E-Book Systems Introduces 'FlipAlbum CD Maker 1.0'

Based on E-Book's critically acclaimed FlipAlbum 3.0 software, FlipAlbum CD Maker lets users present images in familiar-looking photo albums that feature real turning pages. The animated page-flipping inter face introduces a natural and intuitive experience that is totally unique to E-Book Systems products. Users get a good overview of the entire collection of images, as well as a convenient means for browsing them.

"FlipAlbum CD Maker is an ideal companion application to today's low-cost, high quality digital cameras and color scanners, because it allows PC users to take captured images and easily place them on a CD for distributing to friends and family," said Seng-Beng Ho, President of E-Book Systems. "This ease of organization and distribution, combined with the software's unique patented 3D page-flipping interface clearly differentiates FlipAlbum CD Maker from current digital photo CD solutions such as Eastman Kodak's Picture CD product. FlipAlbum CD Maker puts album on a CD and not just pictures on a CD."

The powerful FlipAlbum CD Maker also automatically lays out pictures onto album pages and generates overview pages containing thumbnails, a table of image contents, and an index, so users can easily manage and locate pictures. In addition, a bookmarking feature provides for fast and easy access to specific images and the annotation feature allows comments to be added for each picture.

Background music may be added to albums via default selections in FlipAlbum CD Maker, or of the user's choice. The versatile FlipAlbum CD Maker also allows users to create and distribute photo albums on other types of storage media (e.g., Zip Disks), accepts images of any size and supports the following file formats: BMP, GIF, JPG, PCX, WMF, ICO, PNG, PSD, TIF, MID, WAV, AVI. Additionally, the software features a WYSIWYG print interface that allows for easy setting of the desired image size for printing.

FlipAlbum CD Maker 1.0 requires a Pentium PC 166Mhz or higher, a CD-RW drive and its associated CD writing software, and Microsoft Windows 95, 98, or NT 4.0. It sells for a suggested retail price of just $49.95, and is available from a variety of computer resellers, or directly from the company's Internet Web site located at http://www.flipalbumcd.com or http://www.ebooksys.com .

E-Book Systems will also be releasing FlipAlbum CD Maker (Business Edition) in the next 60 days. The Business Edition will enable businesses and commercial entities to use the software to create and distribute a licensed number of FlipAlbum CDs for commercial use. Applications include:

• Product catalogs on CD.
• Storage of 35mm photos by photo finishers for customers.
• Distribution of photos by stock photographers.

You can pre-register for the FlipAlbum CD Maker (Business Edition) at our web site http://www.flipalbumcd.com/flipalbumcd/preregister.htm . Or contact E-Book Systems Santa Clara, CA office by phone at 408-919-6675 or e-mail marketing@ebooksys.com or sales@ebooksys.com. 

NOTE: FlipAlbum is a trademark of E-Book Systems, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.