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January 12, 2005 - LAKE OSWEGO, OREGON - The African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) has announced the selection of Blackwell’s Book Services and Ebook Library as the primary providers of print and digital materials for its Library and Information Centre. Based in Harare, Zimbabwe, the mission of the ACBF is to foster and support sustainable human and institutional capacity for poverty reduction in Africa. The Library and Information Centre is a central part of the institution’s strategic mission, as it provides information and research support to local and foreign researchers, policy-makers, government ministries and staff.

Kari Paulson, General Manager Ebook Library, states that "working with the African Capacity Building Foundation is a testament to the accessibility and immediacy of electronic books. That a company in West Australia can immediately fulfill an order for a library in Zimbabwe through an American distributor without any paper passing hands or borders is something to marvel at." Rowland Shuttleworth, Blackwell’s Sales Manager in Africa, worked with Ebook Library to create a content list and platform that would accommodate the current and ongoing resource needs of the ACBF Library and Information Centre.

Jasper Muvezwa, Library Head, saw an opportunity to provide greater access to content for both local and remote users through this unique arrangement with Ebook Library and Blackwell’s Book Services. The Library and Information Centre’s mission is to enable staff and other users to obtain with the greatest speed, convenience and economy, materials and information needed in the execution of their duties. With a collection strength in the development of Sub-Saharan Africa, the library provides in-house automated bibliographical and reference services to ACBF staff in support of their ongoing projects as well as acting as an information and reference center in capacity building literature to local and foreign researchers, policy-makers, staff and members of other organizations, government ministries, tertiary institutions; public sector; private sector and civil society.

About Ebooks Corporation
Ebooks Corporation Limited is an Australian unlisted public company, founded in 1997. Ebooks Corporation is a leading global provider of digital books. The Company has long-standing, close working relationships with key technology providers and other stakeholders in the ebook industry. Ebooks Corporation launched its retail ebook store, www.ebooks.com in September 2000. The development and deployment of eBooks.com, the world’s first comprehensive bookstore, was a landmark achievement. In June 2004, launched EBL (www.eblib.com) expanding its ebooks distribution to academic, research and special libraries worldwide.

About Blackwell’s Book Services
Blackwell's Book Services has been dedicated to building relationships with librarians and publishers for over 125 years, serving over 15,000 academic, research and special libraries in 120 countries. Our personalized network of services includes approval plans, firm orders, out-of-print, standing orders, and opening day collections as well as features such as table of contents enrichment and electronic new title announcement services. Blackwell’s combines longstanding methods of traditional bookselling with the latest information technology - all tailored to each library’s acquisitions needs. Blackwell’s Books Services headquarters are located in Lake Oswego, Oregon, with offices in Oxford, England, Sydney, Australia, and Blackwood, New Jersey.

January 10, 2005/Perth - Ebooks Corporation, Australian-based supplier of electronic books, today announced an Agreement with James Bennett for distribution of Ebook Library (EBL) in Australia and New Zealand. The arrangement will see EBL titles integrated and available for purchase through James Bennett’s online catalogue, JBO, in early 2005.

EBL is a new internet service that gives university students and library patrons full access to thousands of books via their library’s web interface. Ebooks Corporation developed EBL in collaboration with leading academic publishers and libraries in Australia, the US, the UK and Europe. EBL is the first Australian service of this kind and boasts some unique features.

EBL utilises a patented system called "non-linear lending"™, which means that the same book can be read online simultaneously by a multitude of students. In a world first, libraries can also rent a book from EBL, rather than buying it outright. In this way, requests for obscure books can be fulfilled without the library having to buy books that will only be used once. Librarians can even assemble collections of chapters from different ebooks and bundle them into an online "e-pack".

EBL has its headquarters in Perth, Western Australia, and James Bennett’s is based in Sydney. This all-Australian partnership will help ensure a comprehensive sales and support network for the ebook service throughout Australia and New Zealand. The integration of EBL titles into JBO will streamline the acquisition of ebooks in the region, enabling James Bennett’s customers to search, browse and purchase EBL titles along with their print books and other items.

