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  Franklin eBookMan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Franklin eBookMan is a handheld device specifically made to read ebooks, but it also has standard PDA functions, it plays audiobooks and other audio, and it can record sounds.
The DRM is tied directly to the hardware, which resulted in an immediate problem for marketing: it was not possible to try the device in-store since it wouldn't work until the user took it home, connected to the Internet and downloaded their own registered version of the OS.
Although research and development on the eBookMan ceased in 2002, new eBookMans are still being sold and there is an active user base.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Franklin_eBookMan   (378 words)

  
 Franklin Electronic Publishers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Franklin Electronic Publishers (formerly Franklin Computer Corporation) is an American consumer electronics manufacturer based in Burlington, New Jersey, founded in 1981.
In August 1983, a court ruled against Franklin, who had argued that because computer code generally did not exist in printed form, it could not be copyrighted.
Franklin also released a pair of IBM PC compatible computers, the Franklin PC6000 and PC8000, during 1986–1988.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Franklin_Computer_Corporation   (562 words)

  
 FAQ for the Franklin eBookMan® SDK   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
There is no limit per se, other than the limit of the RAM on the eBookMan device, which depending on the model is currently 8MB or 16MB.
For example, Franklin may sign all of the FONT or other resource files that come with the OS so that other applications may not corrupt them.
The content (your app or data) is encrypted for use in a specific eBookman® and only the eBookman® for which the content is created has the ability to decrypt the content.
download.franklin.com /franklin/ebookman/developer/sdkfaq.html   (1553 words)

  
 Franklin Releases New Software for eBookMan(R) Line
Franklin announced that its collaboration on a version of Microsoft Reader for use on eBookMan models would not be continued.
Franklin has sold more than 25,000,000 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.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/10-23-2001/0001598392&EDATE=   (1109 words)

  
 eBook Web: Putting the Franklin eBookMan Through its Paces   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The eBookMan is able to open.txt and.html files, but the viewer application lacks a lot in the functionality department, so converting in a proprietary format is the way to go.
Franklin should quickly develop a GUI front-end for the CDK, as people publishing eBooks are not supposed to be technically-minded Unix hackers or rocket scientists.
And for the 'unit-resets-when-changing-batteries' problem, it appears Franklin is aware of it, as there is a mention of it on their Web site asking users to provide feedback about this issue.
www.ebookweb.org /news/tech.20010309.hanuise.ebookman.htm   (5681 words)

  
 Microsoft and Franklin Electronic Publishers Bring Microsoft Reader To Franklin's eBookman
Franklin and Microsoft are collaborating on a version of Microsoft Reader for all models of Franklin's new eBookman, a line of multimedia reading devices introduced today at PC EXPO 2000 in New York City.
Franklin has sold more than 22 million 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 16 languages, are sold in 45,000 retail outlets worldwide, through catalogs and online at http://www.franklin.com/.
www.microsoft.com /presspass/press/2000/Jun00/eBookmanPR.mspx   (681 words)

  
 Brighthand — Franklin eBookMan
The result is the eBookMan, which enables you to play music and audio books, record voice notes, and do all of the standard PIM functions.
But the focus of the eBookMan is first and foremost as a reader, targeting the 20% of the U.S. population that buys 80% of all books.
Overall, the eBookMan is slow in launching applications for the first time and after that it is only average when it comes to performance.
www.brighthand.com /article/Franklin_eBookMan   (1622 words)

  
 Co-Brand: Digital Living Today
Now, thanks to the eBookman from Franklin (www.franklin.com), you can take it with you wherever you go.
The eBookman is a small handheld computer that is optimized for reading electronic books, which can be downloaded from the Franklin website or from places like Project Gutenberg (www.gutenberg.net), where many of the classics are available for free.
The eBookman is about the same size as a standard handheld organizer, but the screen is a little larger.
dlt.computers.excite.com /cobrand/gizmo/ebookman   (390 words)

  
 ART   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Franklin's simpliWrite enabled eBookman® will provide a natural handwriting environment as a strong benefit to its unmatched combination of features, giving users the ability to annotate their eBook content, take notes, schedule appointments or make any written comment.
Franklin and ART can now take eBookman® beyond the realm of easy, enjoyable reading by adding the ability to annotate through the addition of user-input natural handwritten text, at the touch of a stylus - straight out of the box, without any training or learning curve.
Franklin products, available in sixteen languages, are sold in 45,000 retail outlets worldwide, through catalogs and on line at http://www.franklin.com.
www.artcomp.com /news/pr/Franklin.htm   (802 words)

  
 Audible Inc. Investor Relations
Franklin is collaborating with Microsoft Corporation and other industry leading technology partners, including Audible, Inc. and Pumatech, Inc., to ensure that eBookman is the best-connected eBook device to the widest selection of content available.
"Franklin's eBookman is the result of a logical evolution of the company's core technologies: electronic publishing, data compression, portable electronics, and ease of use.
Franklin has sold more than 22,000,000 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.
www.corporate-ir.net /ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ticker=adbl&script=410&layout=-6&item_id=101275   (1162 words)

