NEW YORK, June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- (PC Expo) -- Franklin Electronic
Publishers, Inc. (Amex: FEP), the leading worldwide provider of handheld
eBooks, and St. Martin's Press, one of the ten largest publishers in the
United States, are working together to make St. Martin's vast library of
electronic content available for Franklin's eBookMan(R) multimedia content
reader. St. Martin's Press/Tor Books maintain an extensive eBook catalog that
spans a wide range of reading interests and the relationship could provide
eBookMan users a refreshing new line-up of new and backlist titles. By
working with Franklin's eBookMan secure platform, St. Martin's/Tor continue
their leadership role in expanding the availability of digital content in an
open marketplace that protects copyrights.
"Franklin's approach to distributing copyright protected digital media
allows us to work with the publishing community and together, we will take the
steps needed to provide the content consumers demand," said Elizabeth Mackey,
Franklin's vice president of content acquisition. "Franklin is committed to
providing a secure platform that protects the rights of the authors and
publishers and we look forward to a working relationship with St. Martin's
Press."
"We're very excited about Franklin's new product," said Jeff Gomez, eBooks
and Print on Demand Manager for St.Martin's Press/Tor. "And as one of the
leaders and pioneers in the emerging eBooks industry, it makes perfect sense
that SMP/Tor team up with Franklin in order to make our titles available to
customers today, as well as to a whole new generation of readers in the
future."
Robert Ludlum, one of the top thriller writers of his generation, is just
one of the best-selling authors on St. Martin's roster that eBookMan users
will have access to. Ludlum published his first thriller in 1971 and has
since written 21 bestsellers including The Hades Factor, The Prometheus
Deception and The Cassandra Compact. All of Ludlum's novels are still in
print.
About St. Martin's Press
St. Martin's Press and Tor are divisions of Holtzbrinck Publishers, a U.S.
subsidiary of Verlagsgruppe Georg Von Holtzbrinck, GmbH. Holtzbrinck
Publishers includes the trade publishing houses of Henry Holt and Company, St.
Martin's Press, Tor, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, the academic and scholarly
publishing company Palgrave, and the distribution company VHPS.
About eBookMan
eBookMan(R) is a multimedia content player offering mass-market audiences
a robust feature set and an optimal display screen at an affordable price.
All three eBookMan(R) models have a large 240 x 200 pixel LCD that displays
87 percent more information than a typical handheld. Each model gives
consumers a vehicle to download thousands of electronic books, audio books and
musical works, to synchronize between users' personal information manager
programs and Microsoft(R) Outlook(R), to record and play voice memos and to
write notes easily with natural handwriting recognition. Franklin's open but
secure architecture also enables publishers and developers to offer more
titles in a protected environment.
The entry model, EBM-900, with a suggested retail price of $129.95,
includes a microphone, speaker, headphone jack, multimedia memory card for
memory expansion, a USB port and 8 MB of built-in memory. The EBM-901, with a
suggested retail price of $179.95, adds a backlit, polarized display and
additional free books. The flagship model, the EBM-911, suggested to retail
for $229.95, offers 16MB of memory and even more free content.
eBookMan won the eBook Technology Award from the International eBook Award
Foundation at the Frankford Book Fair in October 2000.
About Franklin
Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. (Amex: FEP), the worldwide market
leader in handheld electronic books, is the designer and distributor of the
award winning multimedia eBookMan(R) platform. The Company is the exclusive
producer and distributor of the ROLODEX(R) Electronics brand of personal
information management products. Franklin has sold more than
25,000,000 electronic books and currently publishes more than 200 titles,
including dictionaries and bilingual dictionaries; encyclopedias; Bibles;
entertainment titles; education and tutorial publications; and medical
reference works. Franklin products, available in sixteen languages, are sold
in 45,000 retail outlets worldwide, through catalogs and on line at
franklin.com . The Company has sales and distribution subsidiaries in the
United Kingdom, France, Germany, the Benelux countries, Canada, Australia and
Mexico, and production management offices in Tokyo and Hong Kong.
ROLODEX(R) is a registered trademark of Berol Corporation, a subsidiary of
Newell Rubbermaid, Inc.
Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters
discussed throughout this release, including, but not limited to, those that
are stated as Franklin's belief or expectation or preceded by the word
"should" are forward looking statements that involve risks to and
uncertainties in Franklin's business, including, among other things, the
timely availability and acceptance of new electronic books and organizers,
changes in technology, the impact of competitive electronic products, the
management of inventories, Franklin's dependence on third party component
suppliers and manufacturers, including those that provide Franklin-specific
parts, and other risks and uncertainties that may be detailed from time to
time in Franklin's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
SOURCE Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc.
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Related links:
http://www.franklin.com
CONTACT:
Gregory J. Winsky, Executive Vice President
of Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc., 609-386-2500; or Jeff
Gomez, eBook and Print on Demand Manager of St. Martin's Press,
212-647-5151
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