The Atavist is produced using Periodic Technology, our custom content management system (CMS) and publishing platform. Periodic is available for licensing, and includes the following features:

Anyone can use it: Assemble publications (books, stories, reports, newsletters, etc.), design them, add multimedia, and rapidly export these to a variety of mobile platforms. No design or programming expertise required!

Multidimensional storytelling: Periodic lets you create layers of storytelling—an audiobook, timelines, maps, video and audio clips, zoom-able images, photo galleries, and soundtracks. Just upload your media files, and the platform does the rest.

One-click publishing to multiple platforms: Periodic automatically tailors your content to the iPad, iPhone, iPod, Kindle, Nook, Kobo, Sony, and (soon) Android, and will support new devices as they come to market.

You control the reading experience: Your mobile publication can be based around text, photos, audio, video, or any combination of the above. Any type of media can dominate the experience.

Update/expand/change your content dynamically: A live connection between the iPad/iPhone/Android App and Periodic enables instant in-app updates. Add late-breaking news, epilogues, and author feedback, serialize fiction, or make corrections.

Flexible plug-in architecture: You can choose from our menu of interactive graphics, activities, and widgets or build your own.

Import from whatever software you work in: Our importers will allow you to painlessly translate your content from MS Word, RSS feeds, and other formats/sources into our system.

Hook directly into your existing CMS: Through custom APIs, we can integrate Periodic with your current content management system.

Analytics: Rich analytics allow administrators to track and analyze reader behavior/preferences, so as to adjust content and presentation accordingly.

Want to use Periodic Technology for your publication? Send us an email to license@atavist.net, and we’ll get in touch with a custom quote.