January 28, 2008
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January 28, 2008
Press Release
Tea Cup Communication Ltd.
First teacup. Blog “AutoPage” Novel Goes Into Reprint Less Than a Month After Release
Tokyo – January 28, 2008 – GMO Internet Group company, Tea Cup Communication announces that Chisana Chikara Ai to Seri (The story of Ai and Seri), the novel released in collaboration with Goma Books in December last year, is going into reprint . Already at the end of December a small reprint was run, but due to popular demand the novel will now go into a large scale reprint.
Chisana Chikara – Ai to Seri comes from the author of Chisana Chikara Neko AIDS to Hakketsubyo…Kiseki no Neko Ai (The miracle story of a cat with feline AIDS and leukemia), a blog on the Tea Cup Communication service, teacup. blog “AutoPage”. The story is told through a series of conversations between the author and her cat. It was released to resounding praise and for a blogger’s first novel it has been extraordinarily successful in a very short time.
Title | Chisana Chikara – Ai to Seri |
Author | Seri Saki |
Price | 1,300 yen |
Publisher | Goma Books, Inc. |
On Sale | Available in bookstores throughout Japan Teacup. store (http://8006.teacup.com/teacup/shop) |
Related Links | Chisana Chikara – Ai to Seri Official Site: http://www.teacup.com/book_seri_ai/ Neko Colle: http://moon.ap.teacup.com/nikukyu/ *See below for information on Neko Colle |
Tea Cup Communication has set up the Chisana Chikara teacup. official store using the Tea Cup Communication rental shop service. At the store we will be offering 100 limited edition copies of the book. At the official site, users can post their impressions, read the latest notifications from the Goma Books editor-in-chief and participate in promotional activities.
teacup blog “AutoPage”
The teacup. blog “AutoPage” rental blog service was launched in July, 2004. It now has around 500,000 users. The service offers a range of on-demand features including the Flash drawing function (Magical Maker*), a highly flexible style sheet editing function, and a service that allows users to turn their blog into a book.
*Magical Maker: A Media Groove ASP service for easy Flash® creation. Users can draw on a photo, place decorations on it and upload it onto their blog. This is a standard teacup. blog feature.
Neko Colle
Neko Colle is a cat lovers’ community page that publishes information about cats. The site is updated every Friday and includes cat blog rankings, images and bulletin boards. Neko Colle and the new publication bring together a diverse range of cat lovers’ blogs.
Tea Cup Communication
Tea Cup Communication provides operation and construction management of the portal site teacup. along with Internet tools for individuals including rental bulletin boards, rental chat rooms, rental blogs and online stores. There are currently around 2.4 million teacup. members. The comprehensive Internet community is one of the largest in Japan boasting around 7.8 million unique users* per month (NetRatings 5/2007) and 18.8 million page views** per day (our own estimate 5/2007). The company began developing a Second Life related business in March 2007.
* Unique user: the number of users that access a website within a specified period of time.
**Page Views: A method of measuring the number of times a website is accessed.
Related Links (all links are to Japanese language sites unless otherwise indicated)
teacup. blog “AutoPage”: http://autopage.teacup.com/
teacup. blog“AutoPage”samples: http://autopage.teacup.com/book_seri_ai.shtml
teacup. blog“AutoPage”publishing service (on-demand): http://autopage.teacup.com/books.shtml
Chisana Chikara – Ai to Seri official site: http://www.teacup.com/book_seri_ai/
Chisana Chikara – Ai to Seri teacup. store: http://8006.teacup.com/teacup/shop
Neko Colle: http://moon.ap.teacup.com/nikukyu/
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The GMO Internet Group
The GMO Internet Group is a leading force in the Internet industry offering one of the most comprehensive ranges of Internet services in Japan. We hold top domestic market shares in domain registration, web hosting and payment processing and we provide a host of other services including e-commerce solutions and Internet advertising to individual and corporate customers. Striving to redefine the industry and foster a vibrant Internet culture, the GMO Internet Group is continuously working to inspire enthusiasm in our customers and put smiles on their faces.
Tea Cup Communication Ltd.
Company Name | Tea Cup Communication Ltd. http://www.teacup.com/ |
Address | Meisei Building, 8-9 Sakuragaokacho, Shibuya ku, Tokyo, JAPAN |
CEO | Tomoyuki Ishikawa |
Business Description | - Design and management of Internet communication services - Internet Advertising - Planning, design, implementation and operation of Internet information systems and communication networks |
Capital | 71,000,000 yen |
GMO Internet Inc.
Company Name | GMO Internet Inc. http://www.gmo.jp/en (TSE First Section Code: 9449) |
Address | Cerulean Tower, 26-1 Sakuragaokacho, Shibuya ku, Tokyo, JAPAN |
CEO | Masatoshi Kumagai |
Business Description | - Internet Use Support (Infrastructure) - Internet Advertising Support (Media) |
Capital | 12,631,970,000 yen |