SOUTHBOROUGH, MA and BURLINGTON, NJ — Texterity, Inc., the leader in eBook conversion and logistics, today announced that it will be providing eBook services for Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. (AMEX:FEP), the leading worldwide provider of handheld eBooks.

Under the agreement, publishing partners can choose to have their TextCafe conversion process create eBooks using the MobiPocket format. Qualifying publishers would incur no additional charge for this conversion of selected front- and back-list titles. Texterity will include automated conversion of TextCafe-generated files into MobiPocket format, and deliver the results automatically as secure files to retail distributors.

"This is a boon for publishers who want to support the newer handheld devices and the MobiPocket format," said Martin Hensel, President of Texterity. "Texterity's system supports all of the advanced features available with the MobiPocket Reader format, including image zooming. Now, publishers can just 'check a box' to get this new format and an expanded distribution channel, thereby increasing their audience and revenue from eBooks."

"Major Publishers already work with Texterity, and they see the clear benefit of the Franklin+Mobipocket solution. One conversion process and file format that will read in Palm OS, Pocket PC, Epoc 32, Windows PC's as well as Franklin's proprietary devices. A clear win for the publishers, retailers and consumers," said Barry Lipsky, CEO and President, Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc.

Texterity support for Mobipocket format is now integrated into the TextCafe Logistics offering. TextCafe Logistics automates the conversion and distribution of final, sale-ready eBooks to distributors. With the TextCafe Logistics Service, publishers get an end-to-end, standards-based solution with "retail ready" eBooks completed in a fraction of the time as compared to traditional methods. For more information, contact Texterity at 1-800-455-5450 (US and Canada) or +1-508-804-3000 (International), or on their web site at www.texterity.com.

About Franklin Electronic Publishers

Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. (AMEX:FEP), the worldwide market leader in handheld electronic books, is the designer and distributor of the award winning multimedia eBookMan® platform. The Company is the exclusive producer and distributor of the ROLODEX® Electronics brand of personal information management products. Franklin has sold more than 27,000,000 electronic books and currently publishes more than 200 titles, including dictionaries and bilingual dictionaries; encyclopedias; Bibles; entertainment titles; education and tutorial publications; and medical reference works. Franklin products, available in sixteen languages, are sold in 45,000 retail outlets worldwide, through catalogs and on line at franklin.com. The Company has sales and distribution subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the Benelux countries, Canada, Australia and Mexico, and production management offices in Tokyo and Hong Kong.

About Texterity

Founded in 1991, Texterity is a leading provider of electronic publishing services enabling fast, cost-effective automated transformation of published pages into multiple electronic formats. Texterity's electronic publishing solutions include repurposing PDF-based content and distribution of electronic files to multiple electronic retail channels. Texterity manages the electronic publishing life cycle, including automated conversion and distribution of existing content into XML, HTML, e-book, wireless, and print. Texterity provides services to leading publishing, catalog, and corporate customers including Penguin Putnam, Time Warner, St. Martin's Press, Prentice Hall, Houghton Mifflin, McGraw-Hill, Random House, Scholastic, and HarperCollins. Technology partners include Microsoft, Adobe Systems, Gemstar TV-Guide International, and Nokia. Texterity is headquartered in Southborough, MA.

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