The Millbrook Press and NetLibrary to Distribute eBooks to Schools
Brookfield, Conn. – June 1, 2000 – The Millbrook Press, a widely recognized
publisher of nonfiction and children's literature, today announced an online
eBook distribution agreement with NetLibrary Inc., a leading provider of eBooks
and content/collection management services. The agreement calls for a starting
collection of more than 350 best sellers from The Millbrook Press to be made available
through NetLibrary to K-12 and public libraries in time for use in fall 2000.
The Millbrook Press is a curriculum-oriented children's book publisher with a
concentration on quality nonfiction for the school and library markets. Millbrook
has more than 1,500 books in print and adds approximately 175 new titles per year.
Millbrook's titles are to be distributed through NetLibrary's arrangement with Follett
Library Resources, a leading provider of recorded knowledge to K-12 school libraries.
Millbrook titles also will be available to NetLibrary's public library customers.
"The Millbrook Press recognizes that eBooks are part of the future for every publisher
and every library," said Millbrook Chairman Howard Graham. "NetLibrary's model for
developing, managing, and distributing eBooks is the best solution for The Millbrook Press."
The Millbrook Press publishes many of its books in series, each covering a specific topic
and ranging in size from five to 50 books. A few of the series under consideration for the
NetLibrary collection are: Biographies on Target, Issue and Debate Series, Contemporary
Issues, Supreme Court Decisions, and Science and Technology.
"The Millbrook Press will add substantially to the content we offer kindergarten through
twelfth-grade students," said NetLibrary Chief Operating Officer Nancy Talmey. "Printed
versions of Millbrook's award-winning books already are highly sought after by young readers;
we expect that eBook versions will become increasingly popular as time passes."
NetLibrary creates electronic versions of publishers' print editions and manages eBooks
through an infrastructure that facilitates high-level digital rights management. Through
NetLibrary, eBooks can be distributed to a variety of institutional and retail channels
and to a number of different platforms. NetLibrary gives libraries the ability to lend
eBook titles for a set time period while safeguarding intellectual property rights through
the restriction of print and copy functions. Patrons benefit from round-the-clock collection
access and the ability to search eBook collections by keyword, phrase, subject, author, title,
or idea.
The Millbrook Press has been publishing exceptional children's books since 1991. Millbrook's
specialization is publishing the very best in nonfiction and children's literature appropriate
for schools and public libraries as well as for leisure use. Millbrook titles are designed to
compliment the curriculum from pre through secondary school and to appeal to all areas of
children's interests, including in their trade program books that entertain as well as educate.
NetLibrary (www.NetLibrary.com) is a leading provider of eBooks and
Internet-based content/collection management services. NetLibrary has established relationships
with more than 230 publishers of trade, academic, reference, and scholarly books, and has
created digital versions of more than 20,000 titles. NetLibrary hosts and manages eBook
collections for numerous public, academic, corporate, and special libraries.
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