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ebrary Chosen to Showcase PDF Technology and Book Databases at Content World, Oct. 7, 2003 in Los Angeles
Participants Enter to Win a Free Annual Subscription to ebrary’s Book Databases in Computers & Technology or Business & Economics

October 1, 2003 – Palo Alto, CA – ebrary (www.ebrary.com), a leading provider of information distribution and retrieval services, today announced that Christopher Warnock, CEO of ebrary, has been selected to host a workshop at Content World, Oct. 7, 2003 from 9am until noon. E-learning companies, content aggregators, corporations, libraries and others are invited to learn more about ebrary’s unique PDF-based technology, and how they can subsidize their content offerings with ebrary’s databases of books and other documents from over 175 of the world’s leading publishers. Additionally, participants will learn about ebrary’s vision to extend its technology to multiple markets and support a variety of content types and business models.

Workshop participants may enter to win a free annual subscription to ebrary’s databases in either Computers, & Technology or Business & Economics. For details about ebrary’s Content World sweepstakes or to pre-register for the workshop visit www.ebrary.com/contentworld. For more information about Content World visit www.contentworld.com.

“We are very excited to share our vision for the secure viewing and distribution of high-value content and documents at Content World. We will be demonstrating prototypes of how companies can reduce distribution cost, create incremental revenue from existing content assets, and provide an efficient research experience through our technology and content offerings,” said Christopher Warnock, CEO of ebrary. “We also look forward to receiving valuable feedback from the marketplace on our vision and offerings.”

Databases from ebrary

ebrary aggregates databases of content from leading publishers and delivers them via its own unique platform, which is also licensed separately. The company’s databases span professional and academic subject areas including:

Computers & Technology – Over 1,000 current titles from publishers such as McGraw-Hill Professional Book Group, CMP Media, MIT Press, and Elsevier Science.
Business & Economics – A compilation of more than 2,500 recent titles from publishers including American Management Association (AMACOM), Cambridge University Press, Career Press, and Greenwood Professional Publishers.

Key Features and Benefits:

Simultaneous, multi-user access – ebrary titles are always available, from any Web-enabled computer.
Full-text search within and across documents.
Integration with existing digital resources.
Advanced research capabilities – ebrary InfoTools™ enable users to interact with every word in every document. By selecting words, users can instantly link to additional information within the database, or on the Web such as definitions, translations, explanations and more.
Bookmarks, highlights and annotations, which can be saved on a personal bookshelf.
Automatic citations.
Usage statistics and reporting tools.

For more information about ebrary’s databases visit www.ebrary.com.

About ebrary

ebrary is a leading provider of information distribution and retrieval services. The company has developed a powerful system that cost effectively and efficiently creates highly interactive, online databases of content, and offers numerous applications to multiple markets.

ebrary licenses its unique database technology to organizations that need to securely distribute their own content over the Internet to reduce costs, increase revenues and improve efficiency. Additionally, using its own technology, ebrary creates databases of content from leading publishers, which it licenses to libraries and other institutions worldwide. ebrary currently offers over 30,000 full text books, sheet music titles, maps, reports and other authoritative documents from more than 175 leading academic, trade and professional publishers. The company also operates a consumer-facing site– ebrary Discover – designed for individuals that do not have access to its databases through their library. Founded in 1999, ebrary is privately held and is funded by Random House Ventures LLC, Pearson plc and The McGraw-Hill Companies. ebrary is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA with offices in New York.

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