ebrary Ships New Reader

[Tish Wagner <tish.wagner@ebrary.com>]

ebrary Ships New Reader

Patent pending software revolutionizes PDF viewing, navigating and
searching online

ebrary� (<http://www.ebrary.com/>www.ebrary.com), a leading information
services and technology provider, today announced that it has launched a
new version of the ebrary Reader, its free software application that turns
static PDF files into research-ready documents that can be
cross-referenced and searched online. Available today at
http://site.ebrary.com/lib/anysite/Download, the ebrary Reader features
even more functionality to make the research experience richer and more
productive including customizable bibliographical citation formats and
refined InfoTools� search.  The new Reader also now supports both
Firefox and Mozilla Web browsers in addition to Microsoft Internet
Explorer and Netscape Communicator.

"ebrary is committed to continually enhancing our product and developing
new offerings based upon input from our customers.  Our ultimate goal is
to improve the way students and professionals conduct research," said
David Bass, ebrary's Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing.  "With
this newest release of the ebrary Reader, our customers now have even more
options for finding, accessing, and utilizing the information they need
online."

The ebrary Reader is a key component of the ebrary Dynamic Content
Platform (DCP), which combines patent-pending technology with a growing
repository of more than 60,000 full-text books and other authoritative
documents from more than 200 leading academic, STM, and professional
publishers.  ebrary licenses its DCP and collections of content to more
than 600 libraries in more than 62 different countries.  For an overview
of the DCP, take the Flash demo at
<http://www.ebrary.com/corp/ebraryflash.htm>

Among other benefits, the ebrary Reader enables PDF documents to be
delivered to a user's desktop one page at a time, eliminating the need for
cumbersome document downloads.  It also gives PDF documents word level
interaction through InfoTools.  Simply by selecting a word or phrase then
activating the InfoTools menu, a user can instantly link out to additional
resources in ebrary's repository, the library, or on the Web.  To see how
InfoTools works, take the Flash demo at
<http://www.ebrary.com/corp/flash/infotools.swf>

New ebrary Reader features include the following:

Customizable Citations -- ebrary now offers four different citation styles
including Modern Language Association (MLA), American Psychological
Association (APA), Alliance for Computers and Writing (ACW), and the
ebrary default.  Citations are automatically included when users copy and
paste or print pages along with a URL to the exact page from which the
information was obtained.

Refined InfoTools Search -- End users can now instantly conduct advanced
searches across all ebrary documents using the Search All Documents menu
item on InfoTools.  They can search for key words and phrases using a
number of combinations including by full text, subject, title, contributor
(author), or publisher.  Results appear in a new browser window, so users
never lose their initial place of reference.  The search terms are
automatically added to ebrary's Advanced Search tab, where the search may
be further refined.

Scale to Width -- The ebrary Reader now allows users to view documents
scaled to the width of the document viewing area.  Other options include
scale to fit, show facing pages, and zoom to 100, 150 or 200 percent.

About ebrary

ebrary provides technology solutions and information services that
students, employees, patrons, and staff need to be more productive,
competitive, and knowledgeable.

The company has pioneered the Dynamic Content Platform (DCP), a hosted
information delivery service that features a growing selection of more
than 60,000 titles from more than 200 leading academic, STM, and
professional publishers.  ebrary license authoritative content such as
full-text books, reports, maps, and other authoritative documents under
both a simultaneous, multi-user subscription and perpetual access model.

Additionally, ebrary offers server-based solutions to easily and
cost-effectively create remote collections and virtual content portals
from any PDF documents stored within a hard drive, database, or content
management system.

All ebrary products feature the ebrary Reader, which optimizes online
viewing through the real-time conversion of PDF documents into ebrary's
Exchange Data Format (EDF).  EDF serves any PDF file, regardless of size,
through any connected Internet browser, one page at a time, making the
delivery fast and efficient for the viewer.

InfoTools is an advanced set of software features within the ebrary Reader
that provides much more powerful and efficient research capabilities than
editorial-based linking or multiple search queries. By selecting words
within a current document, end users can instantly link to relevant
information from other EDF or PDF documents, digital databases, and
resources on the Web.

Founded in 1999, ebrary is privately held and is headquartered in Palo
Alto, CA.

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