Associating an online publication with a print publication

A print publication application comprising:

• a network interface coupled to a web server via a network to receive from a publisher, via a web interface, a request that identifies first data comprising first content to be published as at least part of an online publication at an online publication address;
• a data fetcher coupled with the network interface to receive the request from the network interface and to fetch the first data in response to the request;
• a data generator coupled with the data fetcher to receive the first data from the data fetcher and to automatically generate second data based on the first data, the second data including at least a portion of the first content and also including a string of characters other than the online publication address;
• a rendering module coupled to the data generator to receive the second data from the data generator and to render the second data to allow the publisher to publish the second data as a print publication, the rendering module to provide the second data to the publisher via the web interface, whereby the string of characters will be available to a user and facilitate access to said online publication;
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• a publication mapper coupled to the network interface to receive the string of characters from the user, via the web server and to cause an online publication application to automatically present, via the web server, the online publication to the user based on the string of characters.

A machine-readable medium containing instructions which, when executed by a processing system, cause the processing system to perform a method, the method comprising:

• receiving from a publisher, a request that identifies first data to be published via a network as an online publication;
• in response to the request, obtaining the first data and automatically generating second data based on the first data, the second data including a string of characters to locate the online publication as published, via the network;
• providing the second data to the publisher to allow the publisher to publish the second data as a print publication;
• receiving the string of characters from a user, via the network;
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• based on the string of characters, automatically presenting the online publication to the user.

A print publication system, comprising:

• an interface means for receiving, from a publisher, a request that identifies first data to be published via a network as an online publication, and for receiving from a user, a string of characters to locate the online publication as published, via the network;
• a fetching means for obtaining the first data, and in response to the request;
• a data generating means for automatically generating second data based on the first data, the second data including the string of characters;
• a rendering means for providing the second data to the publisher to allow the publisher to publish the second data as a print publication;
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• web interface means for automatically presenting the online publication to the user, based on the string of characters.