Playboy Enterprises, Inc. and Bondi Digital Publishing LLC announced the public beta version of PlayboyArchive.com, a website where web viewers can instantly view a collection of digital back issues of Playboy Magazine from each of the years 1954 through 2007 without charge.

In a first for Playboy, readers and fans will be able to go online and instantly browse, search and read a compilation of perfect digital back issues of the magazine, many of which are highly sought-after collectors’ items. Each digital issue in the web archive will appear exactly as it did – including advertisements – in the original print edition of Playboy.

The system loads magazines quickly and users are finding it very easy to navigate. “We are impressed with the way Bondi’s digital publishing web platform presents the digital editions – it’s fast and easy to use. And the resolution Bondi was able to get makes the reading experience enjoyable,” said Leopold Froehlich, Executive Editor.

To bring Playboy to life digitally, Bondi Digital Publishing scanned and re-typed each issue of Playboy.

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