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BooksOnBoard Makes Over 30,000 Titles Available on iPhones

January 5, 2009

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ — BooksOnBoard, the web’s premiere
ebookstore, has released over 30,000 eBook titles for iPhones. iPhone owners
can now get most new release books anywhere on either Apple iPhone or iTouch
with direct downloads to the device through the AT&T 3G network or through
local wireless networks. Titles must be in the eReader eBook format and
include, among 30,000+ others, titles by Gena Showalter, Nora Roberts, Michael
Connelly
, David Baldacci, Stieg Larsson, Susan Mallery, and Harlequin’s One
Click Buy January Blaze Bundle.

Users currently require the free Stanza application found in the iPhone
apps store in order to download and read the books. Detailed, easy
instructions for new users can be found at
http://www.booksonboard.com/index.php?F=iPhone_ebooks .

“This provides another way for our customers to keep their reading with
them at all times,” said Bob LiVolsi, president of BooksOnBoard, “eBooks are
about portability, convenience, and being green.”

He added, “Apple’s iPhone and iTouch devices are the first of many for
which we will be enabling for our customers. Most eBooks can reside on
several devices at once for personal use without violating copyright. In this
way, our readers can have a read-able copy of a title on their iPhone, on
their notebook, and on their PC or Mac at the same time. The eReader format
is limited in that it does not work on any of the dedicated readers, but it is
a leap forward for the format. For dedicated eBook reading devices, we offer
Mobipocket for the Cybook, and Adobe for the Sony Reader.”

There are several ebook readers available on the iPhone currently with
more expected in the coming year. BooksOnBoard plans to work with any of them
that allow its customers to read popular new titles from the publishing
community.

BooksOnBoard also offers over 5,000 MP3 recently released Audio Books
which can be downloaded from BooksOnBoard and added to iTunes for inclusion on
iPhone, iTouch, and iPod.

“We will continue to work to bring as much content as possible to
customers with, wherever possible, solutions open to everyone,” said Nathan
Johnson
, BooksOnBoard Director of Operations. “Our first iPhone release in
November was with over 1,000 industry standard DRM-free ePUB books from
Samhain Publishing and Abbey House Press, and we recently partnered with
Harlequin and Stanza to bring free ePUB titles for people to try on their
iPhones. We will work to support every quality publisher that wants to bring
easily accessible digital content to readers.”

BooksOnBoard ( www.booksonboard.com ) is an online retailer of eBooks,
downloadable audiobooks, Sony PRS-505 ebook readers, Sony PRS-700 ebook
readers, and Cybook ebook readers. Known for strong customer support, free
online tutorials, and aggressive prices, BooksOnBoard has the largest eBook
catalog online with almost 300,000 titles.

    Press Release Contact Information:
    Nathan Johnson
    Director of Operations
    BooksOnBoard
    512.828.6444
    info@booksonboard.com

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SOURCE BooksOnBoard


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