April 2008: Go ahead and flip the pages, whether of a newspaper or the latest glossy company report.

No, don’t do it with real paper – it’s so wasteful and you kill trees. Do it on your screen with an E-Book reader.

Visually, the reading experience is little different from holding a paperbound copy, except you can store everything neatly on your folders in your hard disk.

E-Book Systems, a Singapore-based software publisher, has seen its so-called book-flipping application used extensively by companies and publishers who enjoy the ease and economy of putting their content as computer display rather than the messy, expensive approach of printing on paper.

Last month, the Today newspaper (the freebie paper that you see stacked up outside MRT stations) becomes one of the latest to use E-Book.

After three months of development, vendor E-Book Systems and MediaCorp Press (publisher of Today) now offers EasyReader, a software platform that presents the newspaper that is virtually like real paper.

A major advantage of EasyReader is its offline access. Users can download the latest TODAY Digital Edition onto their notebooks to read on the go.

Another application using the browser is in annual reports, such as Max Capital Group’s 2007 report (picture).

Reading content on computer screens is painful to the eyes and numbing to the brain. This “unnatural” way of on-screen browsing motivated E-Book Systems co-founder and president, Dr Ho Seng Beng, to search for a more natural, more restful way to display information.

Understanding the aesthetics of the printed book and the sense of thumbing through a book volume, the former university lecturer turned entrepreneur helped found E-Book Systems in 1998.

The company’s core product is a book-like interface for a more positive on-screen reading experience.

The proliferation of electronic documents on the World Wide Web has led to a need for faster reading on screen.

E-Book Systems capitalized on this growing trend by offering its flipping platform. Its services also include document conversion (i.e. converting printed pages to electronic) and helping customers to customise their content.

Dr Ho mentions that E-Book Systems has worked with some of the best in the digital publishing industry such as Anchor Publishing which launched an e-lifestyle magazine (available in the on-line version) for the urban male called “Espresso” in 2007.

“We want to bridge the disparity between print and online publications and combine the best of both worlds with a familiar and easy to use creative presentation coupled with interactive viewer/reader experience,” says Dr Ho.

“With E-Book Systems’ Digital Flip Technology, we are able to bring life to digital content with its ability to integrate multimedia, and display it in a realistic 3D page flipping interface.”

The company’s main product, the FlipViewer Xpress, features an intuitive page-flipping interface that lets you turn pages, rapidly skim content and go directly to a certain page number — just like reading or browsing through a printed publication.

While you are reading the current page, the next few pages are streaming into the PC, so there is no lag time when you “flip” to the next page. You can immediately visit the publishers’ or advertisers’ Web sites by clicking on links on pages and advertisements inside the digital publication.

The latest version of FlipViewer Xpress can incorporate text, images, animation, sound and video into a single media-rich document. Offering Flash object support, FlipViewer Xpress allows the publisher to embed Flash interactive movies or animated advertisements in the FlipBook.

There is a DRM licence management control which has several levels of user permission to prevent data theft.

You can also share a digital book with a friend via e-mail. Your friend can simply read the book using a standard browser without installing any software.

Mr Akira Kamei, COO of E-Book Systems in Japan says initially people in the publishing industry were negative to FlipBook. “But after observing and using the FlipBook, many editors and creators have responded positively. The strong Digital Rights Management (DRM) functions also reinforce their conviction that their intellectual property rights are being protected”.

Adopters of the technology include publishing houses, trade magazines, retailers and media owners.

E-Book Systems also offers publishing tools to companies who want to convert printed publications into its digital 3-D page-flipping format. Customers include Pearson Scott Foresman, Softbank Japan, FHM Germany, CNET China, M2Media 360 and Max Capital Group.

If your company is thinking of using the Digital Flip Technology for newsletters, publications, and catalogues, it will cost you above S$500 for the licensing fee.

Publishers using FlipViewer include Singapore Press Holdings for MyPaper, Eastern Publishing (trade publishing) and Golden Dragon Publishing (lifestyle magazines).

Retailer customers include Carrefour Singapore for its online promotions brochure.

