[PUBLIB] Stephen King ebook (fwd)

[PUBLIB]

Sender: "Mollie Pharo" <molliep at evcpl.lib.in.us>
Subject: Stephen King ebook

Below is a copy of the press release from netLibrary about Stephen King's
new ebook-only story.  Does anyone know what I'd need to do to make this
available to our library customers from the library and/or from the
library's web page?  I thought I was going to have more time...

Thanks!

>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE				CONTACT: netLibrary Inc. 
>              					Brian Bell, 303/381-8703                              
>                                     		bbell at netLibrary.com
>             		       
>		    					 or
>              					peanutpress.com 
>			Micheal Segroves,
>			978/897-4445			 
>              					mikes at peanutpress.com      
>                               
>                    					or 
>              					Cogent Public Relations
>              					Jennifer Genest, 
>						781/937-3489
>             					cogentpr at ix.netcom.com
>
>New Stephen King eBook Exclusive to be Available Through netLibrary and
>peanutpress.com; netLibrary and peanutpress.com Offer Downloads to Multiple
>Platforms
> 
>BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- March 8, 2000--netLibrary, the world's
>premier provider of eBooks over the Internet, today announced that it is
>one of the companies selected to distribute Riding the Bullet, the new
>eBook-only story by best-selling author Stephen King.
>
>The eBook will be released on Tuesday, March 14 (12:01 a.m. EST).
>
>netLibrary (www.netLibrary.com) is the only eBook distributor allowing
>consumers to download Riding the Bullet in multiple formats. At netLibrary,
>readers have the option of downloading eBooks to their personal computers
>or to a variety of popular handheld computing devices through
>peanutpress.com, a division of netLibrary.
>
>Riding the Bullet, described by King as "a ghost story in the grand
>manner," will be sold exclusively as an eBook -- no print versions will be
>sold. The 16,000-word story, priced at $2.50, is a co-publication between
>Scribner and Philtrum Press, King's own press, and electronically published
>through Simon & Schuster Online.
>
>"We are thrilled that major best-selling authors such as Stephen King are
>leading the way by releasing their work in eBook form," said netLibrary
>President and CEO Timothy R. Schiewe.
>				                
>"We are confident that once consumers begin downloading and reading their
>favorite authors' works in electronic format, they will find eBooks to be a
>flexible, portable addition to the hardbound and paperback books they
>normally buy."
> 
>The distribution of Riding the Bullet as an eBook bypasses the traditional
>yearlong publishing cycle. "What's exciting is that we are able to go from
>Stephen King's computer to the reader in a fraction of the print-book
>publishing arc," said Kate Tentler, vice president and publisher of Simon &
>Schuster Online.
>
>
>
>-more-
>"And, we can offer this wonderful story to readers in whichever electronic
>format they are comfortable with: on an eBook device, a handheld Personal
>Digital Assistant (PDA), or on a computer."
>
>"I'm curious to see what sort of response there is and whether or not this
>is the future," said King, who wrote Riding the Bullet shortly after his
>near-fatal accident when he was hit by a car in June 1999. King has since
>written several works. Riding the Bullet is his first work to go directly
>to readers via eBook.
>
>netLibrary's acquisition of peanutpress.com, announced last month, enables
>the eBook provider to offer Stephen King's new work for download to
>multiple platforms. Through netLibrary, readers can download Riding the
>Bullet to their personal computers or to handheld computing devices such as
>those running the Palm OS (Palm and Handspring Visor) and the Windows CE
>operating system.
> 
>Additionally, peanutpress.com now offers Peanut Reader 3.0, eBook reader
>software that enables users to enjoy rich graphics, hyperlinks, and
>enhanced HTML utilities.
>
>    About netLibrary
>
>
>Founded in August 1998, Boulder, Colo.-based netLibrary
>(www.netLibrary.com) has forged relationships with more than 160 publishers
>of trade, reference, academic, and scholarly books, resulting in a digital
>library of more than 15,000 titles and counting. 
>
>Publishers with eBooks in the netLibrary collection include AMACOM Books,
>Harvard Business School Press, Houghton Mifflin Company, McGraw-Hill, and
>O'Reilly & Associates. peanutpress.com, a division of netLibrary, offers
>eBooks for download to popular handheld computing devices through its
>website, www.peanutpress.com.
>
>    About Simon & Schuster
>
> Simon & Schuster, the publishing operation of Viacom Inc., is a global
>leader in the field of general interest publishing, dedicated to providing
>the best in fiction and nonfiction for consumers of all ages, across all
>printed and multi-media formats.
>
>Its divisions include Simon & Schuster Trade Publishing, Pocket Books,
>Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, Simon & Schuster New Media, Simon &
>Schuster Online, Simon & Schuster U.K., and Simon & Schuster Australia. For
>more information about Simon & Schuster visit: http://www.SimonSays.com
>Contact:


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Mollie M. Pharo
Collection Development Manager
Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library
22 S.E. Fifth Street
Evansville, Indiana 47708
(812)436-7321   molliep at evcpl.lib.in.us