E-Book Systems Chosen to Create Online Digital Version of Frederick Community College Class Schedules

    SANTA CLARA, CA, February 25, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- E-Book Systems, creator of the patented Digital Flip(R) e-publishing technology, announces Frederick Community College (FCC) has adopted its 3-D page-flipping FlipViewer(R) Xpress viewer format for its Spring 2010 Class Schedules.

Founded in 1957, FCC provides outstanding, affordable courses, programs and activities for all ages from youngsters in their Kids on Campus program, up to a senior in the Institute for Learning in Retirement. The campus also offers myriad cultural events year-round, from art shows to free concert productions and FCC-produced dramas. Their sports teams are often ranked regionally and many have earned berths to national championships.

We chose FlipViewer(R) Xpress Creator software because it is easy to use. It produces quality book-like documents, and offers useful end-user options like print, search, zoom and flipping sound. We are particularly impressed with the speed at which large documents can be viewed and browsed compared to a PDF," said Cindy Osbon, Web Services Director of FCC.

FCC started offering the Class Schedules in PDF format, but will over time drop the PDF option in favor of FlipViewer(R) Xpress FlipBook format, as explained by Cindy, "So far the readers' response has been good. We wanted to start small and let users get used to the FlipViewer(R) Xpress software. We will drop the separate view PDF online option at some point since users will be able to get the PDF version from the FlipBook too. The FlipBook format is more popular for online viewing but many users still like to have the PDF file on their PCs for some reason."

With E-Book Systems' FlipViewer(R) Xpress solution, readers can go to http://www.frederick.edu/register_now/classschedules.aspx and browse through the FlipBook versions of the Class Schedules. In a matter of moments, readers can view the Class Schedules just as they would appear in print -- with real "flipping" pages and more.

Besides the Class Schedules, FCC also planned to use FlipViewer(R) Xpress in other publications as Cindy further disclosed, "We plan to use FlipViewer(R) Xpress for many more publications including our catalogs, foundation newsletters, student newspapers, campus master plan, budget books and many others. We especially like FlipViewer(R) Xpress features like search, hyperlink, print and share. The FlipViewer(R) Xpress Creator software certainly meets our requirements. The staff at your company was a pleasure to work with as well. They were very patient and answered many of our questions."

E-Book Systems' FlipViewer(R) Xpress Creator software enables publishers and corporations to create and publish realistic page-flipping digital publications ("FlipBooks") easily with just a few mouse clicks. The created FlipBook can then be hosted on any web server for online viewing or distributed through any media (e.g. CD, thumb drive, etc.) for offline viewing. The software accepts any PDF, image and Flash documents as inputs. In addition, multimedia elements like audio and video files can be incorporated into the FlipBook to enhance readers' experience. E-Book Systems' optional Digital Rights Management (DRM) solution also helps to safeguard content providers' intellectual properties.

FCC joins a growing roster of E-Book Systems' customers listed in http://www.flipviewer.com/flipbooks/. For more information, contact E-Book Systems by phone at (408) 625-8000, via email at [email protected] or visit www.flipviewer.com.

For more information about FCC, visit www.frederick.edu.

About E-Book Systems
E-Book Systems (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 computers and the Internet. E-Book Systems specializes in providing software tools and services for the e-Publishing market. E-Book System's products make use of its proprietary patented Digital Flip(R) user interface technology to deliver multimedia content and information such as PDF, video, audio, digital image, text, etc. via an impressive 3D Page-Flipping interface, which appears as a virtual FlipBook. These content could be streamed or delivered both online and offline through E-Book's OpenFlip(TM) format.

E-Book Systems, a private on-going corporation, has offices in California (Santa Clara), China (Beijing), Japan (Tokyo), Berlin (Germany) and Singapore. Investors include Creative Technology Ltd. and SOFTBANK Creative, a subsidiary of SOFTBANK Corp. E-Book Systems' products are distributed worldwide, including the U.S., Europe, China, Japan and Asia Pacific Region.

About Frederick Community College
Frederick Community College (FCC) was founded in 1957 with the mission to prepare students to meet the challenges of a diverse, global society through quality, accessible, innovative, lifelong education. FCC awards associate in arts, associate of arts in teaching, associate in applied science and associate in science degrees and certificates of accomplishment in more than 50 fields of study. The college offers an array of career-oriented programs that prepare students for immediate employment after graduation. The continuing education/customized training division offers noncredit courses in business, computers, real estate, and general interest, as well as contract training for business and industry. In its 52-year history, FCC has grown from 77 students to more than 17,000 students in the academic and continuing education/customized training divisions. For more information, visit www.frederick.edu.

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