New Feature Allows Users to Create a Book on CaringBridge Sites Documenting

                Their Journey Through Treatment or Recovery



    EAGAN, Minn., July 24 /EMWNews/ -- CaringBridge, a nonprofit Web

service that connects families and friends when someone is facing a serious

medical condition, treatment or recovery, now provides users with the

ability to preserve their personal Web site content in a

professionally-printed book format. Journal entries, guestbook messages,

tributes, photos and a dedication can be captured in a full-color

"CaringBook" for authors who wish to keep a remembrance of their journey

after their CaringBridge Web site is no longer a necessity for day-to-day

communication.



    CaringBridge is able to offer this new feature through a partnership

with SharedBook, a custom publishing platform provider. Using SharedBook's

browser- based publishing platform, content automatically flows from any

CaringBridge Web site into a professional book that can be previewed,

personalized and ordered online.



    Once a CaringBook is complete, CaringBridge members can share the book

with their friends and family electronically. Those invited to view the

book can also purchase a copy in its entirety.



    "The CaringBridge experience and connection is very powerful," said

CaringBridge founder Sona Mehring. "Many times friends and family want to

have an ongoing remembrance of that connection. By offering this feature of

creating a timeless book of a CaringBridge experience, that is possible."



    CaringBridge is the largest charitable nonprofit Web site in the world,

according to Nielsen//NetRatings' traffic rankings. Nearly 150,000 Web

sites have been created, generating more than half a billion visits and 20

million messages of hope and encouragement. The free service is funded

mainly by individual donations.



    "CaringBridge is a tremendous resource for patients and their

families," said Caroline Vanderlip, chief executive officer, SharedBook

Inc. "We are delighted that SharedBook's platform can provide an easy way

for CaringBridge members to chronicle their journeys in book format."



    For more information, please go to http://www.caringbridge.org.

    About CaringBridge



    CaringBridge(R) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) charitable organization

offering free personalized Web sites to those wishing to stay in touch with

family and friends when facing a serious medical condition, treatment or

recovery. CaringBridge's mission is to bring together a global community of

care, powered by the love of family and friends, in an easy, accessible and

private way. CaringBridge is the conduit of information, hope, support and

encouragement during a serious health condition. The goal is to ease the

burden of keeping friends and family updated while also providing a way for

them to send their love and encouragement. CaringBridge connects more than

20 million families each year, and there have been over half a billion

individual visits to personal CaringBridge Web sites. For more information

please visit http://www.caringbridge.org.



    About SharedBook



    SharedBook Inc. is a technology company that specializes in integrating

and publishing data from various sources into a structured book product

that can sit as a flipbook on the Internet or be professionally printed.

The company's collaborative on-demand Reverse Publishing Platform allows

users to extract data and content from multiple sources, manipulate it, and

then distribute their unique creation in digital or hard copy format.

SharedBook partners include Allrecipes.com, BigOven.com, CaringBridge,

Exposures, FuneralNet, JumpTV, Legacy.com, Little League International(R),

The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc., ProfessionalTravelGuide.com, Random

House, Inc., Regent Seven Seas Cruises, Sportography, Inc., and

YAVarsity.com. For more information, please go to http://www.sharedbook.com

or http://blog.sharedbook.com.






     Contact:

     Melissa Holm

     CaringBridge

     (651) 789-3375

     [email protected]