Bookface to Provide Secure Delivery for Online Content

Posted on May 22, 2000

Bookface, Inc. has announced its development of technology to deliver content online securely. The Bookface delivery solution offers content providers a secure method for publishing their content directly on the Internet. The Bookface content delivery method allows Internet users to access content directly from their browser -- without installing special software. Bookface will preview its services and technology at BookExpo America 2000, June 2-4 at the McCormick Center in Chicago.

``Providing a solution for security concerns will be powerful and will enable the proliferation of richer content online,'' said Tammy Deuster, CEO and co-Founder of Bookface. ``Content providers have compelling incentives to deliver content digitally -- online content can be better controlled and reach more people, while publishers reap the economic benefits of eliminating physical costs.''

``User experience is as crucial as security in the Bookface vision. We were challenged to combine an effective piracy deterrent with an incredible user experience,'' stated Peter Mattis, CTO and co-Founder. ``Our technology offers a complete reading experience providing our users with responsive, on-demand access to content with powerful search capabilities, highlighting for text, and annotations -- all delivered directly to the web browser without having to install software. Thus, Internet users benefit from enjoying more information and entertainment on the web.''

Bookface technology will first be applied to their own web destination at bookface.com. This website aims to deliver the content directly to Internet users and allow them to be able to read whole books via the website. Targeted towards providing a new marketing and distribution channel for the U.S. trade book market, the branded web destination will be launched in the summer of 2000.

Bookface was founded in the fall of 1999 by CEO Tammy Deuster and CTO Peter Mattis. Peter and Tammy met while working together at Inktomi, developer of scalable Internet infrastructure software. They became convinced there was a need to develop technology to provide security for content placed on the Internet -- with a technology to address copyright concerns, more valuable content would be available.