Kari Paulson, General Manager of EBL said, "The interest in EBL amongst Australian libraries has been huge. Bennetts’ well-deserved reputation for excellent service will help us to achieve a more solid presence and service level in Australia and New Zealand. We are pleased to be working with Bennett’s in our home base, to ensure the highest levels of convenience, service and support to our customers."

Chris von Hinckeldey, Managing Director of James Bennett said, "We are looking forward to working with EBL and further enhancing our ebook and digital reference offerings to the Australasian library market. EBL has focused on meeting the specific needs of academic and research-based libraries, and we are delighted to be chosen as their distribution partner in this part of the world."

About James Bennett

James Bennett is Australia's leading library supplier, offering a range of products and services to assist library customers in collection development. With over 40 years experience supplying the library market, James Bennett’s reputation is built on superior customer service and the ability to source and present a comprehensive range of local and international print materials. As a progressive company they welcome new technologies that benefit the needs of customers and have experience in supplying electronic books, digital reference and other online products. The Company is based in Belrose on Sydney’s northern peninsula and operate from purpose-built facilities specifically designed to streamline the provision of value added services to customers.

The African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) has announced the selection of Blackwell’s Book Services and Ebook Library as the primary providers of print and digital materials for its Library and Information Centre. Based in Harare, Zimbabwe, the mission of the ACBF is to foster and support sustainable human and institutional capacity for poverty reduction in Africa. The Library and Information Centre is a central part of the institution’s strategic mission, as it provides information and research support to local and foreign researchers, policy-makers, government ministries and staff. Kari Paulson, General Manager Ebook Library, states that "working with the African Capacity Building Foundation is a testament to the accessibility and immediacy of electronic books. That a company in West Australia can immediately fulfill an order for a library in Zimbabwe through an American distributor without any paper passing hands or borders is something to marvel at." Rowland Shuttleworth, Blackwell’s Sales Manager in Africa, worked with Ebook Library to create a content list and platform that would accommodate the current and ongoing resource needs of the ACBF Library and Information Centre.

Jasper Muvezwa, Library Head, saw an opportunity to provide greater access to content for both local and remote users through this unique arrangement with Ebook Library and Blackwell’s Book Services. The Library and Information Centre’s mission is to enable staff and other users to obtain with the greatest speed, convenience and economy, materials and information needed in the execution of their duties. With a collection strength in the development of Sub-Saharan Africa, the library provides in-house automated bibliographical and reference services to ACBF staff in support of their ongoing projects as well as acting as an information and reference center in capacity building literature to local and foreign researchers, policy-makers, staff and members of other organizations, government ministries, tertiary institutions; public sector; private sector and civil society.

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About Ebooks Corporation

Ebooks Corporation Limited is an Australian unlisted public company, founded in 1997. Ebooks Corporation is a leading global provider of digital books. The Company has long-standing, close working relationships with key technology providers and other stakeholders in the ebook industry. Ebooks Corporation launched its retail ebook store, www.ebooks.com in September 2000. The development and deployment of eBooks.com, the world’s first comprehensive bookstore, was a landmark achievement. In June 2004, launched EBL (www.eblib.com) expanding its ebooks distribution to academic, research and special libraries worldwide.

About Blackwell’s Book Services

Blackwell's Book Services has been dedicated to building relationships with librarians and publishers for over 125 years, serving over 15,000 academic, research and special libraries in 120 countries. Our personalized network of services includes approval plans, firm orders, out-of-print, standing orders, and opening day collections as well as features such as table of contents enrichment and electronic new title announcement services. Blackwell’s combines longstanding methods of traditional bookselling with the latest information technology - all tailored to each library’s acquisitions needs. Blackwell’s Books Services headquarters are located in Lake Oswego, Oregon, with offices in Oxford, England, Sydney, Australia, and Blackwood, New Jersey.

