NuvoMedia, Inc. Officially Launches the Electronic Book Era with First Shipment of Its Heralded Rocket eBookTM

Major Publishers Support NuvoMedia with Initial Roll-out of Book Titles

New York, NY - (October 23, 1998) - The age of the electronic book has finally arrived with the announcement today by NuvoMedia Inc. that its Rocket eBookTM is now available for purchase by consumers. During a launch event at the New York City flagship store of Barnes & Noble, Martin Eberhard, NuvoMedia's Cofounder and CEO also named the publishers that will immediately begin to roll out hundreds of popular and current book titles, as well as select news services in electronic format for the Rocket eBook. Representatives from each of the participating charter publishers were in attendance.

"This is a momentous day, not just for NuvoMedia but for book lovers everywhere. We have taken a favorite pastime, reading, and brought it into the future," exclaimed Eberhard. "With the overwhelming support of the publishing community, which is supplying a wealth of titles for Rocket eBook readers to enjoy, the promise that electronic books holds is now a reality."

Publishers Support NuvoMedia's Rocket eBook with Electronic Content

Beginning today consumers will have a wide selection of the newest and most popular book titles, fiction and non-fiction, as well as a selection of highly respected news services to purchase and download to their Rocket eBooks. Among the charter publishers supplying content for the Rocket eBook:

• Addison Wesley Longman
• Bloomberg Financial Markets
• Farrar, Straus & Giroux
• HarperCollins Publishers
• Harvard Business School Press
• Henry Holt and Company, Inc.
• Macmillan Computer Publishing USA
• McGraw-Hill Publishing
• O'Reilly & Associates
• Penguin Putnam Inc.
• Random House, Inc.
• Simon & Schuster
• St. Martin's Press
• The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition
• Tor Books

About the Rocket eBook

The Rocket eBook and future Rocket eBook-enabled readers will allow users to easily carry a small library with them, wherever they go. This 22-oz. hand-held information appliance can hold at least 4,000 pages (about 10 novels) of text and graphics at a time. Its user interface is designed for reading with optimized screen technology that is easy to read in all lighting situations. A battery life of up to 33 hours will provide users uninterrupted reading whether in the office, at home or on the go. Being digital, books read on the Rocket eBook can be browsed, searched, annotated, underlined, linked and referenced in ways impossible with a paper book.

Readers can now order the Rocket eBook, priced at $499, from Levenger, a catalog and Web site (www.levenger.com; 1-800-544-0880) dedicated to serious readers and writers. For more information about the Rocket eBook visit www.rocket-ebook.com. Rocket eBook readers can purchase and download titles from barnesandnoble.com on the World Wide Web or through America Online (Keyword:bn).

About NuvoMedia, Inc.

Headquartered in Palo Alto, CA with offices in New York, NY and located on the Web at www.nuvomedia.com, NuvoMedia is dedicated to becoming the electronic book distribution solution by providing a network infrastructure for publishers, retailers and end users to publish, distribute, purchase and read electronic content securely and efficiently over the World Wide Web.