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netLibrary Introduces Interactive OnLine eBook Catalog

Press release from the issuing company

BOULDER, COLO. - May, 2001 - netLibrary(tm), the leading provider of eBooks and Internet-based content/collection management services, today announced the availability of TitleSelect(tm), a new online catalog that will facilitate faster and easier selection of titles, collections and order placement by acquisitions and collections librarians in all types of libraries. netLibrary's extensive eBook catalog has grown to more than 35,000 copyrighted titles. With TitleSelect, customers can explore the entire collection, searching by author, title, publisher, subject, keyword, netLibrary ISBN, print ISBN, eBook ID and publication date. Users can also use TitleSelect to customize existing netLibrary collections to meet their specific library's needs. Once a title list is prepared, the user can download or email it to colleagues for review, and then place an order with netLibrary online. TitleSelect also allows online tracking of order status. "As the number of netLibrary eBooks has grown, customers have asked us for a way to more easily search our titles in order to build their eBook collections. We're pleased to introduce this new tool designed largely with customer input", said netLibrary Executive Vice President of Sales Rich Rosy. "TitleSelect will prove a valuable tool, and we are already working with librarians on defining additional enhancements to be available in the coming months."