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MEDIA CONTACTS:

Martha Whittaker
Vice-President, Marketing and Sales
Blackwell’s Book Services
martha.whittaker@blackwell.com
www.blackwell.com

Kari Paulson
General Manager, EBL
Ebooks Corporation
kari.paulson@ebooks.com
www.eblib.com
+61 8 9385 5851

Ebooks Corporation, Australian-based supplier of electronic books, today announced an Agreement with James Bennett for distribution of Ebook Library (EBL) in Australia and New Zealand. The arrangement will see EBL titles integrated and available for purchase through James Bennett’s online catalogue, JBO, in early 2005.

EBL is a new internet service that gives university students and library patrons full access to thousands of books via their library’s web interface. Ebooks Corporation developed EBL in collaboration with leading academic publishers and libraries in Australia, the US, the UK and Europe. EBL is the first Australian service of this kind and boasts some unique features.

EBL utilises a patented system called “non-linear lending”™, which means that the same book can be read online simultaneously by a multitude of students. In a world first, libraries can also rent a book from EBL, rather than buying it outright. In this way, requests for obscure books can be fulfilled without the library having to buy books that will only be used once. Librarians can even assemble collections of chapters from different ebooks and bundle them into an online “e-pack”.

EBL has its headquarters in Perth, Western Australia, and James Bennett’s is based in Sydney. This all-Australian partnership will help ensure a comprehensive sales and support network for the ebook service throughout Australia and New Zealand. The integration of EBL titles into JBO will streamline the acquisition of ebooks in the region, enabling James Bennett’s customers to search, browse and purchase EBL titles along with their print books and other items.

Kari Paulson, General Manager of EBL said, “The interest in EBL amongst Australian libraries has been huge. Bennetts’ well-deserved reputation for excellent service will help us to achieve a more solid presence and service level in Australia and New Zealand. We are pleased to be working with Bennett’s in our home base, to ensure the highest levels of convenience, service and support to our customers.”

Chris von Hinckeldey, Managing Director of James Bennett said, "We are looking forward to working with EBL and further enhancing our ebook and digital reference offerings to the Australasian library market. EBL has focused on meeting the specific needs of academic and research-based libraries, and we are delighted to be chosen as their distribution partner in this part of the world."

About Ebooks Corporation

Ebooks Corporation is a global provider of electronic books. It has distribution agreements with publishers in the US, UK and Australia. The Company has long-standing working relationships with Adobe, Microsoft, Mobipocket and other stakeholders in the ebook industry. Ebooks Corporation hosts and securely distributes ebooks to consumers through its retail site, ebooks.com (www.ebooks.com), and to academic libraries through EBL (www.eblib.com).

About James Bennett

James Bennett is Australia's leading library supplier, offering a range of products and services to assist library customers in collection development. With over 40 years experience supplying the library market, James Bennett’s reputation is built on superior customer service and the ability to source and present a comprehensive range of local and international print materials. As a progressive company they welcome new technologies that benefit the needs of customers and have experience in supplying electronic books, digital reference and other online products. The Company is based in Belrose on Sydney’s northern peninsula and operate from purpose-built facilities specifically designed to streamline the provision of value added services to customers.

Media Contacts:
Kari Paulson
General Manager, EBL
+61 (0)8 9385 5851
kari.paulson@ebooks.com

Stephen Cole
CEO, Ebooks Corporation
+61 (0)8 9385 5851
sjcole@ebooks.com

Rachael McDiarmid
Publisher Services Manager
+61 (0)2 9986 7046
rmcdiarmid@bennett.com.au

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"This newest entry into the e-book aggregator/distributor marketplace was conceived and created in consultation with librarians and publishers by Ebooks Corp., the Australian online bookseller. EBL announced it's existance at the 2004 ALA conference and will probably go live in the fall.

