11 January 2000
Qvadis and Editio-Books Announce Partnership
Companies share vision of quality e-book publishing

Toronto, ON - 11 January 2000 - Qvadis Corporation, a leading developer of handheld applications and provider of the premier online Palm e-text portal, and Editio Online Publishing, a leading digital publishing house for quality fiction and nonfiction books, today announced an exclusive joint marketing and distribution partnership. Under the agreement, Editio becomes Qvadis' premier partner for original fiction and nonfiction e-book publishing.

Qvadis' new e-bookstore, launched today, will feature Editio's line of electronic books - some of which have been national bestsellers in their original print form. Under the FrontList imprint, Qvadis users will be able to access descriptions of Editio's titles, purchase them, or link to the Editio-Books.com site for excerpts and author biographies.

At the same time, Editio will be exclusively featuring on its site Express Reader Pro, Qvadis' award-winning e-book reader software for the PC/Palm platform. While still available for other reader software, Editio's titles will be optimized for the Express Reader Pro system, which includes both a palmtop version, Express Reader GT, and a desktop PC version, Express Reader DX.

"Qvadis is pleased to be working with Editio," said Sam Peralta, President and CEO of Qvadis. "Our relationship links two companies with a similar vision, to bring Palm users the best in quality electronic publishing."

"We're thrilled to announce our partnership with Qvadis," said Jeffrey Street, co-founder of Editio Online Publishing. "As one of the leading companies bringing e-books to the Palm platform, Qvadis is key to our being able to bring our titles to a wider audience of handheld users."

FrontList is the newest offering in the Qvadis' Ex Libris online service, which provides original and partner-based e-document content for Express Reader users. In addition, the Website offers Palm and Net device news, an e-text library, an archive of Internet e-book collections, and the popular e-Book-of-the-Month feature. Qvadis' Express Reader software is the first integrated PC/Palm e-book application, and has quickly gained in popularity and critical acclaim since its release for its simple and intuitive, yet powerful, design.

Express Reader, FrontList, and other e-book offerings can be found at www.qvadis.com and evaluation copies of Express Reader can be downloaded from www.editio-books.com.

About Qvadis

Qvadis Corporation, the Pocket Ready company, provides the premier integrated e-document portal for Palm-compatible handheld computers. Its Express Reader PC/palmtop software brings desktop documents and e-books to the palmtop, and its Ex Libris online service provides original and partner-based e-document content for Express Reader users.

About Editio-Books.com

Founded in 1998 by authors Mark Frutkin and Brian Jeffrey Street, Ottawa-based Editio-Books.com is a leading publisher of "digital books and stories for the digital age." Many of its fiction and nonfiction titles were national bestsellers in their original print form, and its growing list includes writers who have received or been nominated for prestigious literary awards.

 
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