With bold and sophisticated presentations, Cygnesis offered the public an easier and more affordable access to publications, boosted creativity worldwide, and freed authors from gatekeepers and middlemen.

All these years, the cygenesis.co.uk website stayed inactive online for the sake of the good old times but was forgotten by the public.

Instead of retiring the site, Floriana and Gary decided to open a virtual museum. Cygenesis.co.uk is now cygenesis.cc... Because, at the time, the .cc domains were the most fashionable.

Anyone interested in a page of internet history or wanting to see what one of the fanciest sites of the '90s looked like is WELCOME.

PS. In those days, we accessed Cygenesis through dial-up. If you don't know what it sounded like or just want to recreate the atmosphere, play the file below before entering the e-museum.

Founded in 1997 in London, UK, by author Gary Cahalane, Cygenesis was the first e-book publishing company to make waves on the internet and beyond.

In just a few years of operation and with only a few published titles, this small enterprise managed to revolutionize the way literature was conveyed to the public.

Floriana Fabian, an artist with a solid television portfolio, was one of the first to be featured by Cygenesis. Although video files were still a thing of the future, she viewed the electronic publishing of her novel as a production for the silver screen. In the absence of motion pictures, she thought of compensating with collages, graphics, and photographs...

This sparked the publisher's imagination, who took the visuals to a whole new level. The e-book was a hit, with over 1500 downloads within three days.

Gary and Floriana remained friends for life.