(August 20, 2008) Pelican Software (BC), Inc. releases the 2009 Edition of its Yearbooks! Desktop software - designed specifically for Publishers, Printers and Photography businesses to control the printing of school yearbooks.

"Unlike all of our competitors, we provide a feature rich yearbook creation tool and our clients are free to print the books wherever and however they'd like" says Don Power, Sales Manager of Pelican Software.

As high quality digital presses are becoming more and more affordable and schools are increasingly looking for alternatives to long term publishing contracts, the timing has never been better for independent businesses to thrive in the high margin, high volume yearbook publishing market. Yearbooks! Desktop is currently used to print over 125 MILLION pages per year!

Pelican Software is committed to helping the industry keep the yearbook tradition alive.

When students want a yearbook, a Website or CD alone won’t do, said a Newbury Park sophomore. “A yearbook is tangible”, he said. “You can hand it to somebody.”

With a continually expanding list of partners such as FujiFilm USA, Memory Book Company, Marathon Press and Strawbridge Studios, Pelican Software is a proven leader in the yearbook production industry.

Yearbooks! Desktop 2009 makes it even easier to produce a yearbook with significantly enhanced new tools such as:

•    Cover Designer – Offers custom yearbook covers to your users, which will increase print revenue!

•    Activity Page Templates – Import, organize and design more pages with candid photographs!

•    Double Page Spread – Proof multiple pages simultaneously, increase production and reduce project time!

“Yearbooks! Desktop 2009 looks great! I love all of the new features. I also love the Images tab…I think it will save us a LOT of time!” said Shannon at Memory Book Company.

Printing shops of any size now have access to the easiest way to enter the yearbook production market thanks to Pelican Software's Yearbooks! Desktop.

It’s as easy as Click>Print>Profit!