E-Book Systems is gearing towards the expansion phase and hopes to be listed by 2010. In the next few years, marketing efforts will be steered towards deeper penetration in existing markets like US, China, Japan, Korea, Europe and the Asia Pacific region.

Article extracted from Infocomm Singapore Portal

SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–E-Book Systems, Inc., creators of the patented Digital Flip® online publishing technology, announces today the release of its new FlipViewer® Xpress 1.0 digital publication reader. FlipViewer® Xpress 1.0 allows users to view publications, such as magazines, books, newspapers, catalogs and manuals, within a digital 3-D page-flipping format called a FlipBook.

As an ideal way for reading a publication online, FlipViewer® Xpress 1.0 features an intuitive page-flipping interface that lets readers “turn” pages, rapidly skim content and go directly to a certain page number — just like reading or browsing through a printed publication. While users are reading the current page, the next few pages are streaming into the PC, so every page is only a click away. Readers can immediately visit the publishers’ or advertisers’ Web sites by clicking on links on pages and advertisements inside the digital publication.

The latest version of FlipViewer® Xpress has the ability to incorporate a combination of text, images, animation, sound and video into a single media-rich document. Offering Flash object support, FlipViewer® Xpress 1.0 allows the publisher to embed Flash interactive movies or animated advertisements in the FlipBook. This version is also equipped with DRM license management which controls a series of user permissions, zooming and even data encryption to prevent data theft.

Additionally, FlipViewer® Xpress 1.0 allows the user to share any digital publication they are reading with a friend via email. The recipients can simply read the digital publication via their standard browsers without installing any software.

“E-Book Systems’ continuing improvements to FlipViewer® allow consumers to take advantage of the latest enhancements in online publishing technology,” said E-Book Systems President Seng Beng Ho. “We are constantly updating our technology to best serve our customers.”

E-Book Systems has publishing tools available for companies who want to convert printed publications into its digital 3-D page-flipping format. The company also offers in-house conversion services. E-Book Systems’ customers include Pearson Scott Foresman, Softbank Japan, FHM Germany, CNET China, M2Media 360 and Max Capital Group Ltd.

For more information, contact E-Book Systems by phone at (408) 625-8000, via email at sales@ebooksys.com or online at http://www.flipviewer.com/.

About E-Book Systems

E-Book Systems (www.flipviewer.com, http://www.ebooksys.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 on-going corporation has offices in Beijing, China and Singapore. E-Book Systems’ products are distributed worldwide, including the U.S., Europe, Japan and Asia Pacific Region, For more information, contact E-Book Systems at (408) 625-8000 or info@ebooksys.com.

(Santa Clara, Calif. – August 7, 2007) E-Book Systems, the leader in Digital Flip® online publishing technology, announces that Paintball 2Xtremes magazine has adopted its 3-D page-flipping format for its online issues.

Paintball 2Xtremes (PB2X) is dedicated to being the leading provider of paintball news and information, delivered in the most cutting edge and technological formats available.

“We wanted to offer something different to our readers, and putting the magazine online in this format enabled us to provide them with a multimedia experience unlike any other paintball magazine,” said Cheryl Amaya, publisher of Paintball 2Xtremes. “We chose E-Book Systems’ technology because of all the extra elements it has allowed us to incorporate into publishing our digital issues.”

With E-Book Systems’ Digital Flip® solutions, readers can go to www.pb2x.com/digital and automatically download FlipViewer® or Mac FlipViewer® to read the digital editions of the publications. In a matter of moments, readers can view the issues just as they would appear in print — with real “flipping” pages and more.

“Since introducing the digital issues, the reader response has been overwhelmingly positive,” said Amaya. “We’ve seen the numbers for our online subscriptions growing steadily, with a 100% increase in online subscriptions since this option was introduced in the beginning of 2007.”

E-Book Systems’ technology also allows Paintball 2Xtremes to embed music and video clips into the pages of their online issues. The technology also enables advertisers to embed links in their advertisements, making their Web sites one click away for readers. Several advertisers are already embedding music into their ads, opting for the embedded link, and some are working to integrate video clips into their ads.

