E-Book Systems' FlipCity Web Service Offers New Orleans Weddings Magazine an Easy and Economical Solution to Create Online Magazines

    SANTA CLARA, CA, July 13, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- E-Book Systems, creator of the patented Digital Flip(R) e-publishing technology, announces New Orleans Weddings Magazine has adopted its FlipCity web service to deliver digital edition of the New Orleans Weddings Magazine in 3-D page-flipping FlipViewer(R) Xpress viewer format.

Since its launch in March 2009, FlipCity has provided many repeated customers an economical solution to convert their PDF documents into realistic page-flipping digital publications ("FlipBooks") in just a few clicks. These FlipBooks would appear just as they would in print -- with real "flipping" pages plus much more.

"FlipCity is an affordable, easy to use solution for us. We priced other digitizing services and they were very cost prohibitive for a magazine our size. We are a small business and needed a solution that could work within our budget while still providing great features for our readers. FlipCity is very easy to use and all of the FlipViewer(R) Xpress features are incredibly useful. This is why we chose FlipCity to digitize for us," said one of FlipCity's happy customers, Jessica J Caradona, Publisher of New Orleans Weddings Magazine.

New Orleans Weddings Magazine is not new to digitization, as Jessica explained, "New Orleans Weddings Magazine has been available under different names and ownership since the early 90s. We have owned New Orleans Weddings Magazine since September 2008 and started offering our first digital edition in 2008 through an online magazine viewing program designed by our former web designer. It was very complicated and did not work well at all!"

New Orleans Weddings Magazine started publishing the Annex Edition of the New Orleans Weddings Magazine 2010 online at FlipCity and was immediately impressed by the readers' response, as Jessica added, "Our readers love the online FlipBook version. The FlipBook version of the magazine is easy to use and allows our destination brides an easy access to the magazine from wherever they are. We would love to continue using FlipCity as our magazine grows!"

Thanks to E-Book Systems FlipCity web service, New Orleans Weddings Magazine's customers can now go to www.neworleansweddingsmagazine.com and browse through the FlipBook version of the New Orleans Weddings Magazine. In a matter of moments, readers can view the magazine just as they would appear in print -- with real "flipping" pages plus much more.

FlipCity is a web service created by E-Book Systems to help users to convert PDF documents into FlipBooks. Users just need to sign up for a free account at FlipCity, upload their PDF document and it will be converted instantaneously into a FlipBook which appears as a 3-D page-flipping virtual book on the computer. There is a 7-day free trial period for every converted PDF. If the user is satisfied with the created FlipBook, he can pay anytime within the trial period to keep the FlipBook. With the download feature, users can also choose to download the entire FlipBook from FlipCity upon purchase and host it elsewhere or put it on CDs for offline distribution.

Once the FlipBook is created, it can be easily viewed by E-Book Systems' latest digital publication reader FlipViewer(R) Xpress. This is a Flash-based viewer which can run on multiple operating system platforms including Windows and Mac. As an ideal way for reading a publication online, FlipViewer(R) Xpress 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' websites by clicking on links on pages and advertisements inside the digital publication. To top it all, readers can also search for text, add bookmarks, and even notes.

FlipCity enables users to quickly create page-flipping digital publications out of their PDFs and with digital publications, users can reach out to more readers via the Internet globally in addition to saving printing cost. For more information, contact E-Book Systems via phone at (408) 625-8000, via email at [email protected] or online at www.flipcity.com.

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 ongoing 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 New Orleans Weddings Magazine
New Orleans Weddings Magazine (www.neworleansweddingsmagazine.com) was founded in 2008 with a mission to bring brides and businesses together. Planning a wedding can be time consuming, expensive and difficult. New Orleans Weddings Magazine strive to simplify this task by recommending some of the finest wedding professionals in the New Orleans and surrounding area. The sponsors provide helpful advice, useful tips and above all, expert service with the products needed to plan the perfect wedding. The advertisers help make the wedding planning process fun, enjoyable and most importantly a special and memorable event.

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