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title: How about a “YouTube” for printed documents?
url: https://www.grahamjones.co.uk/2008/blog/general/how-about-a-youtube-for-printed-documents.html
date: 2008-03-23T07:27:00+00:00
modified: 2008-03-23T07:27:00+00:00
lang: en_GB
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# How about a “YouTube” for printed documents?

YouTube has undoubtedly been a success. So too has iTunes. But they both only deal with video and audio. Human beings, however, use printed materials in vast amounts - perhaps more than video and audio. So wouldn't it be fantastic if there were an equivalent of YouTube but for printed documents?

Well guess what - there is! It is called "Issuu" and as you can see from the picture below I've started to use it to upload my documents.

[![](http://static.issuu.com/webembed/previewers/style1/v1/m1.gif)](http://issuu.com)[![](http://static.issuu.com/webembed/previewers/style1/v1/m2.gif)](http://issuu.com/grahamjones/docs/support?mode=embed&documentId=080323072310-349373c0ffa2402886991d36d48358a2&layout=white)[![](http://static.issuu.com/webembed/previewers/style1/v1/m3.gif)](http://issuu.com/embed/guide?documentId=080323072310-349373c0ffa2402886991d36d48358a2&width=425&height=301)

You'll see that you can flip over the pages to read them online, with a handy magnifier. Or you can press the print button to have a paper copy. And, if you like, you can email yourself or a friend a copy.

Even better, [Issuu](http://issuu.com/grahamjones) has social networking capabilities so you can notify your friends and contacts about your latest publications. People can even subscribe to an RSS feed of your publications - ideal for newsletters and other regular publications.