“In addition to the advantages we are able to offer our advertisers with the digital editions, the possibilities for creating new ways to entertain and educate our readers are endless,” added Amaya. “We’re planning to include video clips to accompany certain articles, for example a video of a paintball tournament to go along with a story on that tournament or videos of products being tested to accompany product reviews.”

In addition to the multimedia advantages offered by the technology, Paintball 2Xtremes’ digital editions allow for the ability to reach more international readers. Due to the higher postage costs for international readers to receive the printed version, the digital edition provides them with a low-cost alternative for receiving the magazine.

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, HTML, Flash and Word 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.

Paintball 2Xtremes joins a growing roster of E-Book Systems’ customers, including Pearson Scott Foresman, Softbank Japan, FHM Germany, CNET China, M2Media 360 and Max Re Capital. 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.

For more information or to subscribe to Paintball 2Xtremes’ digital edition for $9.95 a year, contact the magazine by phone at 888-834-6026, or by email to cheryl@pb2x.com or online at www.pb2x.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.

Paintball 2Xtremes
Paintball 2Xtremes (www.pb2x.com) offers detailed news and information about paintball to readers across the country and internationally. PB2X is a monthly publication in both print and digital formats. The magazine was founded in 2000 and strives to provide readers with knowledge across all areas of the paintball industry, including tech articles, product reviews, professional tournament articles, regional based articles, and world reports.

The nicer-looking your content, the more appealing the photographs, the shorter but more informative the notes and price tags, and you’ve got a marketing tool like no other. In short, the more attention you give your catalog design, the more successful it will be in drawing people to your wares.

But hold on - we’re preaching to the choir here. If you’re in the retail and marketing business, the power of design is something you already understand like the back of your hand.

What you should be aware of then is that with the advent of cutting-edge technology, catalog design can be taken to a whole new level, one that is brimming with new possibilities and extra profits on the horizon. So… ever heard of a flip book?

Errr… What’s A Flip Book?
A flip book is an online document format made special by its many innovative features, making it such a great communication platform. For example, a flip book is so called because of its page flipping functionality. Whereas you have to scroll down to read most other online documents, a flip book acts like a real-world publication where you can flip pages over. Plus, while you read the first few pages, the rest of the book downloads and prepares itself for you.

The ability of a flip book to mimic its offline counterpart and look similarly captivating in the process is what makes it instantly recognizable from other online document formats and a great boon to digital catalog design.

Another great feature of a flip book is that it can also copy the exact layout of a real world catalog (or magazine, newspaper, journal. etc). It is not encumbered by rigid HTML coding for websites and therefore can be made to look just like what you see if you had a catalog in your hands.

Plus, there is a whole range of other features unique to certain flip book software, from DRM (digital rights management) tools to advertising aids to audio and video inclusion – many are available to deepen and enhance the flip book and make it more interactive and satisfying to readers.

How A Flip Book Elevates Catalog Design To A Whole New Level
If you’re a company that relies on catalogs to inform your customers about your products then a flip book digital publishing solution could be just the thing for you to bring your catalog design to the next level. But don’t just go with the first flip book solution you see, shop around and opt for the one that enables you to truly make your catalog design hyper-interactive!

For instance, don’t just opt for page flipping features; go for the digital publishing solution that also enables you to introduce audio and video into your catalog. And what about bookmarking? When people go through your catalog, wouldn’t you want them to be able to mark a certain item or page so they can come back to it easily? Search, highlighting and linking features are also great catalog design elements to have not just for interactivity but to truly encourage the reader to order from your catalog!

One thing is certain: costs will go down as interactivity goes up. And as we all know, when it comes to catalog design, the more engaging your presentation, the more people will respond.

Further, note that flip book technology is a two-way street. Apart from increasing the user experience of your catalog audience, the way they use your flip book catalog also tells YOU many things such as which pages the reader actually read, how many times an ad impression is displayed on the pages, and more.

Catalog Design - Creating Your Catalog Flip Book
Creating your flip book catalog design isn’t as hard as it may sound as most flip book vendors will send you easy to use flip book maker software should you decide to pursue flip book technology. Your catalog design will then only be limited by your imagination. Just remember, think in terms of interactivity. What would your customers want to see and read?