Focusing on the drawbacks of existing systems, EBL intends to build a better mousetrap. It has set out to offer flexible options for publishers to manage access to their content and for librarians to present it to their users."

EBL presents an example of how an online system can be designed to adapt to a range of requirements. The flexibility in pricing is a plus. The Non-Linear Lending Model provides a way to address multiuser access and peak-use periods. The reserves plan allows simultaneous circulation of a volume and use of a chapter for reserve.

All these examples illustrate both the beauty of how much can be done in the online environment…libraries can make the online environment simple by taking advantage of only some of the opportunities offered by EBL’s finely tuned solution for maximizing their investment in e-books.

Separating the purchase of the platform from the acquisition of the content and selling the platform at a reasonable cost coverable in several different ways are truly advanced ideas.”

Under the agreement, Ebooks Corporation will supply a range of book excerpts that will be installed on Nokia phones. The phones will also include key elements of the eBooks.com web site.

Ebooks Corporation has been selling downloadable books since the launch of its ebookstore, eBooks.com, in 2000. The company now hosts an inventory of 27,000 titles from 130 global publishers, including Random House, Time Warner and Simon & Schuster. ebooks.Mobile, the company’s forthcoming mobile portal, will be accessible from any web-enabled handset.

Stephen Cole, CEO of eBooks.com said, “This arrangement will make it very easy for Nokia mobile device users to find and read their favorite authors. Our customers are especially tech savvy and very mobile. They will appreciate the ability to access their library anywhere, any time.”

"Nokia is pleased to be partnering with Ebooks Corporation in this interesting development. The mobile device is a logical platform for people to carry and manage all their reading needs", said Petri Hokkanen, Manager, Rich Media Business Program, Multimedia Business Group of Nokia. "Screen display and storage capacity have come a long way in recent years. At the same time, the available inventory of ebooks has exploded. Ebooks Corporation’s years of experience in producing and distributing ebooks will be of great value."

About Ebooks Corporation

Ebooks Corporation is a global provider of electronic books. It has distribution agreements with publishers worldwide. Ebooks Corporation hosts and securely distributes ebooks through its retail site eBooks.com. The company recently launched EBL, a service for libraries that enables academics and to access a wide range of books from their desktops.

Media Contact:

Stephen Cole
CEO
Aust +61 413 622 767
sjcole@ebooks.com

Ebooks Corporation Launches Library Platform

EBL offers a pioneering approach to ebook lending  

 
June 26 th , 2004, Orlando - Ebooks Corporation ( http://www.ebooks.com ) today announced the launch of   EBL ( http://www.ebl.ebooks.com )  at the American Library Association (ALA) annual conference.  EBL is a new ebook-lending platform designed to meet the demands of academic and research libraries. 

Drawing on extensive experience in print and digital publishing and on advice from respected members of the library, publishing and technology communities, eBooks Corporation has developed a pioneering approach to ebook lending.  Non-Linear Lending enables libraries to better meet the peaks and troughs of full-text demand. 

EBL provides an intuitive interface for flexible purchase and lending of a growing collection of digital book titles that is designed to suit the specific needs of academic and research librarians. The new service allows publishers to provide their content through a choice of flexible lending models, including multiple concurrent use, unlimited access and short-term circulation. Additionally, individual ebook chapters can be set aside for reserve lending or inclusion within course packs. 

Kari Paulson, General Manager of EBL, said, "We are confident that EBL will be a valuable resource for academic and research librarians, in large part because we have developed it in collaboration with such a committed and creative group of advising institutions. We are fortunate to have a brilliant technical team in Perth , who have packed EBL with functions that will delight library patrons and librarians."

The collection comprises content across all subject areas, with an initial focus on recent publications, principally in the areas of Science, Technology and Medicine (STM).  Leading global academic publishers have signed on to EBL, including Taylor and Francis, Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Kluwer and World Scientific Press.

