April 08, 2004

By: Mary Rodgers
Website: http://www.1st-in-ebooks.com

Texterity announces catalog of Microsoft Reader eBooks

Texterity, Inc., a leading provider of electronic publishing services, today announced the availability of a comprehensive online catalog of Microsoft Reader eBooks. The catalog, which was developed with Microsoft Corporation, is available at http://www.mslit.com, and is integrated into the Reader section of microsoft.com.

The eBook Catalog provides users with the ability to search and display information and book covers for over 15,000 electronic books in the Microsoft Reader format. While viewing a book's details, users may seamlessly link to third-party web pages where the book may be purchased. Over 1,500 free eBooks are also available on the site, which can be downloaded directly. The site is designed to collect and add new eBook releases on an ongoing basis.

"With their knowledge of the publishing and electronic content market, Texterity has developed a great resource for eBook users," said Cliff Guren, Group Product Manager of Microsoft. "The Microsoft Reader Catalog is unique in that it combines information from multiple sources across the web into a single, easy to search, easy to use catalog."

"Our goal in developing the catalog was to provide a central location where Microsoft Reader users could easily find great reading material," said Martin Hensel, President of Texterity. "By working with leading distributors, retailers, public domain sites, and publishers, we've provided an accessible, comprehensive collection of books, short stories, and articles for Microsoft Reader."

The catalog provides navigation by subject category, and also tracks the most popular books overall and within categories. Users may search on author name, book title, publisher name, publication date, ISBN, or within the full text description of the book. By providing an easy-to-use, yet powerful system, users can quickly find books that are of interest.

All books on the site are compatible with the newly released Microsoft Reader¨ for Tablet PC. With the Microsoft Reader, users can read content on multiple devices, including notebook and desktop computers, Pocket PCs and Tablet PCs.

In addition to support from Microsoft, Texterity uses catalog data and other contributions from numerous sources. Companies and organizations contributing to the effort include Amazon.com, AvShop, Barnes & Noble, BitsontheWire.com, Books-A-Million, ContentLink, eFollett.com, Lightning Source, McGraw-Hill, OfficeMax.com, Overdrive, Penton Media, Powells.com, RosettaBooks, Rough Guides, SimonSays.com, University of Oregon Library E-Asia Project, University of Virginia Electronic Text Center, WH Smith, and Yahoo! eBooks.

Also See: rca ebook reader.

About The Author:

Mary Rodgers is a successful author and regular contributor to http://www.1st-in-ebooks.com.  A source of information on creating, writing and publishing an e-book.