  
 Franklin to offer $50 readers next year
Franklin, the manufacturer of the Franklin eBookman, has reduced its worldwide workforce by 15%.
Franklin has been selling digital reference content on handheld devices to lawyers, doctors and other professionals since the 1980s, will be releasing a new series of reading devices some time in 2002 priced around $50.
In June of 2000, Franklin promised that Microsoft Reader would be available on the eBookman.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/e-books/85722   (343 words)

  
 Initial Franklin eBookMan Sales: $5.2 Million - 7/23/2001 - Publishers Weekly   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Franklin Electronic Publishers' eBookMan, which began shipping in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2001, ending March 31, generated revenues of $5.2 million, the company reported in its 10-k filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Franklin said that consumer demand for the eBookMan has been adversely affected by late deliveries to retailers and the overall decline in demand for all handheld electronic products.
The $5.2 million in eBookMan revenues was not nearly enough to offset sales decline in other areas, and as a result, Franklin's total revenues fell to $80 million from $97.1 million in fiscal 2000.
www.publishersweekly.com /article/CA129953.html?pubdate=7/23/2001&display=archive   (263 words)

  
 The Franklin eBookMan® Development Environment   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
It is intended to be a crash course in the "Franklin eBookMan SDK Way Of Doing Things" and a general introduction to our Sneak32 CPU.
Franklin has shipped over 23 million electronic books over the past decade, and we believe that our extensive expertise and IP enables us to produce a processor that best suits an ebook platform, and produce it at a cost that enables Franklin to truly expand the ebook market to every consumer.
At Franklin, our convention is that a tab are tabs, they are 8 spaces wide, and they are not spaces.
download.franklin.com /franklin/ebookman/developer/doc/howto/ebm_development_env.html   (6527 words)

  
 PDAref - Misc eBookMan information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
If you are buying a used eBookMan, do not purchase units with a serial number of 91100000057, this is shown in the About dialog, not on the back of the unit, and an eBookMan ID of 5587-9633-5187.
Franklin's encrypted content cannot be read on different devices if you own 2, right now it is a per unit license
The eBookMan backlight is designed for use in the dark, not to supplement low lighting conditions.
pdaref.homeip.net /info.htm   (1176 words)

  
 Franklin Releases Content Developers' Kit for eBookMan Platform
Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. announced the public release of its content conversion developers' kit (CDK) for Franklin Reader.
Franklin's CDK will allow publishers to produce ebooks to be read on the eBookMan multimedia platform.
The CDK for Franklin Reader is ebook publishing software that provides the tools necessary for publishers and content providers to convert electronic data into Franklin's tagged format (Franklin's proprietary SGML).
www.writenews.com /2001/020101_franklin_cdk.htm   (251 words)

  
 Planet eBook - eBooks Community - Franklin eBookMan and Microsoft Reader Collaboration Ended
In a couple of press releases this week Franklin has announced a major update to the eBookMan operating system,; price drops for all its devices, and that it will not be integrating a version of Microsoft Reader into the eBookMan device.
The software changes for eBookMan include an updated operating system and desktop manager, but the major new release is the inclusion of the award-winning MobiPocket Reader.
Franklin has also had success in vertical markets, such as healthcare, featuring the most recent editions of important medical references like The Physician's Desk Reference, Stedman's Medical Dictionary and The Washington Manual of Medical Therapeutics.
www.planetebook.com /mainpage.asp?webpageid=259   (1835 words)

  
 Franklin feels the pressure - infoSync World
Most likely as a result of this, Franklin Electronics on Wednesday announced a price reduction on its eBookMan line of mainly-eBook-readers-but-also-a-PDA line, with the mid-level 8 MB EBM-901 being reduced from $179 USD to $149 USD, and the 16MB EBM-911 being reduced from $229 USD to $199 USD.
Additionally, Franklin is offering a mail-in rebate for the entire line of eBookMan including the opening price point EBM-900, valid through January 2002, where customsers with can save an additional $30 - $50 depending on which model they choose.
When customers combine Franklin's price reduction and rebate with the $50 rebate currently offered by Audible.com, the value and price savings are unprecedented.
www.infosyncworld.com /news/n/1020.html   (468 words)

  
 Fictionwise eBooks: Free eBooks, eBooks for Palm, PocketPC, PC, & Mac
Fictionwise (http://www.fictionwise.com) is among the first companies to release contemporary eBooks by top authors for the eBookMan's proprietary eBook format.
Franklin Electronic Publishing currently has about 100 contemporary titles in this format, and several thousand public domain titles whose copyrights have expired.
eBookMan owners can register at Fictionwise.com for free, download several free eBooks, and purchase titles which are stored on their "bookshelf." Fictionwise eBooks can be read on the eBookMan’s "Franklin Reader" software application.
www.fictionwise.com /pr_ebookman.htm   (421 words)

