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(BSNS WIRE) Heartsoft Continues Expansions With Appointment of National Heartsoft Continues Expansions With Appointment of National Sales Manager Business Editors TULSA, Okla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 8, 1999--Heartsoft, Inc. (OTC BB:HTSF), announced today the appointment of Brandon Norris as National Sales Manager of its Educational Sales group. Norris reports directly to Benjamin Shell, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Norris' experience in building and managing an aggressive sales staff comes to Heartsoft at a crucial time; the company recently embarked on a massive expansion of its sales and distribution capabilities to the school and home markets as it prepares for new product introductions in coming months. "The recent release of our new critical thinking skills product, Thinkology(R), to the school and home market, has literally opened doors all over the world for Heartsoft. Brandon's background in building a highly motivated group of closers will contribute greatly to the company's ability to leverage these opportunities," said Benjamin Shell, Heartsoft, C.E.O. Prior to joining Heartsoft, Norris was department leader for Commercial Financial Services, Inc., of Tulsa, Oklahoma. At CFS, Norris managed nearly 100 out-bound account officers and section leaders who produced over $6 million a year in revenues for CFS. CFS, Inc. is the only U.S. company selected as one of Inc. Magazine's Fastest Growing companies three years running. Recently Heartsoft announced its marketing alliance with ClassroomDirect.com, a subsidiary of School Specialty, Inc. (Nasdaq:SCHS) and released the new versions of its educational software for Microsoft Windows 98(R) (Nasdaq:MSFT) and Apple iMac(R) (Nasdaq:AAPL). Heartsoft's support of Windows 98 significantly expands the company's ability to support hardware manufacturers such as Dell Computer Corp. (Nasdaq:DELL), Compaq Computer Corp. (Nasdaq:CPQ), and Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HWP), which represent the most widely used platforms by schools and parents. Heartsoft, Inc. publishes and distributes a diverse line of multimedia curriculum-based products for schools and parents nationwide. Headquartered in Tulsa, Heartsoft is acknowledged among educators as the price-vs.-performance leader, delivering such product classics as the Heartsoft Bestseller and its new critical thinking skills software, Thinkology, with unsurpassed customer service and customer loyalty. The company's stock is traded on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol HTSF. Heartsoft's web sites are located atheartsoft.com and thinkology.com .