Your online catalog must be a significant improvement on your offline catalog in terms of visual and audio representation. Use the interactivity options to your advantage. Perhaps you can add user ratings next to items or allow a level of buying functionality just like a shopping website - online catalog shopping, if you will.

Your catalog design needn’t be painful or limited to what a traditional offline catalog might look like. It can be the exact opposite. That’s the beauty of flip books – you can mimic real-world publications in style, layout, and design, but make them work even harder for you with media rich elements available nowhere else.

Software is your tool…
Excellent catalog design is your medium…
Positive customer reaction is the goal.

With flip book technology, you can make this goal - and so much more - happen.

Interested? Let’s take a look at that digital publishing option called flip books!

What’s a Flip Book?
A flip book is a cutting-edge digital document format that allows readers to view a computer-based publication just as they would if it were a real document in their hands. You see, through special 3D technology a flip book mimics its real world counterpart in that its pages actually “flip”, just as a real magazine or newspaper’s pages would each time you turn a page.A flip book’s layout can be made to be exactly the same as its offline counterpart. So if this week’s Time magazine looks a certain way you can be guaranteed that a flip book version will look exactly the same, graphics, text, and all (and not like a rigid HTML-based website).

What truly sets flip books apart, however, is the fact that certain digital tools and features can be applied to the document that could never be applied on its offline counterpart. For example, many flip books feature DRM (digital rights management) technology that allows publishers to set parameters and controls over the content. You can also insert audio and video files to make the document more dynamic and engaging, something that can only be achieved in computer-based documents.

This new technology means that anything from famous news magazines to an annual report design can be made to be more appealing and interactive, which certainly wouldn’t hurt especially when trying to communicate with your shareholders who are probably expecting nothing but a tough, boring read.

Spice Up Your Annual Report Design By Showing It Off As A Flip Book
Let’s say that you are in charge of creating your company’s next annual report design. You probably have some templates ready and a rough idea of how it’s all going to look. You may even have a printing company in the stands ready to take care of the whole annual report for you. That’s fine. Just take a moment to consider the possibilities of using flip book technology for your next annual report design.

Ask yourself, do all the shareholders need a paper-based annual report? What if they prefer to read it on a computer? What would be the best way to present the report online without compromising the images you intend to use?

Also, consider the efficiency of using the flip book format for your annual report design. Do you think the company will save a lot in the way of paper and printing costs? Will shareholders appreciate a speedy, up-to-date submission?

The deeper your understanding of a corporate annual report the better you will be able to realize what shareholders want. Invariably, your annual report design will come down to this: something well presented, detailed, and easy to read.

Seems like flip books fit the bill just fine.

Creating Your Annual Report Flip Book
Check any sample annual report and you’ll find it nothing more than text and a few graphics. Now, with a unique ebook creator, you can transform your annual report design into a highly engaging visual treat. Ebook publishing software is easy to use and very intuitive – it’s guaranteed to work well for you and your editorial department. All you need to do is ‘tell’ it what to do.

Do you want audio/video segments on some pages of your annual report design that offer special reports about your company? How about a layout that more resembles your traditional annual financial report (instead of an ugly document with scrollbars and ordinarily spaced text)? You can add color and better define the layout and details at no extra cost too! It’s all computer-based and you’re only limited by your imagination.

The point is: an annual report design no longer has to be boring sheets of paper with crude layouts. Whether you’re writing and designing the Coca Cola annual report or a tiny report that only goes to half a dozen people, you can still choose to show everyone your company really means business by taking the time to present an imaginative and interactive report.

By the late 1990s, magazine companies across the world realized one thing: if they were to survive as players in their respective magazine publishing fields, they had to embrace the internet and online publishing. No longer could a magazine be just an offline entity. There had to be a website people could access anytime, anywhere. And the bigger the magazine brand, the bigger the internet expectations.

If you’re a media outlet or a publishing house whose business is magazine publishing, chances are, you have a website that connects your magazine to the rest of the world. However, as media trends and online publishing technology continue to evolve, so does your need to adapt and fine-tune your presentation.

