People have been talking about e-books since the current crop of college students was watching Rugrats, yet use has been limited mostly to die-hard techies content to put up with significant drawbacks and uncertain benefits. Until now.

What changed? For starters, the e-book's pages look like the print book's right down to the page number, giving readers a sense of comfort and familiarity. Fine as far as it goes, you say, but where's the advantage?

Enter CaféScribe. Our MyScribe reader makes it possible to do things first adopters never dreamed of: Search, highlight, take notes, cross-reference, sort text, connect with others using the same eTextbook and share notes with them... essentially, to manipulate the content with a variety of intuitive, easy-to-use tools to support learning and secure an academic edge.

CaféScribe was launched in 2007 by Fourteen40, Inc., so named for the year Gutenberg invented the printing press and revolutionized the sharing of knowledge, even as CaféScribe is doing today. Follett Corporation acquired Fourteen40 in March of 2008, integrating it into Follett Digital Resources and investing in a relaunch in the Spring of 2009.

Follett Corporation, founded in 1873, is a privately-held company with revenues of more than $2 billion that provides products, services, and solutions to the educational marketplace. It is the nation's largest provider of library materials and library technology to K-12 schools, the leading operator of college bookstores, and a major distributor of textbooks to institutions at all educational levels.

Follett's intimate knowledge of the higher education market, its time-tested partnerships, and its integrity - combined with Fourteen40's flexibility and youthful outlook - ensure that students, faculty, and academic institutions get the best of both worlds: cutting-edge, enterprise quality software backed by the industry leader.

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