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ebrary Launches Affordable New Subscription E-book Database for Community Colleges

PALO ALTO, Calif.-(Business Wire)-February 19, 2008 - ebrary(R), a leading provider of e-content services and technology, today announced the availability of a new subscription database of e-books and other authoritative materials designed specifically for community colleges. With a growing selection of more than 18,000 titles, the affordable collection covers subject areas such as Nursing and Allied Health, Computer Technologies, Business, Law Enforcement, Criminal Law, and Criminology. Contributing publishers include AMACOM, Cambridge University Press, John Wiley & Sons, and The McGraw-Hill Companies.

ebrary's new collection for community colleges will continue to grow at no additional cost throughout the subscription term and is available under a simultaneous, multi-user access model. Additionally, the new product includes powerful features for conducting research quickly and efficiently including ebrary InfoTools(TM), which provides contextual searching across multiple online resources, multiple search options, personal bookshelves, highlighting, annotating, and automatic citations.

"We are extremely pleased to offer a new subscription database that addresses the specific content needs and budgets requirements of the community college library market," said Leslie Lees, Vice President of Strategic Market Development. "We hope that the new product helps students be more productive and knowledgeable, while at the same time provides new revenue channels for our publishing partners."

Pricing and Availability

ebrary's Community College Collection is available today. Through March 2008, ebrary is offering a 25% discount on the Community College Collection and all academic subscription products. For more information download the flyer at http://www.ebrary.com/corp/collateral/en/Fact_Sheets/ebrary_factsheet_ CommColl.pdf (Due to its length, this URL may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.) or email sales@ebrary.com.

About ebrary (www.ebrary.com)

ebrary(R) is a leading provider of e-content services and technology. The company helps libraries, publishers, and other organizations disseminate valuable information to end users, while improving their research and document interaction.

The company has developed a flexible e-content platform, which customers may use in a number of different, integrated capacities: ebrary customers may purchase or subscribe to e-books and other content under a variety of pricing and access models, and they may license the ebrary platform to distribute, sell, and market their own content online. All options are delivered using a customizable interface and include the ebrary Reader(TM) with InfoTools(TM) software, which enable integration with other resources to provide an economical and efficient way to utilize information.

ebrary currently offers a growing selection of more than 170,000 e-books and other titles from more than 290 leading publishers and aggregators.

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

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