about YUDU. It sounded interesting, so I took a closer look.

YUDU is a free web service where you can upload your PDF file and have it converted into a digital magazine/publication, so that you can read it directly within your browser without downloading the actual PDF file. You may have seen similar readers used in the virtual versions of some of your favorite magazines.

It’s not just cool, it’s also free!

I have seen similar tools and services before, but this one is online and it’s free to use and publish! You simply upload your PDF file and then wait to get an email with the URL that will point directly to your new, virtual publication.

It creates a virtually identical copy of the publication where you can browse through pages with cool page-turn effects, zoom in to take a closer look, etc. It also converts texts like www.domain.com into clickable links, even if the original PDF did not have embedded URLs.

It will also help to save the forests, because it means using less paper.

Try this one and let me know what you think about YUDU.