Online publishing via a website is standard today. But what if you could push your magazine publishing efforts further? What if you had the tools to transmit your real world publication to people in a digital format almost identical to the real thing?

The Flip Book - 21st Century Digital Magazine Publishing
The digital publishing solution known as flip books are a new and cutting-edge way of presenting magazines in digital format. Flip books utilize technology that presents publications over the internet in a way that mimics its offline version.

Basically, a flip book is a media file that can be opened and viewed on a computer as a traditional magazine. Special technology makes the pages “flip” over, just like a real magazine would. As a reader examines the first couple of pages, the rest of the magazine pages load. By the time he is ready to proceed to the next page, every subsequent page will have been streamed and fully loaded for his reading pleasure.

Flip book magazine publishing is better than websites in that you do not need to adhere to HTML structural guidelines, meaning that whatever limitations HTML has, flip books are unencumbered by them. In short, whatever layout style an offline magazine has, a flip book can perfectly simulate it.

The big advantage here for you is that readers get to fully appreciate the look and feel of your publication even if they are reading it over the internet. It also means that readers can access your publication any time, any place – even save for reading later – once it has been fully downloaded.

Furthermore, while flip books look like real world magazines, they have the advantage of being able to incorporate moving objects like animation and video into the pages. This is where digital magazine publishing really comes into its own. For not only will you be able to publish the exact look of your offline magazine but you’ll be able to incorporate media rich elements into the pages to make your publication even more dynamic and engaging.

Online Publishing Monitoring and Protection
Another advantage of using flip book technology is that this particular type of magazine publishing software allows you to set online publishing parameters and control how your publication is viewed and distributed. This is good news for those in the magazine publishing business who have long struggled to find ways to control how their online content is viewed and distributed.

Flip book software usually includes a number of DRM controls which monitor your reader’s handling of your magazine, allowing them only a certain amount of duplication capabilities. Time access can also be manipulated as well as saving options and screen capture features. Copyrights can now be vigorously protected and monitored.

Another tool that is extremely handy is an analyzing tool which comes with the better flip book software packages. This tool helps you identify which advertisements are working and which are not. You can see which pages were viewed in sequence, which ads were viewed most, as well as other amazing things not possible with traditional magazine publishing. You can capitalize on this tool to help build and enhance your magazine’s online publishing and advertising capabilities.

Digital Magazine Publishing – The Wave Of The Future
Seriously, if publishing digital magazines is your business, consider the advantages of pursuing flip books in addition to traditional websites. Not only is the presentation format superior and more dynamic than other digital document formats today, you can also save on money by solely pursuing flip books instead of websites.

This may seem too radical at the moment as most people still enjoy the comfort of a fully functional and comprehensive website, but remember that the magazine publishing industry felt exactly the same way about websites too during the advent of the Internet. Who knows, maybe one day your website will only consist of a few links, the bulk of your publication in flip book format.

Flip books are the future of online publishing. Whether you’re into magazine publishing, newspaper publishing, or even if you are a book publishing company, flip books are a great way of getting your product out to a vast number of readers who would like to enjoy your publication in much the same way as they would offline, page flipping and all.

To many people, a flip book is a multi-paged book with a set of pictures on each sheet that collectively looks like a moving cartoon when the pages are flipped quickly. It’s books like these that got many an artistic grade school student the approval of his classmates… and the ire of his teacher who didn’t appreciate notebooks being made into moving cartoons.

But how about this new digital publishing flip book technology that’s suddenly all so hot and cutting edge?

The Flip Book Lowdown
Before anyone gets confused, the flip book we’re talking about has nothing to do with primitive pencil drawings in a notebook. Rather it’s a new media technology that significantly enhances the modern computer user’s online media experience.

Basically, a flip book is a computer document – a digital publishing solution that visually represents a real world document. For example, a traditional magazine is made up of tangible pages that you can read by flipping them over one by one. A flip book is the computer version of a magazine (or a book, newsletter, trade journa,l etc). The unique ebook publishing software behind flip books presents the same graphics and text layout as a real world document and utilizes 3D technology to deliver digital publications that act just like paper-based publications.

All you have to do is download some special viewing software and load the URL of the particular flip book you want to read. It is online document presentation taken to the next level!

