Audio Book Club, Inc. Signs Exclusive Agreement With go2net for MetaCrawler and StockSite Web Sites.BOCA RATON Boca Raton (bō`kə rətōn`), city (1990 pop. 61,492), Palm Beach co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic; inc. 1925. Boca Raton is a popular resort and retirement community that experienced significant industrial development in the 1970s and 80s. , Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--January 14, 1998--Audio Book Club, Inc. (AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange : KLB KLB - Known Lazy Bastard ) announced today that it has signed a two-year advertising agreement with go2net, Inc. (Nasdaq: GNET GNET Global Network of Environment and Technology GNET General Information Network GNET Gigabit Network ; BSE See Bombay Stock Exchange. BSE See Boston Stock Exchange (BSE). : GO) effective January 1, 1998, making it the exclusive retailer of audio books on go2net's MetaCrawler search engine (http://www.metacrawler.com) and StockSite financial Web site (http://www.stocksite.com). In addition, Audio Book Club shall be the exclusive retailer of both books and audio books on the MetaCrawler homepage and Marketplace and for key words relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc books, literature, audio and audio books. Furthermore, go2net will provide prominent placements and links to the Audio Book Club Web site (http://www.audiobookclub.com), as well as banner advertisements, on its MetaCrawler homepage, Marketplace and StockSite pages. go2net, Inc, (http://www.go2net.com) is an interactive technology company that operates a group of Web sites and develops software. MetaCrawler (http://www.metacrawler.com) is a search/index guide that combines various existing search/index guides into one guide (a "metasearch engine The search engine software that is used to search other search engines. See metasearch site. "); PlaySite (http://www.playsite.com) is a Java-based multi-user games network; and StockSite (http://www.stocksite.com) offers proprietary articles, portfolio tracking tools, company research and news relating to business and finance. The Company focuses on utilizing innovative technologies to deliver its content and to enhance the attractiveness and utility of its product offerings. In the last week of November, the Company's Web sites were running at a pace of over 40 million page views per month. Audio Book Club, Inc. is a direct marketer of audio books through Audio Book Club, a membership club which markets and sells audio books by mail order and via the Internet. Since commencing operations in January 1994, the Company has engaged in an aggressive membership recruitment program to establish a core Audio Book Club member base and to continually expand such member base. The Company's Internet web site (www.audiobookclub.com) offers visitors the opportunity to join the club, execute transactions on-line, utilize the site's search engine to locate any of the site's 65,000 audio book selections and to sample audio clips from many of the club's selections. CONTACT: Audio Book Club John Levy 973/539-9528 -or- Rubenstein Investor Relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. Clint Cantwell 212/843-8051 -or- go2net, Inc. Kirby Winfield 206/447-1595 |
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