Leading Independent Ipod Site Ilounge.com Releases The Free Ipod Book For Immediate Download
(ContentDesk) August 16, 2005 -- In a bold expansion of its series of all-digital publications, leading independent and iTunes resource iLounge.com today announced immediate availability of "The Free Book," an incredible new resource for current and prospective owners."We want to serve as many of our readers' needs as possible," explained Jeremy Horwitz, Editor-in-Chief of iLounge. "We publish the world's leading web site and Buyers' Guides. With students heading into the Back to School season, today is the perfect day to release an equally exciting and educational book."Recently named a "Forbes Favorite" on Forbes' 2005 Best of the Web rankings, iLounge has been described as "the ultimate in product reviews and tutorials on all things iPod," and was similarly ranked in 2004 as one of Time Magazine's 50 top web sites. Its Buyers' Guides have been downloaded over 750,000 times directly from iLounge.com and its predecessor site iPodlounge.com.Over 140 pages long, the Free Book offers a broad-sweeping, independent look at all things and iTunes. Its Back to School content begins with a stunning gallery of upcoming accessories, including seven never before seen products from leading accessory makers Belkin, Griffin Technology, JBL and Sumo Design, as well as economy newcomers Blumac and Oregon Scientific.

Ratings of over 500 iPods and accessories appear in the Book, as well as capsule summary reviews of the most exciting accessories released over the last four months.With more than 80 pages of easy-to-follow tutorials, the Book provides a birth to death and rebirth guide to the iPod, as well as 101 pithy tips for Apple's popular iTunes music management software. Current owners can learn how to repair, customize, and get the most money for their used iPods, while new and previous buyers get help selecting the best current models for their personal needs. The world's first yellow pages of leading product and service providers is also compiled in the Book for easy reference as "The Directory."The Book also includes a tremendous collection of reader-submitted photography, including winning submissions to iLounge's $1500 World Flags contest, which was sponsored in part by leading earphone maker Shure. One winning entry received an Apple Mac mini computer

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and top-of-the-line Shure E5c headphones, while second and third place entries received Shure E4c and E3c headphones. A new Search for Trivia contest sponsored by famed speaker maker Klipsch is debuted inside, with three premium Klipsch iFi speaker systems offered to lucky winners."Our goal is to continue to provide the best possible and iTunes information to our readers without charge," explained Dennis Lloyd, Publisher of iLounge.

"We've again used Adobe's open PDF format, which runs on any computer, and is equally great for on-screen or printed reading. Downloads from our site are both free, and hassle-free. And of course, because we want to promote responsible use of file-sharing networks, we continue to welcome peer-to-peer and distributed sharing of the Book on a non-profit basis, and encourage our readers to e-mail or transfer copies to their friends and family members."Downloads of The Free Book are available from http://www.ilounge.com/book/, and earlier issues of the iLounge Buyers' Guide can be downloaded from http://www.ilounge.com/library/. iLounge will release its Holiday 2005 Buyers' Guide in early November, and announce further details in the months to come.About iLoungeHeadquartered in Irvine, California, The Media LLC's iLounge is the world's leading independent resource of information, is not affiliated with or owned by Apple Computer, Inc. or any other manufacturer of accessories, and claims no ownership in the or iTunes trademarks.

Founded in 2001 - only days after Apple announced the first - iLounge has exploded in popularity, doubling its traffic every six or fewer months. Today, iLounge boasts over 3,000,000 visitors and 20,000,000 page views each month. The site, its founder and editors have been spotlighted by the Associated Press, CNBC, the Guardian (UK), iCreate magazine, Italian Vogue magazine, the Los Angeles Times, National Post (Canada), the New York Times, Reuters, SlashDot, Stuff (UK), TechTV, The Age (Australia), The Sun (UK), Time Magazine, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Wired.com, amongst many others.Contacts:Business inquiries only: Dennis Lloyd, Publisher, iLounge e-mail protected from spam bots(949) 651-9113Editorial inquiries only: Jeremy Horwitz, Editor-in-Chief, iLoungee-mail protected from spam bots.