NetLibrary to Distribute eBook Versions of All
Future Bestsellers from O'Reilly & Associates
BOULDER, COLO. – March 30, 2000 – NetLibrary™, a leading provider of eBooks and
Internet-based content/collection management services, today announced that it will
begin to carry all frontlist and backlist bestsellers from O'Reilly & Associates,
bringing the total number of the publisher's books in the NetLibrary collection to
more than 160 titles.
O'Reilly & Associates has won the respect of book buyers the world over by anticipating
new technological trends and quickly publishing authoritative guides. O'Reilly books
cover programming languages such as Perl and Java, and are a leading source of
information on Linux and other open source software technologies. NetLibrary carries
numerous O'Reilly titles, including Larry Wall's "Programming Perl" and titles from
the popular Nutshell Series.
"NetLibrary is a great vehicle for distributing our technology titles, as well as O'Reilly
eBooks on a variety of other topics," O'Reilly & Associates CEO Tim O'Reilly. "NetLibrary
provides O'Reilly & Associates an important presence in the library market and greater
direct access to consumers over the Internet."
Although O'Reilly is best known for authoritative guides on new technologies, the
publisher is making inroads into other areas, such as health issues. New O'Reilly
titles recently added to NetLibrary include the popular Patient-Centered Guides. This
series provides a mix of medical, practical, and emotional information created by writers
and editors who have encountered illnesses that have threatened or changed their lives.
"As our relationship with O'Reilly continues to grow, NetLibrary's customers are rewarded
with authoritative and interesting content," said NetLibrary Chief Operating Officer Nancy
Talmey. "O'Reilly's computer books and Patient-Centered Guides are very popular with our
library customers. By providing them as eBooks, we allow libraries to offer their patrons
round-the-clock access to these titles."
O'Reilly & Associates is a technical information company that is recognized worldwide
for books, technical conferences, online resources, and Internet software. O'Reilly is
the definitive independent source of information on the Internet, Java, programming, open
source software, Windows NT and UNIX. From their pioneering bestseller The Whole Internet
User's Guide & Catalog (designated one of 100 Books of the 20th Century by the New York
Public Library) to GNN (the first Internet portal and commercial website) to WebSite (the
first web server software for desktop PCs), O'Reilly has been at the forefront of Internet
development. Information about the company can be found at www.oreilly.com.
NetLibrary is a leading provider of eBooks and Internet-based
content/collection management services. NetLibrary has established relationships with
more than 175 publishers of trade, academic, reference, and scholarly books, and has
created digital versions of nearly 17,000 titles. NetLibrary hosts and manages eBook
collections for numerous public, academic, corporate, and special libraries around the
world. The company also sells eBooks directly to consumers at the NetLibrary website.
With NetLibrary, consumers can choose between PC-based eBooks for reading online or offline,
and eBooks for portable reading on a variety of handheld computers, such as those running
the Palm and Windows CE operating systems.
Contact:
Brian Bell
NetLibrary, Inc.
(303) 381-8703
bbell@NetLibrary.com
Heather Robinson
GCI Group
(415) 974-7265
hrobinson@gcigroup.com
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