A Golden Giveaway at www.estateplanning.com.

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 1998--Vickie and Jim Schumacher are either very crazy or very smart.

The husband-and-wife team, co-owners of Schumacher Publishing, are giving away their inventory. It's free, right there on the Internet, at www.estateplanning.com.

Their inventory is everything they've discovered over the years about estate planning and saving money at tax time. The information could be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax savings alone. It's all in their best-selling book, "Understanding Living Trusts," which has sold for $24.95 to more than 300,000 consumers. And on the Internet, it's all there for the taking.

It's as if Bill Gates were giving away Windows'98, IBM handing out ThinkPads, or Steve Jobs offering his newest version of the Mac just for logging on.

In "The Learning Center," the Schumachers offer a free on-line "slide show." This illustrated estate planning course, which takes about a half hour to navigate, offers the same estate planning and tax saving strategies usually doled out by $300-an-hour lawyers and can be worth many thousands of dollars when applied to an estate. It includes horrible examples of bad estate planning done by the likes of Elvis and Groucho, plus down-to-earth guidance to avoid bad planning.

But that's just the beginning of the valuable giveaways. Other freebies include information on how to deal with the latest Federal tax changes, how to protect your IRA from the clutches of Uncle Sam, and a free on-line interactive calculator you can use to instantly estimate your own estate taxes and probate fees. This on-line service even has a FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) feature covering living trusts, estate taxes, IRAs and more.

If you want some professional help with your estate planning, go to the "SPARRS" pages -- Schumacher Publishing's Attorney Rating and Review Service. This free database of estate planning professionals is searchable by state. Click on California and you'll come up with a list of California attorneys who have put themselves up for public inspection under Schumacher Publishing's cyber-microscope. Many of the lawyers are reviewed and rated here (on a scale of one to ten) by their own clients.

Schumacher Publishing's credibility stems from the fact the company has no interest in any financial products or services, nor is it associated with any bank, law firm or financial company.

For a review copy of the latest edition of "Understanding Living Trusts" and an interview with one or both of the Schumachers, reporters may call 800/728-2665.

    CONTACT:  Schumacher Publishing
               Jim Schumacher, 800/728-2665