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Monday May 3, 9:39 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
Kanakaris NetBooks.Com Signs
Partner Agreement With Acclaimed
Romance Publisher At Book Expo
America
Kanakaris Booth Is Overwhelemed With Inquiries From Hundreds Of
Publishers and Authors
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 3, 1999-- Kanakaris Communications Inc.
(OTC BB:KANA) was the center of attention at Book Expo America in Los Angeles, ended Sunday,
May 2, with its NetBooks.Com(TM) booth offering publishers free online distribution and multiple
Internet revenue streams with proprietary ION(TM) security features.
Several Kanakaris representatives answered questions from hundreds of publishers and authors
intrigued by the company's ''Securable, Readable, Accessible and Affordable'' online book delivery
system.
Among the Partner Agreements signed by Kanakaris for NetBooks during the show is one with
acclaimed romance publisher LionHearted.
Mary Ann Heathman, president and chief executive officer of LionHearted Publishing Inc., stated,
''Multiple-award winning Romance publisher, LionHearted Publishing Inc., has chosen to release its
electronic novels and also its paperback titles in NetBooks.Com form due to the many options and
flexibility which Kanakaris offers to consumers.''
''LionHearted believes the new technologies offered by NetBooks.Com will be embraced by many
publishers who have been reluctant to publish in digital formats due to security and delivery concerns,''
Heathman added.
LionHearted is not only a multiple award winning publisher, it is also a ground-breaking publishing
house, as it is the first paperback publisher of romance to advance into electronic books, and the first
publisher of electronic books on the web to receive the highest review ratings offered by Affaire do
Coeur magazine for its title ''The Alliance'' by Patricia Waddell.
Other LionHearted titles to be available as NetBooks which have won national awards are
''ORACLE'' by Katherine Greye, winner of two Holt Medallion Awards for outstanding fiction, Best
Paranormal and Best First Book, and a finalist for the Romance Writer's of America RITA Award.
Romantic Times proclaimed, ''If you have only one book to read this month, this should be it.''
Rhonda Thompson's ''Isn't It Romantic?'' is a finalist in the National Reader's Choice Award for Best
Contemporary Romance of the Year and also a finalist by Under the Cover Book Reviews. Other Lion
Hearted titles included in the electronic distribution alliance with Kanakaris and its web site
NetBooks.Com include:
''Undercover Love'' by Lucy Grijalva, ''Destiny's Disguise'' by Candice Kohl, ''Forever, My Knight''
by Lee Ann Dansby, ''Something in Common'' by Anita Kynn, ''Turnagain Love'' by Nancy Radke,
''Unbridled'' by Delores Fossen, ''My Captain Jack'' by Diane Drew, ''Yesterday Once More'' by
Karen Culver, and ''Spirit of the Heart'' by Barbara Cary.
According to Lion Hearted, the publisher has ''received more six-star reviews for its romance titles
than any other publisher of romance in the past three years. Several LionHearted titles have been
picked up by Hollywood producers for consideration as upcoming feature films.'' |
