UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) ~~January~~February 811, 2010

Franklin Electronic Publishers, Incorporated

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Pennsylvania

1-13198

22-2476703

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)



One Franklin Plaza, Burlington, New Jersey		08016-4907
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (609)386-2500

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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ITEM 8 2.0102. ~~OTHER~~RESULTS ~~EVENTS~~OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

~~Adobe~~On Systems, Inc. (“Adobe”) has entered into certain agreements (the “Agreements”) with the Registrant pursuant to which, among other things, Adobe exercised in part its option to extend the term of its long-standing license for the Registrant’s Proximity Division’s spelling error detection and correction, hyphenation and thesaurus software for an additional year through SeptemberFebruary 3011, ~~2013, and on January 8,~~ 2010, ~~Adobe paid to~~ the Registrant ~~approximately~~issued ~~$2,267,000,~~a anpress ~~amount~~release ~~equal~~announcing toearnings ~~the~~for ~~discounted present value of payments due from Adobe in October 2010 and October 2011 under the license. In addition to Adobe’s exercise of~~ its ~~renewal~~ ~~option,~~third ~~Adobe~~fiscal has also contracted with the Registrant under the Agreements to develop certain spelling error detection and correction programs for the Portuguese language in compliance with certain recent Brazilian reforms. The Registrant expects to recognize revenue of over $6,300,000 over the extended term of the license, starting with the quarter ended December 31, 2009. The ~~license~~full ~~also~~text ~~provides~~of ~~Adobe~~the ~~with~~press anrelease ~~option~~issued toby ~~extend~~ the ~~license for an additional year which if~~Registrant ~~exercised~~on ~~would~~February 11, ~~result~~2010 inis ~~the~~attached ~~recognition~~hereto ofas anExhibit ~~additional $~~99.1~~,909,000~~ ~~over~~and ~~the~~is ~~one~~incorporated ~~year~~herein ~~extension~~by ~~period~~reference.

The information in this report (including Exhibit 99.1) is being “furnished” and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is not subject to the liabilities of that section and is not deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

ITEM 9.01.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

Exhibits:


99.1		Press Release, dated February 11, 2010.

Signature

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	Franklin Electronic Publishers, Incorporated
Date: January 14, 2010	By:	/S/ FRANK A. MUSTO
Date: February 11, 2010	By:	/s/ Frank A. Musto
	Name:	Frank A. Musto
	Title:	Vice President,
		Chief Financial Officer

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