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Monday, October 26th, 1998 Media Cynic | Forum | Advertising | Classifieds | Jobs Electronic Publisher for Palm Computing Platform Goes Live PalmPilot computer users can now download and popular contemporary fiction and non-fiction books straight from publisher frontlists. The Peanut Press website, which goes live today, provides newly-published and reprinted books in a secure electronic format, including books such as Slant by Greg Bear and The Runelords by David Farland and other books from publishers such as Tor Books/St. Martin's Press, Avery Publishing Group, Council Oak Books, Aslan Publishing and Intrigue Press. "We've had an incredible response from PalmPilot computer users since we announced the formation of our company just a few months ago," said Jeff Strobel, co-founder of Peanut Press. "We're thrilled to go live and announce that we'll be adding a variety of contemporary books on a weekly basis from here on out," Strobel continued. "Specifically, over the next several months customers can expect to find such popular titles as A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge and Cheekie by Clarence Nero," said Mark Reichelt, co-founder of Peanut Press. "One title we're particularly excited about is Joe Hutsko's highly-touted new book, The Deal, which customers will be able to purchase and download at the Peanut Press site in December," Reichelt continued. Peanut Press establishes partnerships with major publishers of hardcover and paperback books, obtaining the subsidiary rights to reprint their books for the Peanut Press proprietary reader software. Download time for the average Peanut Press book is about one minute on a 28.8 modem. The cost of the books will be competitive with their paper counterparts and range in price from about $7.99 to $14.99. Initially books will be available for purchase in the United States and Canada, and eventually available internationally. Infonautics Launches Preview Version of Company Sleuth Infonautics, Inc., an Internet information company, has announced the launch of a preview version of Company Sleuth, a free service that uncovers hard-to-find and seemingly hidden business information on the Internet. The service, from the creator of the Electric Library service, is designed to provide information for investors, entrepreneurs, marketers and corporate executives. With Company Sleuth, users receive a daily e-mail report detailing the business activities, financial moves and Internet dealings of selected companies. Currently, Company Sleuth tracks U.S.-based, publicly traded companies and plans to track private companies soon. Company Sleuth searches the Internet and delivers financial and business news and information on a particular user s competitors, investments, prospects and clients. "In today's information age, companies are leaving a paper trail of information online," said Joshua Kopelman, executive vice president of Infonautics. "Company Sleuth uncovers hard-to-find and seemingly hidden business news and information for users so they don't have to simply rely on old news or intuition when making investment and business decisions." Infonautics Inc. provides online information services for schools, libraries, consumers and businesses. Its award-winning Electric Library is one of the largest paid subscription sites on the Web with more than 50,000 paying subscribers. The company also provides custom content- management and online archive services to major publishers and other content creators. Infonautics was founded in November 1992, and is headquartered in Wayne, PA. Canadian Author Launches ChaptersGlobe.com Renowned Canadian author, Peter C. Newman, today helped launch ChatpersGlobe.com, a Canadian book destination. The store provides a large online selection of books and book news, reviews and author interviews. Among its selection of 2.9 million international titles ranging from business to fiction, cooking to computing, the website alliance between Chapters Inc. and The Globe and Mail contains an unprecedented selection of Canadian titles. All books will be sourced from Canadian distributors and publishers whenever possible to support the Canadian book industry. The book content includes: biographies on nearly 20,000 authors; a comprehensive literary awards listing; editorial ranging from daily book-related news to book reviews spanning the last 20 years; and audio clips of author interviews and readings. The site also includes online discussion forums encouraging visitor participation and an extensive national literary events calendar. Peter Newman, author of such titles as The Canadian Establishment and The Canadian Revolution, officially launched ChaptersGlobe.com at Chapters' Bloor Street store in Toronto. "This new website allows this country's readers and writers to meet and greet electronically," said Newman. "It's an essential step in expanding Canadian literature's mandate and audience." Journal E and Eastman Kodak Join in Co-Marketing Effort Journal E, an online magazine devoted to telling visual stories on the internet, has teamed with Eastman Kodak in a co-marketing effort. Kodak Professional will sponsor online stories and a special interactive viewing room area on Journal E. Journal E was founded in 1996 by photographers Alan Dorow and Adam Stoltman, Journal E tells stories rich in editorial content on the internet. Through the association with Kodak, Journal E hopes to leverage its name and reputation in the photographic industry and thus bring value by association to Kodak. Additionally, leading photographers will highlight the work they do with Kodak products through an interactive viewing room on Journal E. Both Dorow and Stoltman have extensive backgrounds in the photographic and publishing worlds. Dorow began his career as a photographer at the Kansas City Star and went on to a successful freelance career for such publications as Forbes, Fortune, Business Week, The New York Times and others. He was also a picture editor at The New York Times Magazine before founding Journal E and designing websites for major companies. Stoltman's photographic career began at the age of 17, covering major sporting events for the Associated Press. From there he went on to a successful freelance career and a five-year-stint at The New York Times, where he was instrumental in implementing digital photo editing techniques for the paper. Recently, he has directed feature photography for Sports Illustrated. Peter Beckenbach Named Publisher of Yachting Magazine Peter Beckenbach, 41, has been named the new publisher of Yachting Magazine announces Rich Alfano, President of Yachting and Salt Water Sportsman, published by Times Mirror Magazines. "Peter's strong background in both the marine endemic and general advertising categories will help us take Yachting Magazine to the next level and continue our recent success," says Alfano. Beckenbach has an extensive background in both the marine and publishing fields. Most recently he ran his own business, The Beckenbach Network, which has been associated with Yachting for nearly a year and helped represent the magazine in financial, computer and auto fields on the East Coast. "I am honored to be part of such a prestigious publication," Beckenbach said. "The magazine has been positioned as the authority of the boating world by its current management team. I am privileged to have the opportunity to work with such a class group of editors and sales professionals who understand the challenges of this dynamic market." Beckenbach served as the ad director of Boating magazine from 1987-1990 before serving as vice president of network sales for Hachette Filipacchi Magazines for three years. He has also helped start up periodicals such as Home P.C. Magazine, Personal Computer Magazine, Windows Sources Magazine and most recently Maximum P.C. Magazine. Beckenbach was also a marketing consultant on the launch of PointCast, an internet news service. Linda Lindquist, former publisher of Yachting is leaving the company to pursue other opportunities. "We thank Linda for her huge contribution to the magazine and wish her well on her future endeavors," says Alfano. Fination.com, Inc. Acquires Newsletter Websites Fination.com, Inc. formally announces its acquisition of the URLs www.newsletters.com and www.newsletterwire.com. These acquisitions will allow the company to expand beyond investment newsletter content, to cover a wide array of newsletter topics. "With our systems development nearly complete, we are excited about applying our successful template model to other newsletter topics and categories," said Ari Jacoby, Fination.com's CEO. Elie Ashery, Fination.com's President stated, "Our efforts to marry a mature industry with Internet technology have been paying off. Once newsletter content is digitized and Internet accessible, a broader market becomes visible." Fination.com currently represents over 50 investment newsletters including Al Frank's Prudent Speculator, Bill Mathew's Cheap Investor, and Steve Quickel's US Investment Report. In addition to some traditional marketing, Fination.com co-brands its products and services with high profile investment websites and Internet brokers using its proprietary Web development technology. 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