I can’t decide if it’s Spring or not (it snowed yesterday morning in Idaho).

We realize how irregular we’ve become on our blog when Amy reminded us to post our latest press releases here.

We’ve been working with a great company out of New York City on a partnership that materialized yesterday. Here’s the press release.

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May is a wonderful month. Here’s a video (announcing the partnership) to inspire you in your efforts to preserve stories…enjoy!

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We thought our MemoryPress users would like to hear that we have just launched our Online Journaling Program called Pyxlin. Pyxlin is the smart way to journal. It was created so that people can keep their daily journal online in an easy-to-use, very secure format, and then have it professionally published when they are ready. Some of you may have heard of Pyxlin before. It has been around but, just this week, it was finalized and launched to the general public. It is ready for all journal writers to come and give it a try. Use it in place of your diary, written journal, or scrapbook. If you are already typing your journal entries on your computer, then you definitely need to give Pyxlin a try. It has so many benefits to traditional journals. Here are some of the great features of Pyxlin.

1. Your journal is password protected with a 256 Bit Encrypted Log-in (we’re talking bank quality security).
2. Access your journal from any internet connection in the world. No more forgetting to bring it with you.
3. Each of your journal entries is automatically dated with todays date - Or choose any date you wish.
4. You can organize your journal however you wish. Have a new journal for each aspect of life, or rearrange your entries with a simple drag and drop.
5. You can add unlimited photos to your journal. You can place them directly into your journal entry, or have an entire page of photos. No more journals with loose pictures or ticket stubs falling out. Simply scan them and drop them right onto the page.
6. 37% of journalers have lost their journal. This is one journal you CAN’T lose. House fires, computer crashes, they won’t matter. We have all your information safely archived in 3 places.
7. Once your ready, Pyxlin will professionally typeset all your text and photos, and you can publish your journal into a professional hardbound book.

If you haven’t tried Pyxlin before, you’ve got to try it now. With your MemoryPress login you already have access to Pyxlin. Click the word Pyxlin in the upper right hand corner of your account and start a journal today.

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In 2004 we launched iMemoryBook, a simple system that allows families to turn photos and memories into hardbound books. Three years and several thousand family histories later, MemoryPress will soon replace iMemoryBook.

We just purchased www.MemoryPress.com and are getting very close to the change over. This change has been in our plan for several months now. iMemoryBook BETA 2.0 is currently being used to test and develop the MemoryPress system. The change in names is about positioning really. Over the past 3 months, we have conducted multiple surveys and have done a lot of research. MemoryPress is simply the right name for our position. MemoryPress will be the world’s first professional online typesetting system. It will be the solution to creating your family library.

New Features
We have listened carefully to requests from all of you over the past three years. Here are some new features that will be available in the MemoryPress system:

• Microsoft Word Import.
• flickr photo import.
• A completely redesigned user interface (UI).
• iMemoryBook’s 80lb paper will be improved with the 100lb paper of MemoryPress.
• Guaranteed Library Certified Bindings on all books.
• Multiple photo uploader.

We believe that MemoryPress will revolutionize the family and personal history genre for the next generation. From baby books to wedding stories, retirement gifts to your own life story, MemoryPress helps you compile, typeset, print, bind, and ship your creation direct to your door.

Personal & Family History Focus
With the new MS Word import finally coming to fruition our focus for the next few months will be on family and personal histories. Take a look at these stats:

• 33 million Americans (15 percent of those surveyed) want to create a legacy to pass on to future generations.
• 24 million Americans (11 percent of those surveyed) have already written a personal or family history.
  *thanks to MyFamily.com for the research!

We will be giving you the power to easily put that personal or family history, currently sitting in your Word document, into a professionally bound book!

Previews of the program will be posted over the coming weeks on www.MemoryPress.com. Before the official MemoryPress release date (anticipated in August 2007), FamilyLearn will announce how MemoryPress will work for existing customers and partners (personal historians, bookstores and funeral homes).

Stay tuned for further information on the world’s first online typesetting system by leaving your email at www.MemoryPress.com .

Let us know what you think. We would love to hear your comments.

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Provo, UT, November 18, 2006 –(BusinessWire.COM)– About half of all marriages end in divorce. Couples who keep a wedding memory book might have a higher chance of succeeding. Did Tom & Katie, Ben & Jennifer, or Brad & Angelina make a wedding memory book?

No, but they should have.  Paul Allen—one of the original founders of MyFamily.com*—in talking about the importance of wedding memory books said, “These have the potential to lower the divorce rate! During hard times, couples will be able to go back and remember why they love each other.” Could it help Tom & Katie last longer than Tom and Nicole? Could Brad & Angelina’s relationship be more successful than Brad and Jennifer’s? Probably. Take for instance Derek and Wendy Thomas (Provo, UT) who are quickly approaching their first anniversary. Time is flying by, but the memories of their courtship and wedding are not. Early in their engagement, Derek and Wendy decided to make an iMemoryBook wedding memory book to record their story.

Derek wrote his perspective of how he and Wendy met and fell in love. The two were originally set up on a blind date. “I was excited,” wrote Derek, “but I didn’t really want to show it yet.” Eventually, he showed his excitement and affection for Wendy; their relationship progressed and developed.

Without reading what Derek had written, Wendy recorded the same story, but from her point of view: “I thought for most of that first evening, his name was Brian.” Fortunately, she figured out his name and their relationship began.

After recording their own stories, the couple used iMemoryBook’s invitation system to invite their friends and families to contribute memories and advice. Over the course of their engagement, they watched as over 50 people from around the nation contributed to their wedding memory book—even Derek’s friend in Brazil added a memory to the book. More than 100 pages of photos and memories were compiled in about 2 months. As a finishing touch, the couple added their engagement and wedding photos. Derek and Wendy’s wedding memory book was professionally printed shortly after their wedding.

Almost one year later, their wedding memory book still lies on the coffee table in their living room. Guests and visitors pore over the photos and memories of the proud couple while Derek and Wendy relive their story, falling in love all over again.

iMemoryBook version 2.0 was just released to the public on November 15. Neal Harmon, iMemoryBook’s founder, commented on its release: “With the Christmas and wedding season approaching fast, now is a great time to make a wedding memory book. As of November 15, starting your iMemoryBook doesn’t cost a cent. When your story is complete, you can use iMemoryBook’s press and bindery to print your professional wedding memory book.”

To start your wedding iMemoryBook, visit beta.imemorybook.com/wedding

Note: Anniversary, funeral, personal history, and baby iMemoryBooks are also available.

*Paul Allen no longer works with MyFamily.com.

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