ComputerLiteracy.com Selected for Online Distribution of Site Builder Network Web Snapshot CD
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 18, 1999--Building on its strategic relationship with Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT), ComputerLiteracy.com (NASDAQ:CMPL), the leading Internet retailer of books, manuals and training materials for technology professionals, today announced an agreement to sell Microsoft's new Site Builder Network CD-ROM directly from its online store at www.computerliteracy.com. Called Site Builder Network Web Snapshot CD, the new package includes the Site Builder Network online Workshop and Microsoft's Internet Explorer 5 Beta in CD-ROM format. The package is available online through Computer Literacy and the co-branded Computer Literacy store located at www.microsoft.com/sitebuilder.
ComputerLiteracy.com currently hosts custom online stores on Microsoft's Site Builder Network and TechNet Web sites, providing a combined audience of more than one million programmers, developers and IT professionals access to the broadest, most comprehensive selection of technical and business books, manuals and training materials in more than 800 technical subject categories. Advanced search tools and services help users find the most-up-to-date resources in their topics of interest.
"With Computer Literacy's unique expertise in technical resources and strong brand recognition among programmers and IT professionals, its world-class online store was the natural channel for the new Site Builder Network Web Snapshot CD," said Sue Bohn, Group Manager of Microsoft Site Builder Network. "Computer Literacy's e-commerce presence on our Site Builder Network site enables us to offer important resources to our developers and customers in the most cost-effective way possible."
The Microsoft Site Builder Network Web Snapshot CD package is a 2-CD set that includes the entire Microsoft Site Builder Network Workshop including in-depth articles, code samples and how-to's on all aspects of Web development including technologies such as DHTML, XML, streaming media, server technologies and more. Also included, is the new Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 and Internet Tools Beta. The package provides everything developers need to get started with Internet Explorer 5 Beta, plus a Web development reference library. The Microsoft Site Builder Network Web Snapshot CD set is available online through Computer Literacy for U.S. $9.95.
"Our customers keep coming back to Computer Literacy.com because we are able to provide better access to new and unique tools and resources than any other online retailer," said Robert Cudd, vice president of marketing for Computer Literacy. "Microsoft's SBN Web Snapshot CD is a perfect example of the valuable, cutting-edge products that we will continue offering our customers." About Computer Literacy
Computer Literacy is the leading Internet retailer of information resources singularly focused on technical professionals. With more than 300,000 technology-focused information resource titles from more than 8,000 publishers, Computer Literacy offers individual and corporate customers online access to the broadest, most comprehensive selection of technical and business books, technology-based training solutions, product manuals, research reports and other information resources. The company offers discounts of up to 40 percent on books and resources, and all in-stock orders placed by 4 PM PST ship the same business day. Visit Computer Literacy on the web at www.computerliteracy.com.
This announcement may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties including, among others, Computer Literacy's limited operating history, anticipated losses, the unpredictability of its future revenues, competition, risks associated with system development and operation risks, management of potential growth, and risks of new business areas, international expansion, business combinations, and strategic alliances. Actual results could differ materially from those discussed. More information about factors that potentially could affect Computer Literacy's financial results is included in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Registration Statement filed on Form SB-2 on November 19, 1998, as amended. All forward looking statements are based on information available to the Company on the date hereof, and the Company assumes no obligation to update such statements.
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