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ebrary Selected for EContent’s Top 100 List of Companies that “Matter Most in the Digital Content Industry”

December 3, 2003 – Palo Alto, CA – ebrary (www.ebrary.com), a leading provider of information distribution and retrieval services, today announced that it has been named to the EContent 100 list of top companies in the digital content arena. The third annual EContent 100 list was selected by editorial staff and contributing editors at EContent magazine as well as their colleagues at Information Today, Inc.

“The EContent 100 list represents the movers and shakers of the digital content industry such as ebrary, which has developed unique book databases and other offerings that serve the content acquisition and distribution needs of organizations worldwide,” said EContent editor Michelle Manafy. “Our goal is to assist our readers in finding the best possible resources and solutions, like ebrary, that address their digital content needs.”

“ebrary is honored to have been chosen for the EContent 100 list,” said Christopher Warnock, CEO of ebrary. “This has been a tremendous year for ebrary. We have grown our customer base by more than 300% and now serve libraries and other organizations in 35 different countries, we’ve expanded the number of books and other documents in our database offerings to more than 35,000, and we’ve made significant improvements and enhancements to our technology. It is extremely gratifying to have this momentum recognized by Information Today, Inc. editors and staff, who are experts in the digital content market.”

Databases from ebrary

ebrary is the first company to offer libraries simultaneous, multi-user access to growing databases of books and other authoritative documents from world-class publishers. The company currently offers 16 aggregated databases that cover all academic subject areas, as well as ones of general interest. It also licenses six complementary, publisher-branded databases from organizations recognized as leaders in specific fields of study.

ebrary is also the only company with technology that turns every word in every PDF document into a highly interactive learning experience. Simply by selecting specific words, researchers can use ebrary InfoTools™ to instantly access additional information, including abstracts and reference databases within the library, and biographical information, maps and translations on the web.

ebrary offers its customers the following key benefits:

Simultaneous, multi-user access – content is available at any time, from anywhere.
Access to new content added during the subscription term, all at no additional cost.
Full-text search within and across documents.
Advanced research capabilities through ebrary InfoTools™.
Integration with existing ILS systems and digital resources.
Machine-Readable Cataloging 21 (MARC 21) records include direct links to each title from the 856 fields.
Highlighting, bookmarking, annotating and other tools.
Reporting tools and usage statistics that meet International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC) standards.
Instant and dynamic access to pages from streaming PDF technology that maintains the exact appearance of a document’s printed version.
Affordable pricing based on library type and size.

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 content databases, from which it produces numerous market-specific applications.

ebrary licenses its unique database technology to organizations that seek to reduce costs, increase revenues and improve efficiency by securely distributing their own content over the Internet. ebrary also uses its own technology to create databases containing content from leading publishers, which it then licenses to libraries and other institutions worldwide. ebrary currently offers over 35,000 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 database collections through their library. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Palo Alto, CA with offices in New York, ebrary is privately held and funded by Random House Ventures LLC, Pearson plc and The McGraw-Hill Companies.

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