Press Release

eBookHome.com Begins Taking Pre-Orders For Highly Anticipated hiebook

August 14, 2001

SAN DIEGO, CA – eBookHome.com announced today that customers could now pre-order the revolutionary hiebook device in a special promotion through their web site. The hiebook is being offered for $249 and includes a free 32 MB SmartMedia™ memory card (a $49 value) bringing the unit’s total storage space to 48 MB, plus a $10 Gift Certificate for future eBook purchases at eBookHome.com. Units will ship to customers beginning in September.

The hiebook is a third generation eBook reading device which features a large backlit 320 x 480 touch screen LCD display, an MP3 player, audio recording capabilities, PDA functions, games, handwriting recognition and more. Distributed in North America by leading eBook Portal, eBookAd.com, the hiebook offers consumers a rich reading experience in a lightweight form factor that fits in your pocket.

"The buzz over the hiebook has been overwhelming and we're proud to be the first Internet site for customers to pre-order.", said Pat Thompson, President of eBookHome.com. "We expect the hiebook to have a great impact on consumers with its professional look and feel, phenomenal reading experience, high quality audio and loads of fully functional PDA features - all at an extremely affordable price".

"eBookHome is an excellent destination!", said Dustin Revin, eBookAd’s Executive Vice President. "Offering this promotion through eBookHome is certain to delight our customers."

About eBookHome.com

eBookHome.com is an independent retailer of electronic books in popular formats such as hiebook, Microsoft Reader, Adobe Acrobat eBook Reader, PDF, Palm, Rocket and HTML as well as electronic reading devices such as the hiebook, eBookMan and the PocketPC. The store boasts an easy-to-use interface, which includes the ability to search for eBooks by subject, author, keywords and title. The site also offers readers the latest eBook news, reviews of eBook titles, author information and excerpts from many of the eBooks available on the site.

Pat Thompson
eBookHome.com
Phone: (760)635-2325
Fax: (760) 635-2355
pthompson@eBookHome.com