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

(SANTA CLARA, Calif. — September 28, 2006) E-Book Systems, the leader in Digital Flip® e-publishing technology, announces that Bluebook International Inc. is issuing the Homeowner and Professional Cost Guides using its Web-based 3-D page-flipping format.

Bluebook provides accurate “on demand” residential cost analysis & value reports for nearly 91 percent of the nation’s single family residences. With over 90,000 customers using their property cost data services, Bluebook is now offering both the Homeowner Cost Guide and Professional Guide in E-Book Systems’ FlipBook format.

E-Book systems offers an easier and more affordable means of getting information to Bluebook’s customers. By providing their Cost Guides in a digital, page-flipping format, Bluebook will cut a significant amount on printing and shipping costs, not to mention real time distribution to their readers and dynamic adjustments to cost data.

With E-Book Systems’ Digital Flip® solutions, readers can go to www.bluebook.net and click on the “E-Book Solutions” link to download FlipViewer® or Mac FlipViewer®. The Homeowner Cost Guide can be downloaded for $19.95, and the Professional Cost Guide is available for $39.95. In a matter of moments, readers can view the entire report just as it would appear in print — with real “flipping” pages.

“As a global leader within the insurance and construction industries, it is important that we consider the cost, as well as effectiveness of printed publications versus online ones,” says Mark A. Josipovich, president and chief executive officer of Bluebook International Inc. “With changes
that occur within these industries nearly every day, E-Book Systems’ technology provides our customers with the ability to get the updated information they want, when they want it.”

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 Digital Flip® 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.

Bluebook 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 Bluebook International Inc.
Bluebook International Inc. (http://www.bluebook.net/) was founded in 1964 by Daniel and Dorothy Josipovich as “The Bluebook of Cleaning, Reconstruction and Repair costs.” Today, Bluebook International has become a global leader within the insurance and construction industries with products and services that nearly a half-million industry professionals know and trust. The 2006 Bluebook contains over 100,000 prices presented in 84 trades and 680 categories.