  
 PW: Franklin Unveils eBookman - 7/10/2000 - Publishers Weekly   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Franklin Electronic Publishers Inc. of Burlington, N.J., introduced the first of the new generation of e-book devices at PCExpo in New York City on June 27.
The base model will be available this fall with 8 megabytes of memory for $129.95; the $179 version adds backlighting to the screen; and the top-of-the-line model has a total of 16 MB of memory as well as the backlit screen.
The company is negotiating with Peanutpress.com and Audible.com and hopes to make titles from the Palm OS and Windows CE devices readable on the eBookman by its release in the fall.
www.publishersweekly.com /article/CA168463.html?pubdate=7/10/2000&display=archive   (305 words)

  
 PDAref - eBookMan programs, ebooks and information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
We also have a new dictionary, in Franklin format, that is an English to Danish Dictionary with over 45,000 words.
Franklin is still offering a FREE eBookMan to developer's that get an application accepted in their co-marketing program
As mentioned in the eBookMan Yahoo group, I have the King James Version of the Bible available in the ebooks section of my site.
pdaref.homeip.net /main.htm   (2411 words)

  
 KDP v6n6 November/December 2001 The Kleper Report on Digital Publishing - Issue 6.6 November / December 2001   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The eBookMan connects to its host through USB (although an optional serial kit is available), using either a direct cable connection or a more convenient cradle.
The user interacts with the eBookMan using the eBookMan Desktop Manager, an application that is used both for synchronizing the device with data stored on the PC, and for transferring data in either direction.
Franklin Reader is the preferred reader for structured e-books (e.g.
www.printerport.com /kdp/issues/old/v6n6.html   (6554 words)

  
 Franklin eBookman page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
If you will be using only your Franklin eBookman to read Palm files, make sure the "always use this program" box is checked.
Copy or move the.htm or.html file to your eBookMan "sync" directory and then sync it to the eBookMan.
Ed note: The Mobi edition for the Franklin eBookman should be able to read both PRC and PDB files.
abintrapress.netfirms.com /franklin.htm   (317 words)

  
 Company News On Call
NEW YORK, June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- PC Expo -- Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. (Amex: FEP), the leading worldwide provider of handheld eBooks, and Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ), today announced that highlights from The Wall Street Journal Online will be available to users of Franklin's eBookMan(R) multimedia content reader.
Dow Jones is co-owner with Reuters Group of Factiva, and with NBC of the CNBC television operations in Asia and Europe.
Dow Jones also provides news content to CNBC and radio stations in the U.S. About eBookMan eBookMan(R) is a multimedia content player offering mass-market audiences a robust feature set and an optimal display screen at an affordable price.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=105&STORY=/www/story/06-26-2001/0001522011   (531 words)

  
 Franklin eBookman EAC-1 AC Power Adapter at AllNightclubs.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Preserve the life of the batteries in your Franklin eBookman handheld with this AC adapter.
From the moment Franklin introduced the world's first handheld eBook in 1986, the Company has been exploiting the potential of eBooks to create a fundamentally new way of reading.
Franklin also provides it's customers with a wide range of high-quality accessories.
www.allnightclubs.com /buy/item/Wireless-548158/B000050GDN/1   (164 words)

  
 Benjamin Franklin - Walter Isaacson - Mobipocket eBook
His guiding principle was a "dislike of everything that tended to debase the spirit of the common people." Few of his fellow founders felt this comfort with democracy so fully, and none so intuitively.
In this colorful and intimate narrative, Isaacson provides the full sweep of Franklin's amazing life, from his days as a runaway printer to his triumphs as a statesman, scientist, and Founding Father.
He chronicles Franklin's tumultuous relationship with his illegitimate son and grandson, his practical marriage, and his flirtations with the ladies of Paris.
www.ebookmall.com /ebook/84388-ebook.htm   (965 words)

  
 Franklin Ships EBookMan Device
Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc., a provider of handheld ebook reading devices, has announced shipment of its eBookMan multimedia device.
Available for $129.95, $179.95 and $229.95 respectively, each eBookMan model is equipped with a USB port for connection to a PC (optional serial connection also available) and features optional memory expansion through industry standard Multimedia (MMC) cards.
Franklin's CDK allows publishers to produce ebooks to be read on the eBookMan.
www.writenews.com /2001/021501_ebookman_ships.htm   (321 words)

  
 Tammy's Homeschooling Curriculum Review of Franklin's eBookMan electronic reader
With this eBookMan, we can read the book first, and if we fall in love with it, then we can buy a hard copy.
Some other brands of readers need to be plugged into the wall to charge them because their battery is not removable, but the batteries in the eBookMan come out.
I think that Franklin is closing them out, and that's why the price is so low.
abasiccurriculum.com /reviews/literatu/franklin.html   (1279 words)

  
 Electronics - e-Book Readers
Franklin created the handheld electronic reference category in 1986 with the introduction of the Spelling Ace electronic spelling corrector.
Today, Franklin develops and markets a library of handheld electronic reference products, each of which instantly retrieves data for viewing anywhere!Offered is...
This USB cradle from Franklin Electronic Publishers is intended for connecting your desktop computer with eBookMan and has been designed for use only with the eBookMan EBM-900, EBM-901, and EBM-911....
www.stormlabs.com /Electronics/e_Book_Readers/Browse/292565   (604 words)

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