Free reader software can be downloaded at www.microsoft .com/reader or www.bn.com.
eBookMan, Simon & Schuster, iPublish Among Winners of e-Book Awards
Peter Yianilos, president and CTO for Franklin Electronic Publishers, received the Technology Award at the first annual eBook Awards held at the Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany in October. Franklin Electronic Publishers recently unveiled its e-book reader, eBookMan, a handheld, electronic, multimedia device.The top prize of $100,000 for best fiction work originally published in e-book form was split between two authors: David Maraniss, author of When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi (Simon & Schuster); and E.M. Schorb for his murder mystery e-book Paradise Square (Denlinger's Publishers).