Readers can now download entire magazine in a dynamic, 3-D page-flipping format

(SANTA CLARA, Calif. — August 15, 2006)- E-Book Systems, the leader in Digital Flip® e-publishing technology, announces that Latitude 38, a Northern California sailing magazine, has adopted its 3-D page-flipping format. Latitude 38 can now offer sailors the ability to access the publication while out at sea and sailing all over the world.

Since 1977, Latitude 38 has championed a way of life with a style unique among sailing magazines. With the largest distribution of any marine publication in Northern California, Latitude 38 is now offering its sailing magazine in E-Book Systems’ format.

With E-Book Systems’ Digital Flip® technology, customers can go to www.latitude38.com and click on the “Latitude 38 E-Books” link to read the digital publication. In moments, readers can view the publication just as it would appear in print – complete with real “flipping” pages.

“Latitude 38 was created to educate, inform and entertain those who enjoy life on the water, which also means that our readers are not always in the Northern California area to pick up the latest issue,” says Richard Spindler, publisher of Latitude 38. “Now with E-Book Systems’ technology, our readers can get the latest issue on their computer, no matter where they are sailing. We’ve received lots of positive feedback from our readers on the convenience and user-friendliness of the digital issues and will continue to offer all issues in a digital format.”

E-Book Systems’ Digital Flip® solutions turn printed publications into a digital, multimedia-enhanced 3-D page-flipping format for both online and offline distributions. The company can convert any PDF, Quark, PageMaker, FrameMaker, Word and HTML files into its patented online page-flipping format. The publications can remain online after they are downloaded, which allows readers to click on page links and advertisements. The DigitalFlip® technology can incorporate a variety of multimedia elements, like MID, WAV and MP3 files, to enhance the publication. E-Book Systems’ Digital Rights Management (DRM) solution safeguards content providers’ intellectual properties.

Latitude 38 joins a growing roster of E-Book Systems’ customers, including select Cygnus Business Media publications. For more information, contact E-Book Systems by phone at (408) 625-8000, via email at sales@ebooksys.com or online at www.flipviewer.com.

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About E-Book Systems
E-Book Systems (www.flipviewer.com) was founded in 1998 with a mission to bring the natural look and feel of the paper-based book into the domain of consumer products, computers and the Internet. E-Book Systems’ products make use of its patented Digital Flip® technology to deliver multimedia content such as digital photographs, animations, text, audio and music via a 3-D Page-Flipping interface, which appears as a virtual book. These contents could be streamed or delivered online and offline through E-Book Systems’ OpenFlip? format. E-Book Systems also offers Digital Rights Management, FlipBook tracking ASP services and Flip Enterprise solutions for publishers and corporations. E-Book Systems, a private corporation, has offices in Santa Clara, Calif., Beijing, China and Singapore. Investors include Creative Technology Ltd. (NASDAQ: CREAF) and SOFTBANK Media & Marketing Corporation, a subsidiary of SOFTBANK Corp (TSE: 9984). E-Book Systems’ products are distributed worldwide, including the U.S., Europe, Japan and Asia Pacific Region. For more information, contact Lauren Kinzler of Dittoe PR at (317) 202-2280 or call E-Book Systems at (408) 625-8000, e-mail at info@ebooksys.com.

About Latitude 38
Latitude 38 , first published in 1977, is a monthly magazine with over 200 pages of advertising and editorial information pertaining to marinas, yachts and aquatic traveling. Latitude 38 has the largest distribution of any marine publication in Northern California and distributes about 45,000 copies every month. The magazine is sent out to marine businesses, clubs and recreational areas in Northern California, as well as to Southern California stores and the Pacific Northwest, Hawaii and Mexico. Latitude 38 covers the San Francisco Bay Area and world-class yacht racing scenes, cruising by sailboat locally and worldwide, and sailboat chartering in the United States and abroad. For more information, visit www.latitude38.com.