Strategic Partnership Announced Between eBooks Corporation and Dawsonbooks

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Headline : Strategic Partnership Announced Between eBooks Corporation
and Dawson books

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EBooks Corporation and Dawson Books Announce Strategic Partnership
Leading academic supplier to distribute new ebook service

April 15, 2004 / Perth - 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 library product, to their extensive network of UK and
European academic libraries.
  
Set to launch in June 2004, EBL is an innovative ebook lending platform
aimed at the needs of academic and research libraries. EBL will include
titles from leading academic publishers across all disciplines,
concentrating in the areas of Science, Technology and Medicine.  Kari
Paulson, General Manager of EBL said, "Selecting Dawson Books as a
strategic partner was an obvious choice for us given their outstanding
reputation for efficiency, reliability and integrity in the marketplace.  
We view this partnership as a positive step toward achieving our aim to
streamline ebooks into existing library processes."

Plans are underway for the integration of EBL ebooks into 'enterBooks.com'
and 'enterProfile.com', Dawson's proprietary acquisition systems.  This
integration 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 a more 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
promise.  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 looks
forward to introducing these capabilities to its many library customers."

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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