E-Book Systems Chosen to Create GNP Branded Gear Virtual Catalogs

    SANTA CLARA, CA, October 19, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- E-Book Systems, creator of the patented Digital Flip(R) e-publishing technology, announces GNP has adopted its 3-D page-flipping FlipViewer(R) Xpress viewer format for its GNP Branded Gear Virtual Catalogs.

Founded in 1985, GNP has since become a leading supplier of branded products specializing in the service of event planning and higher education organizations.

"We chose FlipViewer(R) Xpress Creator software because it is extremely easy to use. The ability to re-brand the FlipViewer(R) logo and host the catalog on our own server also helped make the decision easier," said Justin Grosskurth, E-Commerce Operations Manager of GNP. "Having reviewed other digital publishing software, we found FlipViewer(R) Xpress solution much easier to use and less expensive. Also, E-Book Systems Customer Support Team has been fantastic, answering all of our questions in a short period of time."

With E-Book Systems' FlipViewer(R) Xpress solution, readers can now go to http://www.brandedgear.com/request-catalog/ and browse through the FlipBook versions of the GNP Branded Gear Virtual Catalogs. In a matter of moments, readers can view the catalog just as they would appear in print -- with real "flipping" pages plus much more.

"Our clients are more impressed with the FlipViewer(R) Xpress FlipBook format of the GNP Virtual Catalogs than anything. The look is great, and the pages load very quickly compared to our competitors'," added Justin. "The best feature for our clients is the search box, making the product research much easier. Being able to find our Item Numbers, Product Names and Descriptions are perfect for our clients and even our Sales Team. The ability to link is also helpful to our business as we are able to have link pages to our website, thus increasing the amount of online sales."

Besides the GNP Branded Gear Virtual Catalog, GNP also has plans to extend the use of FlipViewer(R) Xpress as Justin further disclosed, "FlipViewer(R) Xpress Creator has been a great purchase. We have no complaints or concerns about the software's functionality or performance. Actually, we just inquired about purchasing an unlimited license! We certainly look forward to using Virtual Catalogs for our 2011 Green Gear Line."

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.

GNP 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 GNP, visit www.brandedgear.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 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 GNP
GNP Specialties, Inc. (www.brandedgear.com) is a leading supplier of branded products specializing in the service of event planning and higher education organizations. Founded in 1985 by Arnold Namm and John Giordano, GNP rapidly grew to one of the nation's premiere vendor-partners of top association, corporate and independent event planners looking for exciting new products offered with an extremely high level of service.

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