Bookface.com Opens Books Online; Innovative Website Gives Readers Direct Access to Books; www.bookface.com to Launch With Involvement of Major Publishers.Business Editors/High Tech Writers BookExpo America 2000 CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 2, 2000 Bookface, Inc, today announced the launch of a fully functional beta website at www.Bookface.com. The web destination delivers whole books and excerpts to readers directly over standard Internet web browsers The following is a list of web browsers. Historical Historically important browsers In order of release:
Major publishers, including HarperCollins, Penguin Putnam, Random House, St. Martin's St. Martin's or St. Martins may refer to:
"Overwhelming demand for Stephen King's novella novella: see novel. novella Story with a compact and pointed plot, often realistic and satiric in tone. Originating in Italy during the Middle Ages, it was often based on local events; individual tales often were gathered into collections. is proof that readers want to explore exciting books, whether those books are delivered in printed or electronic mediums," said Tammy Deuster, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and co-Founder of Bookface. "Bookface makes that exploration completely accessible -- essentially providing an ever-present and convenient way to find a book without a special hardware device, without a download, and without even requiring a credit card. A user simply logs on to our website and starts to read." "Bookface does not deliver eBooks," declared Peter Mattis, CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. and co-Founder of Bookface, "It's an on-demand reading system where book pages are dynamically loaded in the browser while you read. There's no download and yet no wait between pages. Since our book security solution works with standard browsers, Windows users, Mac users, and Unix users will have instant and unencumbered access to books. Starting today, we have the ability to deliver books to over a hundred million Internet users." "The Internet represents enormous potential for book publishers. Bookface delivers a security solution that allows publishers to maintain control of our books, while enabling us to pursue important opportunities for us and for our authors," states Phyllis Grann, CEO of Penguin Putnam. "HarperCollins is committed to getting our authors exposure for their books," said Jane Friedman  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . , President and CEO of HarperCollins Publishers. "Internet publishing has the potential to reach a huge audience very quickly. We see great opportunity in working with Bookface to tap into this potential. As a matter of fact, David Steinberger, President of Corporate Strategy and International, will serve on the Bookface Advisory Board." "We are intrigued by Bookface as a new merchandising and distribution vehicle for books," comments Steve Cohen For other persons with a similar name, see . Stephen Ira "Steve" Cohen (born May 24, 1949) is a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives representing Tennessee's ninth district. , Senior Vice President at St. Martin's Press, "We are exploring Bookface as a way to promote our books online, with the expectation of gaining added revenue for both the publishing house and our authors." The Bookface.com website will provide free books for Internet users to browse and read while paying authors and publishers for each page read. The Internet electronic publishing An umbrella term for non-paper publishing, which includes publishing online or on media such as CDs and DVDs. platform allows Bookface to introduce a potentially lucrative advertising revenue stream into the book industry. Books are currently the only form of popular media without a major advertising component. Music, for example, is a $30 billion dollar industry with $15B from end-user sales and $15B from advertising support. The Internet is interactive and immediate -- providing a great advertising platform -- while books provide very sticky, high-quality content, which is attractive for readers. "Advertising revenue is an innovative way to pay publishers and authors for helping readers find books. The traditional way is for the publisher to pay a bookstore to place a book in front of a reader," asserts Robert Baensch, Director NYU NYU New York University NYU New York Undercover (TV show) Center for Publishing and Bookface Advisory Board member. "The combination of Internet technology and a truly innovative business model makes Bookface an extremely exciting company with the ability to deliver on their vision." "Bookface is one of the most impressive Internet startups I have seen," affirms Larry Kirshbaum, CEO and Chairman of Time Warner Trade Publishing. "Bookface offers an innovative and powerful solution to publishers and authors who are interested in getting their books in front of readers in a smart, direct and efficient way." Time Warner Trade Publishing has an investment in Bookface.com and Kirshbaum, a visionary in electronic publishing, is a member of the company's Advisory Board. "It is exciting to be part of the emerging world of digital publishing," said Deuster. "We are fortunate to be working with publishing industry leaders to provide new opportunities for both authors and readers. Over the next few months, we look forward to working with our publishing partners to provide more readers with more books from more authors at our site, www.Bookface.com." Bookface At BookExpo America 2000 Bookface is currently showcasing its new product at the BookExpo America 2000 Trade Show at McCormack Place in Chicago from June 2-4, Booth No. 5013. About Bookface Bookface is an Internet infrastructure company that provides the technology for putting valued content online securely. Located South of Market, in the heart of San Francisco's Internet Media Gulch, privately held Bookface combines scalable infrastructure software and media industry expertise. The Bookface service and technology offering enables content providers to reach their online audience while protecting valuable content from being copied, altered, and redistributed re·dis·trib·ute tr.v. re·dis·trib·ut·ed, re·dis·trib·ut·ing, re·dis·trib·utes To distribute again in a different way; reallocate. Adj. 1. -- access is simple and direct with only a standard browser and Internet connection! Bookface can be found at http://www.Bookface.com. For more information, call Len Liptak at 415/957-1400. Bookface Founders Bookface was founded in the Fall of 1999 by CEO Tammy Deuster and CTO Peter Mattis. Peter and Tammy met while working together at Inktomi, developer of scalable Internet infrastructure software. The duo, both avid Internet users and book lovers, became convinced there was a need to develop technology to provide security for content placed on the Internet -- with a technology to address copyright concerns more valuable content (especially books) would be available. Tammy's background is in technology strategy and product marketing. She has an MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration from Harvard Business School Harvard Business School, officially named the Harvard Business School: George F. Baker Foundation, and also known as HBS, is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. . Peter is best known in technical circles for developing the GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) An open source paint and image editing program for Unix, X Window and Mac OS X that originated as an undergraduate project by Peter Mattis and Spencer Kimball at the University of California, Berkeley. (GNU gnu (n  ) or wildebeest (wĭl`dəbēst'), large African antelope, genus Connochaetes. Image Manipulation Program, the Photoshop equivalent for Linux considered one of the flagship applications of the open source world) before becoming a senior engineer on Inktomi's network caching solution.
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