From the launch of our eReader (electronic Book reader) last May, we're overwhelmed with great responses on our BeBook. We got a lot of media attention (even made national television in several countries).
Apart from being extremely “green”, e-reading has been praised as the future of reading. Because of it's crisp paperlike screen even book fanatics forget they're reading from a device instead of a 'good old fashioned' paper printed edition.
Some newspapers go as far as stating “it's the next big thing after the iPod, the BeBook is like an iPod for books.”
Value for money
Because the BeBook is open source and offers the widest variety of file formats (some even exclusively) supported by any reader, a lot of customers new to the eReaders chose our product, because of it's value for money: most formats, a complimentary leather case and thousands of books included.
The Internationale Funk Austellung (IFA) in Berlin.
Earlier this month we attended the IFA in Berlin, Europe's largest Consumer Electronics fair. We expected some nice attention, but we were literally flooded with journalists, resellers, distributors and of course consumers who wanted to see our product with their own eyes.
Many distributors were immediately convinced of the BeBook's potential, in the upcoming months the BeBook will be available from stores in many countries across Europe, we'll add and update a list of stores on our website shortly.
Time for a little celebration : 30.000 BeBooks sold.
Little over a week after the IFA we sold the 30.000th BeBook. Even our own forecasts never predicted this. Just when we were about to release a new much anticipated software update, we hit the 30.000 mark : B.E. Jones from Canberra (Australia) placed the order. Of course we added some complimentary accessories to his order.
New Update : MobiPocket support.
All new BeBooks shipped from today will have the Mobipocket update installed. This means BeBook owners now have access to virtually any new book released. The MobiPocket DRM (digital rights management/ copyright system) standard is used for most new book releases. The benefits of an ebook : No paper and ink used, no transport costs, which means the electronic version of a book is up to 70% cheaper tan the paper printed edition.
For existing BeBook users the update will be available as a free download from our website:
www.mybebook.com.