KANA NEWS
News article received, Thursday, April 22, 1999 4:21:51 PM EST
Kanakaris Introduces NetBooks.com Plan Offering Secure Online Delivery at No Charge to Publishers and New Online Rental and Print-On-Demand Options
LOS ANGELES (April 22) BUSINESS WIRE -April 22, 1999--
KANA Alliance With ION Systems Gives Net Company Real-Time Fulfillment From One Source Document and Capability of Posting Up to
1,000 Titles Per Day
Kanakaris Communications Inc. (OTC BB:KANA - news), an Internet growth company, Thursday introduced the NetBooks.com Partner Program, available to any publisher who posts a minimum of 10 books at NetBooks.com.
This plan enables publishers to offer secure online delivery of books at no upfront charge to the publisher, and revenue sharing in multiple types of sales. In addition, NetBooks is expanding the delivery options to include online rental and print-on-demand delivery.
"NetBooks offers real-time secure fulfillment from one source document. This will revolutionize the way people read information on the Internet," said Jill Thomas, president of ION Systems Technology.
"Real-Time means immediate delivery -- not waiting for a print document to arrive in the mail," according to ION Systems representatives.
The enhanced delivery options will happen on NetBooks.com in three main ways: -- Rental of books online per minute and per unique access. -- Purchase of books online with unlimited access. -- Purchase of downloadable books for offline reading. -- No user software is needed to accomplish these options. Any normal Java enabled browser is all that is necessary.
"Secure NetBooks.com, the Kanakaris online book Web site, has an exclusive use of ION Systems' patent-pending technology to protect the author's copyright. First, users can't copy or do unauthorized printing. Second, efforts to extract content from a browser's temporary files are futile. Third, even the scanning of screen captures are futile," stated Thomas. "The bottom line is that for the first time on the net, intellectual property is protected and thus enables e-commerce for content access."
NetBooks.com is the only site combining immediate online and download delivery with a visually comfortable secure interface. Online fulfillment is done via rentals or purchase of live content. NetBooks.com is the only site where users will be able to rent actual books online by the minute. Just like reading the actual text in physical bookstores, NetBooks believes users deserve to read the actual text in NetBooks. The secure reading of the actual text is one of the main features of the ION Systems technology. No user software is needed.
In addition, NetBooks.com will offer print on demand books as a new option for many of the available titles. NetBooks' print-on-demand service offers books with the same weight and quality of a traditionally printed book and have four-color covers, use the same binding process and even better quality paper. NetBooks print on demand service makes short run books, manuals, and time sensitive content economically possible in a print format.
When a user purchases the print book, they still receive immediate fulfillment by receiving a user ID and password for five day access to the online version.
Kanakaris Communications is publicly traded on the OTC Bulletin Board and in Germany. For further information on Kanakaris Communications (www.kanakaris.com), contact Colby Marceau, director of Public/Investor Relations, at 714/444-0560, fax: 714/549-8970; E-mail: info@kanakaris.com; 3303 Harbor Blvd., No. F-3, Costa Mesa, Calif., 92626.
This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the "Act"). In particular when used in the preceding discussion, the words "plan," "confident that," "believe," "expect," "intent to" and similar conditional expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Act and are subject to risks and uncertainties, and actual results could differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, market conditions, competitive factors, the ability to successfully complete additional financings, and other risks.
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