In addition to providing an elegant platform for acquisition management, EBL has entered into partnerships with leading book distributors, Blackwell's Book Services and Dawson Books, in North America, the UK and Australia , respectively.

International advisors in the development of EBL have included: CERN - European Organization for Nuclear Research (Switzerland); Yale University Library (USA); Curtin University of Technology (Australia); North Carolina State University (USA); R2 Consulting (USA); Dawson Books (UK), Blackwell's Book Services (USA) and the Consortium of Australian University Libraries (Australia).

EBL is located in the exhibit area at ALA in booth # 2892 and is online at http://www.ebl.ebooks.com/ .

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About Ebooks Corporation

Ebooks Corporation is a global provider of electronic books. It has distribution agreements with publishers in the US , UK , Europe, Asia and Australia .  The company has longstanding working relationships with Adobe, Microsoft, Mobipocket and other stakeholders in the ebook industry.  Ebooks Corporation hosts and securely distributes ebooks through its retail site ebooks.com ( www.ebooks.com ). EBL ( www.library.ebooks.com ) is a best of breed software platform that delivers a rapidly expanding catalogue of recent and relevant ebooks to academic and research libraries.

Media Contacts:
 
Kari Paulson                              
General Manager, EBL                 
Aust +61 439 939 943   USA +1 650 228 4654
kari.paulson@eblib.com

Blackwell's to distribute    Ebooks Corporation's new library offering
 
Collection Manager to serve EBL ebooks in North America
 
June  22 , 2004/Perth –          Ebooks Corporation, global supplier of electronic books, and Blackwell's Book Services, supplier of books and bibliographic support services to libraries worldwide, today announced a   Heads of Agreement for a strategic partnership.  The agreement names Blackwell's as the exclusive North American  -  based distributor of Ebook Library (EBL), ebooks Corporation's forthcoming library product.

EBL is a  progressive new   ebook   lending platform which will include titles from leading academic publishers across all disciplines, concentrating in the areas of Science, Technology and Medicine.  Development is in progress to integrate EBL ebooks into Collection Manager, Blackwell's web-based collection development and acquisition system.  This integration will enable Blackwell's customers to browse and purchase ebooks along with their print books or other materials.

Kari Paulson, General Manager of EBL said, “Blackwell' s has impressed us with their wealth of knowledge and progressive approach to electronic resources.  We are delighted to be included in a strong offering of electronic resources through Blackwell's and believe they will play an integral role in our growth.”

Matt Nauman, Director of Marketing & Publisher Relations at Blackwell's said, “We are very pleased to be working with EBL.  Blackwell's pioneered the sale of e-monographs through Collection Manager and the sale of digital reference works.  We feel that the addition of EBL adds an important element to our library offering throughout the world.”  

About Ebooks Corporation
 
Ebooks Corporation is a global provider of electronic books. It has distribution agreements with publishers in the US , UK and Australia  .  The Company has long standing  working relationships with Adobe, Microsoft, Palm, Mobipocket and other stakeholders in the ebook industry.  Ebooks Corporation hosts and securely distributes ebooks through its retail site ebooks.com ( www.ebooks.com ).  Ebooks Corporation is expanding distribution of its ebook catalogue to the library market ( www.library.ebooks.com ).  

About Blackwell's Book Services
 
Blackwell's provides a full   range of traditional library bookselling services integrated with the latest in library technology and technical services.  Blackwell's Book Services headquarters are located in Lake Oswego , Oregon , with offices in Oxford , England and Blackwood , NJ .

Media Contacts:
 
Kari Paulson                              
General Manager, EBL                 
+61 (0)8 9385 5851 / mobile:         650 228 4654       
kari.paulson@ebooks.com
 
Matt Nauman
Director of Marketing & Publisher Relations
503-685-1140        ext. 1298 / mobile: 503-314-2618
matt.nauman@blackwell.com

eBooks Corporation and Dawson Books Announce Strategic Partnership

Leading academic supplier to market and distribute new ebook service

Perth , Australia – Monday, April 05, 2004 –

EBooks Corporation, global supplier of electronic books, and Dawson Books, a leading academic library supplier, announced today a strategic partnership. Under the terms of the agreement, Dawson will market and distribute Ebook Library (EBL), Ebooks Corporation's forthcoming ebook lending platform, to their extensive network of UK and European academic libraries.

