November 20, 2007
- Tea Cup Communication
November 20, 2007
Press Release
Tea Cup Communication Ltd.
Tea Cup Communication Publishes Book Title in Collaboration with Goma Books
Tokyo – November 20, 2007 – GMO Internet Group company, Tea Cup Communication, and Goma Books, are collaborating on the release of their first book together from the blog Chisana Chikara Neko AIDS to Hakketsubyo…Kiseki no Neko Ai (The miracle story of a cat with AIDS and Leukemia). The book Chisana Chikara Ai to Seri no Monogatari (tentative title) will be released throughout Japan at the end of December.
Book Release
Tea Cup Communication rental blog service teacup.blog operates approximately 500,000 sites*. One of those blogs, Chisana Chikara Neko AIDS to Hakketsubyo…Kiseki no Neko Ai is to be released as a novel in collaboration with Goma Books. *Accumulated Total: November 1, 2007
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| Chisana Chikara – Ai to Seri no Monogatari The novel is a conversation between author of Chisana Chikara Neko AIDS to Hakketsubyo…Kiseki no Neko Ai, Seri Saki and her cat. The story is the story of a woman and a cat suffering from Feline Aids and Leukemia. It tells of the joy and pain of taking care of the ailing animal and it is a story that will touch your heart. |  |
teacup blog “AutoPage”
The teacup blog “AutoPage” rental blog service was launched in July, 2004. Currently the service has around 500,000 users. The advantage of this service is the range of on demand features including the Flash drawing function (Magical Maker*), a highly flexible style sheet editing function, and a service that turns a user's blog into a book.
*Magical Maker: An ASP service by Media Groove 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 lover’s 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 (NetRatings 5/2007). They entered the Second Life 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 web 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”book service (on demand): http://autopage.teacup.com/books.shtml
Neko Colle: http://moon.ap.teacup.com/nikukyu/
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GMO Internet Inc. Group PR Team
E-mail: [email protected]
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 |
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 | ￥9,651,750,000 |