News
June 2008 - e-books to be launched
Stison's rich media flash viewer, more commonly know as an "e-book", is currently in development. This will be put through beta testing at the end of May with a general release set for early June. more....
Stison's e-book program is well under way. Alpha release set deadline May. Beta testing and release June.
May 2008 - Sneak a peek to be launched
Following intensive development from the R&D sneak a peek is set to be launched in May. more....
Sneak a peek will allow small publishers access to tools previously only available to larger retailers. Add sneak a peek to your existing website to allow customers a quick glimpse of the internal content.
This javascript utility will allow publishers to upload a book pdf or pages of a book pdf and have a sneak a peek icon show on books that have this utility available.
"The richer the data, the better the chances are of selling the book" - NetRead
April 2008 - London Book Fair
The London Book Fair is the global publishing community's leading spring forum for booksellers, publishers, librarians and book production services worldwide. Ideally timed to provide you with a concentrated 3-day trading and educational platform offering access to the world's books, real business contacts and shared knowledge.
Stison exhibited on Stand S630. more....
January 2008 - Stison registered as Ltd Company
Stison set up by Streeten Design as a registered company to cater specifically for the needs of the book publishing sector. more....
Stison is formed as a separate brand to cater specifically for the book publishing sector. Making Stison its own brand enables the staff to focus specifically on book publishing thus producing products which meet the demands of this area. Staff also gain more experience in this sector ensuring we have more industry specific staff on hand for your problems.
Company registered number: 6473263
Registered in England and Wales
October 2007 - Stison at Frankfurt Book Fair
Stison visit the Frankfurt Book Fair to meet customers and partners. more....
Two delegates from Stison were at the Frankfurt book fair to see the offerings of other technical suppliers and meet with partners. From the presence at the show it was decided to progress with Web Publisher as a product and to develop other products in tandem to expand Stison's product offering.
July 2007 - Frances Lincoln go live!
Frances Lincoln launches their new website running on Web Publisher. more....
Web Publisher sites are quick to get up and running. Using Frances Lincoln's style templates our developers were able to restyle the front end to the customer's requirements and build in the menu structure that Frances Lincoln required.
Anko Publishing manager generates Onix messages that are uploaded to the site generating the database. Images are uploaded to a folder within the web server and rendered down to the appropriate size. Miles Harrison from Streeten Design says "Web Publisher uses the supplied message to generate clear pages rich in content to help publishers sell their books."
Angela Smith from Frances Lincoln Publishers says "Stison Web Publisher 1.0 offers us a space where we can speek directly to our customers. It enables us to display our complete list to them, to receive direct feedback, and to continually improve the way we work with them."
June 2007 - Web Publisher complete
After three months of intensive development Web Publisher is complete. more....
Streeten Design was contacted by Frances Lincoln to produce an online book site based on the referrals of some of our other customers in the local area. We worked closely with Anko to utilise the generated Onix message to populate a database ready for use on the Frances Lincoln website.
Our work in the print arena suggested this should actually be developed as a product and not a one off solution. Web Publisher was born.