Set to launch in June 2004, EBL is an ebook innovative lending platform aimed at the needs of academic and research libraries. EBL will include titles from leading academic publishers in all across all disciplines, concentrating in the areas of Science, Technology and Medicine.

Plans are underway for the integration of EBL ebooks into 'enterBooks.com and enterProfile.com' which will enable Dawson 's clients to browse and purchase ebooks along with their print books and other materials. Libraries will benefit from this arrangement through more a streamlined acquisition process, allowing them to have one point of contact for print and ebook orders.

Diane Kerr , Managing Director of Dawson Books said, “The emergence of ebooks is a development with fascinating potential for the reader and exciting distribution prospects for academic institutions. Ebooks Corporation commands respect and their future plans offer terrific potential.  During recent discussions, the synergy between the two companies has become obvious.  Dawson welcomes the technical expertise that Ebooks Corporation has in delivering e-content to the library market and commits to introducing these capabilities to its many library customers.”

Kari Paulson, General Manager of EBL said, “Selecting Dawson as a strategic partner was an obvious choice for us given their outstanding reputation for efficiency, reliability and integrity in the marketplace. We see our partnership with Dawson as a positive step toward achieving our aim to streamline ebooks into existing library processes.”

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About Ebooks Corporation Ltd.

EBooks Corporation is a global provider of digital books. It has distribution agreements with publishers in the US , UK and Australia , The company has long standing, close working relationships with Adobe, Microsoft, Palm and other stakeholders in the ebook industry. EBooks Corporation hosts, and securely distributed eBooks through its retail site ( www.ebooks.com ). EBooks Corporation is expanding distribution to library ( www.library.ebooks.com ) wholesale ( www.ebookengine.com ) channels.

About Dawson Books:

'Dawson Books is a member of Dawson Holdings plc and leads the market in the use of information technology to expedite the book buying process, providing a total acquisitions package for professional librarians worldwide.  Dawson sets the industry standard with its web interfaces enterBooks.com and enterProfile.com, with its fastracq and shelf-ready book supply, and now with the delivery of ebooks.'

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Media Contacts:

Kari Paulson
General Manager, EBL   
+61 (0) 8 9385 5851 / Mobile: +61 439 939 943
  kari.paulson@ebooks.com

Mark Howard
Content Manager, Dawson Books
+44 (0) 1933 417500
mark.howard@dawsonbooks.co.uk

STM Publishing Giants Rally Behind EBL

Top STM Publishers Join eBooks Corporation's New Library Offering

PERTH , Western Australia – Friday, March 12, 2004

Six of the world's principle Science, Technology & Medical publishers announced today that they are participating in the launch of eBooks Corporation's landmark new library service, EBL.

Cambridge University Press, Kluwer, Oxford University Press, Springer, Taylor & Francis and World Scientific will all provide titles for EBL. At launch in June 2004 EBL will carry titles across all disciplines, including the deepest, most comprehensive and most up to date range of STM ebooks currently available to the library community.

Aimed at academic and research libraries, the EBL model features enhanced functionality including multiple concurrent access, online and offline access, read aloud, chapters for reserve circulation, short term circulation and document delivery solutions.

eBooks Corporation, whose ebookstore eBooks.com has been at the forefront of the electronic book industry since 2000, embarked on the eBook Library project at the promptings of library customers, including Curtin University and the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN).

Working closely with CERN, Curtin , North Carolina State University and Yale, the EBL model was developed and presented to leading international STM publishers for review and evaluation.

