To: Kimberly Lee who wrote (17062 ) 9/30/1999 11:25:00 AM From: Zeddie88 Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 108040
Kimberly, Here's the news release: TSIG.com to Sell Books Online <TSIG.OB> TSIG.com to Sell Books Online ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 30, 1999-- TeleServices Internet Group Inc. (OTC BB:TSIG), known as TSIG.com, today announced that it will be selling books online through a partnership with BooksNow.com. TSIG.com will now provide visitors to its myMusicCard.com site the convenience of being able to purchase books and books-on-tape by linking to BooksNow.com. Under the partnership, Books Now will handle the order fulfillment, and TSIG.com will receive an 8% commission on all orders generated through its myMusicCard.com website. The partnership with Books Now is designed to complement TSIG.com's school fund-raising program with Lifetime Learning Systems in over 100,000 schools nationwide with more than 50,000,000 students, as well as the program with the National 4-H Council with its 156,000 local 4-H Clubs and 6.5 million members throughout the United States. "This agreement with Books Now is the logical extension of our commitment to serving America's youth," observed Robert Gordon, chairman of TSIG.com. "Under our existing myMusicCard programs, we are enabling schools and community development programs to raise badly needed funds. Now the contributors to these programs will be able to order not only music CDs and cassettes, but also books and books-on-tape." About Books Now, Inc., The Virtual Bookstore Books Now, Inc., was founded on the premise of service and convenience. Through ease of ordering, personal service, computer tracking of order entry and rapid delivery to the customer, Books Now represents the future of book-selling. The Virtual Bookstore offers all the books currently in print, and provides the opportunity to shop a database of more than 500,000 titles using the "Book Retriever", a custom-designed database search engine that looks for books based on information provided by the buyer. About TSIG.com Headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida, TSIG.com created the myMusicCard program to enable consumers to purchase CDs and cassettes at the lowest prices, and to develop revenue-generating programs with corporations and non-profit organizations that attract consumers to customers' sites. TSIG also provides customer service and support with its Web-based call center and related services. In addition, TSIG.com's myPhotoCard program provides low-cost film processing and Kodak film. This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the 1933 Securities Act and Section 21E of the 1934 Securities Exchange Act. Actual results could differ materially, as the result of such factors as (1) competition in the markets for the products and services sold by the company, (2) the ability of the company to execute its plans, (3) the availability of financing at favorable terms, and (4) other factors detailed in the company's public filings with the SEC. --30--pp/mi* CONTACT: TSIG.com, St. Petersburg Paul Henry, 727/897-4000 phenrytsig.com Today's News On The Net - Business Wire's full file on the Internet with Hyperlinks to your home page. URL: businesswire.com (c) 1998 Business Wire Sue:)