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Wiley Announces Online Distribution Agreement with NetLibrary
New York, NY May 3, 2000. William J. Pesce, President and Chief Executive Officer of
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., (NYSE:JWa) (NYSE:JWb) announced today that Wiley has entered
into an agreement with NetLibrary to provide the online distribution of about 700
Wiley titles.
"The partnership will make Wiley's deep reservoir of 'must-have' content more
accessible to our customers by bringing the library to the desktop," said Mr. Pesce.
"We will be serving our customers better and driving revenue growth."
The Wiley titles will be drawn from its scientific, technical, and medical programs,
as well as its business, finance, computer, psychology, and general interest lists.
Key selections include Savage/The Savage Truth About Money, Block/Flawless
Consulting, 2nd edition, Vogel/Java Programming with CORBA, James/Winning
in the Women's Healthcare Marketplace, and Stern/Pluto and Charon.
NetLibrary has developed the capacity to create electronic versions of print
editions with security features that allow library customers to "lend" 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, with search capability by keyword, phrase, subject, author,
title, or idea. Consumers are provided the option of purchasing eBooks in a variety
of formats for reading on a personal computer or various handheld organizers.
"NetLibrary is pleased to be digitally managing and distributing eBooks for Wiley,"
said NetLibrary Chief Operating Officer Nancy Talmey. "Wiley's eBooks are important
components in the collections we sell to academic, corporate, public, and special libraries."
To make it easier for customers to purchase any of the Wiley titles they access, the
agreement also provides for links to be put in place for all titles to major online
booksellers and for eBooks to be sold through library book distributors.
Founded in 1807, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., is a global publisher of print and electronic
products, specializing in professional and consumer books and subscription services;
scientific, technical, and medical books and journals; and textbooks and educational
materials for undergraduate and graduate students as well as lifelong learners. Wiley
has publishing, marketing, and distribution centers in the United States, Canada, Europe,
Asia, and Australia. The company's Class A and Class B shares are listed on the New York
Stock Exchange under the symbols JWa and JWb, respectively. Wiley's Internet site can be
accessed at www.wiley.com.
NetLibrary (www.NetLibrary.com) 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.
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:
Susan Spilka
(Wiley)
(212) 850-6147
sspilka@wiley.com
NetLibrary
Brian Bell
(NetLibrary)
(303) 381-8703
bbell@NetLibrary.com
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