“We are determined to offer greater flexibility to libraries and their patrons while protecting the interests of authors and publishers”, said EBL's General Manager, Kari Paulson . “In addition to this the short term circulation and virtual photocopying features redirect revenue that was traditionally absorbed by library staffing costs, freight and photocopying back to publishers and their authors.

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About eBooks Corporation Ltd

eBooks Corporation is a global provider of digital books. It has distribution agreements with publishers in the US , UK and Australia , The company has long standing, close working relationships with Adobe, Microsoft,Palm and other stakeholders in the ebook industry. eBooks Corporation hosts, and securely

distributed eBooks through its retail site (www.ebooks.com). eBooks Corporation is expanding distribution to library (www.library.ebooks.com) wholesale (www.ebookengine.com ) channels.

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eBooks.com Launches Full Text Search Capability

Leading digital book company eBooks.com announced today that it has indexed its entire collection, enabling fast, relevant searches across every word in every title in its database.

eBooks.com is one of the oldest retailers of commercial ebooks on the web, offering 25,000 titles across all subject categories.

"This feature changes the face of the ebook industry. Full text search means that now our customers are much more likely to find the information they're looking for. If you want to know about "mushrooms" or "Agamemnon", you'll find it at eBooks.com - whether or not those terms occur in a book's title or description. Naturally, results are ranked intelligently, so that the most relevant book is likely to come up first. No other online bookstore does this," said Stephen Cole, CEO of eBooks.com.

"Our new search engine delivers fast, relevant search results to our customers, which translates into increased sales for those publishers whose titles are hosted at eBooks.com."

The full-text search capacity is especially useful to academics and researchers. The full-text search functionality will be incorporated into eBook Library platform (EBL - www.ebl.ebooks.com) which is due to launch early 2004.

About eBooks Corporation Limited

eBooks Corporation is based in Perth, Western Australia, with offices in Boston and London. The company has been a global leader in ebook technology since its foundation in 1998. Its retail service, www.ebooks.com, is a leading retailer of ebooks on the web, offering tens of thousands of commercial titles from hundreds of global publishing houses.

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Commonwealth chips in to build digital library

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EBOOKS CORPORATION PARTNERS WITH THE HOME OF THE WORLD WIDE WEB TO DEVELOP EBOOK LIBRARY

eBooks Corporation has specialized in the production and distribution of digital books since 1997, and launched one of the world’s first ebook stores (ebooks.com) in 2000.

Stephen Cole, Founder and Managing Director of eBooks Corporation says, “We have refined the distribution of ebooks in our retail channel and are now expanding our distribution to academic libraries. We come to the library arena with a deep understanding of ebook technology and its uses. Building on our experience we’re creating a lending platform which will bring tremendous flexibility to library patrons and deliver real efficiencies and cost savings to academic and research libraries. “We’re very conscious of the many commercial and ideological sensitivities surrounding digital libraries, and are determined that EBL will live up to the expectations of patrons, libraries, publishers and authors. EBL will do what everyone thought digital libraries were supposed to do.

EBL will offer an extensive academic catalogue with a particular focus on STM titles and will feature an extensive listing of listing of ebooks by Australian publishers.

About eBooks Corporation Limited

eBooks Corporation is a global provider of digital books. It has distribution agreements with publishers in the US, UK and Australia. The company has long-standing, close working relationships with Adobe, Microsoft, Palm and other stakeholders in the ebook industry. Ebooks Corporation develops, hosts, and securely distributes eBooks through its retail site ebooks.com. eBooks Corporation will soon be expanding distribution to wholesale (ebookengine.com) and library (ebl.ebooks.com) channels.

About CERN

CERN is the European Organization for Nuclear Research, the world's largest particle physics centrecenter. Founded in 1954, the laboratory was one of Europe's first joint ventures and includes now 20 Member States. Physicists come to CERN to explore what matter is made of and the forces that hold it together. Founded in 1954, the laboratory was one of Europe's first joint ventures and includes now 20 Member States.