Click here to receive your FREE subscription to Education Channel Partner

Somatic Digital Offers Free Evaluation Version Of eTouchBook Suite

By: Chris Riedel

9/3/2008

Somatic Digital has announced an evaluation version of their eTouchBook Suite, giving publishers, OEMs, and others an opportunity to test the platform's capabilities before making the decision to buy.

According to the company, the package will consist of the eTouchBook hardware platform, eTouchBook Client software, access to eTouchBook.com for BookDesigner Web Service, print and digital demo content, in addition to a Mac or PC laptop. The evaluation suite will be made available to qualified parties free of charge, for a period of seven days.

"Being able to provide an evaluation package to our customer base is a huge milestone for us and potentially for the publishing industry," said Jason E. Barkeloo, Somatic Digital's Founder and President, in a prepared statement. "The touch user interface technology--or TUI--in the eTouchBook reflects nearly five years of research and development to make printed pages behave like a web page."

According to Somatic Digital, benefits of the platform include the ability for content publishers to create and distribute "hybrid media," integrating both print and digital assets.

The evaluation package will be made available this month. Applications and non-disclosure agreements are available through the company's Web site.


About the author: Chris Riedel is a freelance writer based in Florida. He can be reached here.