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ebrary Announces ebrarian, Expands its Business
Solution Offers Secure Delivery of High Value Content on the Web

Mountain View, CA – May 14, 2001 – ebrary™ (www.ebrary.com), the authoritative source for online content and research, today announced the commercial availability of the ebrarian™ solution for channel partners that will enable online organizations to increase profitability and Web site traffic. The company also announced it is expanding its business beyond the ebrary.com online library to make its authoritative content available through channel partners, search engines and other Websites through its open access model.

Using the ebrarian solution, publishers, Internet portals, academic institutions, libraries, e-learning companies, large corporations and other organizations can provide high-value, focused content to attract and retain customers, increase sales and make their Website properties more valuable to advertisers. ebrary’s channel partner strategy also benefits publishers and other content providers by opening additional channels to increase online access and sales.

“Our business model always went beyond just providing a destination site. We haven’t talked about our channel strategy before because we wanted to time this announcement with the availability of the ebrarian solution,” said Christopher Warnock, CEO of ebrary. “By making our online collection of valuable books, journals, periodicals and more available via channel partners, search engines, and links—in addition to ebrary.com—we will quickly and efficiently achieve our goal of providing the most comprehensive, secure solution for delivering authoritative information on the Internet. Our strategy benefits ebrary, our publishing and channel partners and anyone who needs to conduct research on the Internet.”

“ebrary’s strategy is very timely. It promises to make content acquisition easy and affordable for online users and profitable for content providers,” said Yegin Chen, Director and Senior Analyst at Eduventures.com and author of Contenders for the Crown: Six E-libraries and Their Business Models. “ebrary’s software could become the engine that helps fuel the growth of digital publishing, including textbooks, course packs, libraries, ebooks, online news providers and other content-based services.”

The ebrarian Solution
ebrary partners with the world’s largest publishers and academic presses including Random House, Pearson plc, McGraw-Hill, Taylor & Francis, Cambridge University Press and others to create a rich, online collection of authoritative, copyrighted books, journals, periodicals and more. By combining this high-value content with powerful research and comprehension software, ebrary offers partners a powerful and flexible platform for e-content delivery.

Channel partners can target specific markets by making their own content securely available online, accessing relevant content from ebrary’s collection or combining content from both. Partners can also determine what payment models are appropriate to their businesses.

ebrarian Features and Benefits
The ebrarian solution supports a customizable business model through business rules that allow publishers and channel partners to specify how much content can be viewed or purchased, as well as the price of acquiring content.

ebrarian is powered by ebrary InfoTools™, which provides advanced exploration and comprehension capabilities. Users can interact with content down to the word level to obtain definitions, translations, biographical information, maps and more; easily navigate through the content; and access additional materials available on the Web via an intuitive interface. ebrarian leverages PDF technology, so content is presented true to the original design of the printed document.

ebrarian’s real time activity reports on document viewing, usage, micro-transactions and purchases provide valuable data for channel partners to make informed buying and marketing decisions, while protecting user privacy.

Open Access Model
ebrarian supports an open access model that enables search engines such as Google, Yahoo!, Excite and other Websites with search capabilities to freely index content, and any Website can provide links directly to high-value documents. This open access model benefits search engines by enabling them to increase site traffic, provides additional revenue streams for channel partners and publishers, and provides a convenient way for end-users to find and access the information they need online.

Price and Availability
ebrarian is available now to channel partners in the U.S. and U.K. Pricing will vary according to organizations’ individual requirements, including customization and hosting services.

About ebrary
ebrary develops software and services for the secure online access and delivery of authoritative copyrighted content. ebrary has created the ebrarian open access e-content solution for channel partners and is building a rich online library of copyrighted books, journals, periodicals and more that can be freely indexed by search engines via its open architected platform. ebrary’s comprehensive approach benefits publishers and content providers by enabling them to quickly and cost-effectively tap the Internet economy while protecting their copyrights online. The company’s unique photocopy model benefits Internet users worldwide by allowing them to freely browse and search valuable content without subscription or membership fees, paying only for the convenience of printing or copying the information they need. ebrary is privately held and is funded by Random House Ventures LLC, Pearson plc and McGraw-Hill. For more information, visit www.ebrary.com.

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