NetLibrary eBooks to be Made Available through Glassbook Readers
Agreement gives consumers more choice in growing eBook marketplace
BOULDER, Colo. – May 1, 2000 - NetLibraryTM, a leading provider of
eBooks and Internet-based content/collection management services,
and Glassbook Inc., a leading software provider for secure eBook
distribution and high-fidelity eBook readers, today announced plans
to make NetLibrary eBooks available to consumers, corporations, and
library patrons via Glassbook Reader software.
With this arrangement, NetLibrary will broaden its suite of eBook
reading platforms to include PDF-version eBooks. As a result,
NetLibrary is in the position of being able to offer eBooks
through multiple reading platforms, including desktops and laptops
using PDF or non-PDF eBook versions, and a variety of handheld
organizers using Palm or Windows CE operating systems.
NetLibrary provides publishers with an infrastructure for the
development, management, and distribution of digital eBook
content. Through NetLibrary, publishers have an addintional way of
reaching consumers through both institutional channels and
online retailers, while maintaining digital rights for their
content. As a digital collection manager, NetLibrary offers
academic, corporate, and public libraries a means of offering
eBook collections to their patrons. As a fulfillment agent,
NetLibrary offers online booksellers and retailers a way to
sell digital content to consumers in multiple eBook reading
platforms.
"NetLibrary's longstanding strategy has been to work with
publishers to build a solid and growing collection of eBooks,
and then to distribute those eBooks to institutions and online
retailers in the format their patrons and customers desire,"
said NetLibrary President and Chief Executive Officer
Rob Kaufman. "Glassbook Readers have gained wide acceptance
because of their ease of use and flexibility. We are pleased
to be making our publishers' content available in this format."
The Glassbook Readers, including the free Glassbook Reader
and the advanced Glassbook Plus Reader, are software programs
for viewing PDF-version eBooks on a laptop or desktop PC. The
Glassbook Readers offer full-color display of eBook pages,
searching and bookmarking, and display rotation for laptop
computers.
The arrangement calls for NetLibrary eBooks to be made
available for the Glassbook Reader at the discretion of publishers
who offer their titles through NetLibrary. NetLibrary currently
offers more than 18,000 titles from 200 publishers.
"NetLibrary is a leader in the development, management and
distribution of electronic books," said Glassbook President
Len Kawell. "By implementing this agreement with NetLibrary,
we will greatly expand the universe of eBooks available to users
of Glassbook Readers."
Glassbook Inc., headquartered in Waltham, Mass.,
is an Internet software company that develops open standards-based
products for the emerging electronic book market. Glassbook products
deliver a high-fidelity reading experience to consumers and e-commerce
software to publishers, distributors, booksellers and libraries.
The company is dedicated to creating solutions that uniquely provide
a true evolution of the book-reading experience through ease-of-use
and enhanced features, while effectively addressing the needs of
individuals and businesses that create, distribute and sell books.
NetLibrary is a leading provider of eBooks and
Internet-based content/collection management services. NetLibrary
has established relationships with more than 200 publishers of trade,
academic, reference, and scholarly books, and has created digital
versions of more than 18,000 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 and peanutpress.com Web sites.
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:
NetLibrary
Brian Bell
NetLibrary Inc.
(303) 381-8703
bbell@NetLibrary.com
Jon Melamut
Glassbooks, Inc.
(781)434-2100
jmelamut@glassbook.com
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