Flip Book Digital Publishing Benefits
A flip book presents a great opportunity for media houses and publishers to make serious headway in online publishing. Most companies utilize the PDF format popularized by Adobe to present ebooks, online newsletters, training materials and the like. What they don’t realize is that while PDF is a great document format, there are so many other things that can be done with a flip book.

For example, a flip book’s pages actually “flip” in 3D. This may not sound like much but you’ll be surprised at how mentally and visually enhancing this feature is. Since page flipping is what happens when real world magazine reading takes place, it provides a connection point between the reader and the document that cannot be simulated otherwise.

Not only does a flip book recreate the familiar page-flipping motion of real world books but the software behind it usually includes an advanced ebook creator that mimics traditional magazine or book layouts. Let’s say you were to digitize your “Sky High” bird watching magazine – you’d get exactly the same look and layout of the real world Sky High version. No compromises in design. No rigid HTML style. No scrollbars.

A flip book also allows for the inclusion of multimedia content like video, audio, and animation for a better, more extensive presentation.

If you’re interested in converting your publication into a flip book, keep in mind that it’s important to select the right flip book maker. Many providers offer a plethora of digital publishing tools. For example, flip book management and tracking tools help content owners assert their rightful control over reader access rights (DRM License Server).

Some flip book makers offer DRM (digital rights management) solutions to protect the intellectual properties of content providers, and help enforce copyright protection for online and offline distribution of files in digital format. Readers will have only a certain amount of control over their file copies and cannot replicate more than a certain amount of a single file. Screen capture can be monitored and savings rights and time-limited access will be implemented. This means a publisher’s material will be protected in the most comprehensive way possible without scaring off current and/or potential readership.

Furthermore, built-in technology that aids in advertising may be included in certain flip books (magazines, journals, etc). Special analyzing software can be used to monitor readers’ usage of your flip books - sequence of viewed, how much time was spent on ad impressions, etc. - so that you can effectively manage your ad campaigns and see how future ad strategies can be implemented.

Why Flip Book Technology Is Best For Your Digital Publishing Needs
Flip books are quite simply more interactive and engaging than traditional online documents. In addition, they provide publishers with an extensive amount of DRM tools and advertising aids that can truly work wonders in the world of digital publishing.

If you’re looking to digitize your current publication, whether a magazine, book, or newspaper, remember this: you don’t have to settle for HTML websites or stoic e-book formats. You can spice up your presentation, engage your reader, and keep tight control over your publication rights, distribution, and ad strategies all with a flip book maker.

Leave your competition behind. Make your publication stand out by presenting it the way all online documents should be – with no compromise in style, layout, or copyright integrity.

Flip book technology could be just the thing for you to make a resounding splash in today’s highly competitive realm of digital publishing so try it!

(SANTA CLARA, Calif. — April 30, 2007) E-Book Systems, the leader in Digital Flip® online publishing technology, announces today that Christianity Today International has adopted its 3-D page-flipping format for its online catalog. As one of the top Christian online destinations, Christianity Today International offers publications and products that appeal to a wide variety of audiences, ranging from senior pastors to families and college-bound teens.

With E-Book Systems’ Digital Flip® technology, readers can automatically download FlipViewer® or Mac FlipViewer® to read the digital catalog. In a matter of moments, readers can view the entire catalog just as it appears in the printed version — with real “flipping” pages.

“E-Book Systems has improved the online and catalog shopping experience for our customers,” said Sandra Hoekstra, Christianity Today International’s Marketing Coordinator. “The catalog is attractive, customizable and provides an appealing alternative to traditional e-mail promotions.”

The technology also enables Christianity Today International to track sales that result from specific promotions through the use of tracking links.

“We wanted a cost-efficient alternative to direct mail for distributing our catalog,“ said Hoekstra. “E-Book Systems has an easy-to-understand Web site describing their product and services, which we recognized met our needs of creating an electronic catalog.”

With FlipViewer®, users can view any PDF, HTML, Flash and Word file in the page-flipping format. Digital Flip® technology allows publishers to incorporate a variety of multimedia elements, like MID, WAV and MP3 files, to enhance online publications that can be viewed by users of FlipViewer®, Mac FlipViewer® and FlipViewer® BV (Browser Version).

