Best-Selling Author of 2001: A Space Odyssey Joins eMatter Revolution, Publishes Exclusively with Fatbrain.com.

Business Editors/High-tech Writers

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 24, 2000

Fatbrain.com(TM) (Nasdaq:FATB) today announced that legendary author of 2001: A Space Odyssey Arthur C. Clarke has published work exclusively with Fatbrain.com, joining more than 5,000 authors publishing through eMatter, the first-ever secure digital publishing solution. Clarke's recent speech to the United Nations World Television Forum, entitled &uot;TV's Time-Travel Future: Catching the Light of Other Days,&uot; is available today at http://www.fatbrain.com/ematter

Last November, Clark presented the speech to the United Nations World Television Forum, an annual conference that draws together senior leaders from the television and broadcasting industry to reflect on how television is being used in the service of humankind. The speech presents Clarke's view that television has the ability to both unify and distort, and that the medium has been a driving force in the creation of a global family.

&uot;Until now, access to groundbreaking ideas from great thinkers like Arthur C. Clarke has been limited to the live audience in attendance,&uot; said Judy Kirkpatrick, vice president and general manager of eMatter for Fatbrain.com. &uot;With eMatter, there is now a channel for visionary ideas presented in the form of speeches, scripts and short stories. Today Mr. Clarke is an early contributor to what will undoubtedly become an unparalleled reservoir of discourse and insight which until now has been unavailable through traditional publishing.&uot;

In addition to 2001: A Space Odyssey, Clarke has written Childhood's End, The Nine Billion Names of God and more than 60 other books. He is the originator of the principle for satellite communications using satellites in geostationary orbits.

The fourth annual United Nations World Television Forum took place at United Nations headquarters on November 18 and 19, 1999. Clarke addressed the forum live via satellite from his home in Sri Lanka.

About eMatter

The eMatter program offers authors flexible publishing options and royalties of at least 50 percent on every document sold. eMatter combines newly developed digital rights technologies with Fatbrain.com's established community of customers to provide the first-ever secure publishing channel for the exchange of information between writers and readers everywhere. Original eMatter content available today covers a broad range of professional topics including technology, business, finance, medicine and science, plus a variety of creative subjects such as fiction, poetry, self-help and how-to guides.

About Fatbrain.com

Fatbrain.com, the Internet's most comprehensive bookstore for professionals, is the first e-commerce provider to deliver secure digital publishing through its eMatter initiative. Recently named the number two fastest-growing public company in Silicon Valley, Fatbrain.com offers a world-class selection of books, training materials and documentation for professionals in business and finance, technology, other industries and now the general interest category. Through its corporate intranet bookstore program, Fatbrain.com is accessible from the desktops of more than 1.75 million employees at customer sites. Fatbrain.com offers discounts of up to 40 percent, and all in-stock orders placed by 4 PM PST ship the same business day. Visit Fatbrain.com on the Web at http://www.fatbrain.com.

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