E-Book Systems has publishing tools available for companies who want to convert printed publications into its digital 3-D page-flipping format. The company also offers in-house conversion services.

Christianity Today International joins a growing roster of E-Book Systems’ customers, including Pearson Scott Foresman, Softbank Japan, FHM Germany, DuPont Registry, CNET China, M2Media 360 and Max Re Capital.

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. To learn more about Christianity Today International, visit www.christianitytoday.com.

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About E-Book Systems
E-Book Systems (www.flipviewer.com, http://www.ebooksys.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 on-going corporation has offices in Beijing, China and Singapore. 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 E-Book Systems at (408) 625-8000 or info@ebooksys.com.

About Christianity Today International
Christianity Today International (www.christianitytoday.com), provides evangelical thought leaders a sense of community, coherence, and direction through thoughtful, biblical commentary on issues and through careful, caring reporting of the news. Christianity Today International’s mission is to engage, encourage, and equip the church worldwide, sharing the depth and transforming power of the Gospel as it permeates all spheres of life.

(SANTA CLARA, Calif. — March 28, 2007)- E-Book Systems, Inc., creators of the patented Digital Flip® online publishing technology, announces today the release of its FlipViewer® 4.0 digital publication reader.  FlipViewer® allows users to view publications, such as magazines, books, newspapers, catalogs and manuals, within a digital 3-D page-flipping format.

As an ideal way for reading a publication online, FlipViewer® features an intuitive page-flipping interface that lets readers “turn” pages, rapidly skim content and go directly to a certain page number — just like reading or browsing through a printed publication.  While users are reading the current page, the next few pages are streaming into the PC, so every page is only a click away.  Users can also perform keyword searches, bookmark pages, highlight passages and add comments using a virtual notepad.  Readers can immediately visit the publishers’ or advertisers’ Web sites by clicking on links on pages and advertisements inside the digital publication.

The latest version of FlipViewer® features improvements to FlipViewer® Library, the system that manages the FlipBook digital publications.  The improved user interface looks and functions similar to the user interface of popular media player applications, allowing users to create a variety of folders to organize their FlipBooks and sort publications by genre or publisher.  FlipViewer® Library now also automatically checks for new issues, so users never miss a new copy of their favorite FlipBook publications. 

Additionally, FlipViewer® 4.0 has new skins and icon sets, along with streamlined user interface, improved support for Windows Vista and on the fly decryption for DRM protected MP3 files.

With FlipViewer®, users can view any PDF, HTML, Flash and Word file in the page-flipping format. Digital Flip® technology allows publishers to incorporate a variety of multimedia elements, like MID, WAV and MP3 files, to enhance online publications that can be viewed by users of FlipViewer®, Mac FlipViewer® and FlipViewer® BV (Browser Version).

“E-Book Systems’ continuing improvements to FlipViewer® allow consumers to take advantage of the latest enhancements in online publishing technology,” said Seng Beng Ho, president of E-Book Systems. “These new features, particularly the improvements in the FlipViewer® Library, dramatically improve the overall user experience.”

E-Book Systems has publishing tools available for companies who want to convert printed publications into its digital 3-D page-flipping format. The company also offers in-house conversion services. E-Book Systems’ customers include Pearson Scott Foresman, Softbank Japan, FHM Germany, DuPont Registry, CNET China, M2Media 360 and Max Re Capital.

For more information, contact E-Book Systems by phone at (408) 625-8000, via email at
sales@ebooksys.com or online at http://www.flipviewer.com/.

Recommended System Requirements:
 * IBM PC compatible with 1 GHz microprocessor
* 512 MB RAM or more
* 32-bit color display adaptor
* 1024 x 768 pixels screen area
* Windows 2000/XP/Vista

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About E-Book Systems
E-Book Systems (www.flipviewer.com, http://www.ebooksys.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 on-going corporation has offices in Beijing, China and Singapore. 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 E-Book Systems at (408) 625-8000 or info@ebooksys.com.

(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.