Beyond.com Expands Into Books to Help Customers Get the Most Out of Their Software and Computers; Beyond.com Goes Beyond the Computer.SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 30, 1999-- Internet software superstore Beyond.com(TM) (Nasdaq:BYND) today launched its Books tab at http://www.beyond.com/books.htm to offer computer and technical books to help Internet shoppers get the most out of the software and hardware they purchase from Beyond.com. Beyond.com's Books tab offers a wide range of digitally downloadable books including Ziff-Davis University titles and numerous game guides. The new Books tab is the first in a series of tab and new category launches in response to customers' desires for products and services that help them use their computers and software more efficiently and effectively. "Beyond.com continues to make it easy for software buyers to find and buy the products that best suit their needs," said President and Chief Executive Officer Mark Breier. "Now customers can get software and a book at a single point of purchase. For example, gaming fans can digitally download Sybex's SimCity 3000 Unofficial Strategies and Secrets guide when stuck with a citizen's riot while playing SimCity3000 in the middle of the night." The Books tab will feature entry level computer titles like IDG's The Internet for Dummies and Office 2000 Fast & Easy published by Prima Publishing as well as more technical programming titles like Sams Teach Yourself Linux in 24 Hours published by MacMillan. "Beyond.com is clearly an online authority that people turn to for help when making software and other technology purchases, including computer books See how to find a good computer book. ," Breier added. About Beyond.com Beyond.com sells commercial, off-the-shelf software to the government, enterprise, corporate and consumer markets, offering its customers a better place to buy software. Visitors to the company's online store http://www.beyond.com enjoy a comprehensive selection of software backed by customer service and competitive pricing. Beyond.com offers more than 1.6 million software and other digital products, including software stock-keeping units (SKUs) for online purchase from such major publishers as Adobe Systems Adobe Systems Incorporated (pronounced a-DOE-bee IPA: /əˈdoʊbiː/) (NASDAQ: ADBE) (LSE: ABS) is an American computer software company headquartered in San Jose, California, USA. Inc., IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Corp., Lotus Development Corp., Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. Inc. and Symantec Corp.; hardware; computing devices; and digital images in different file formats, including jpeg, gif and mpf through a strategic marketing alliance with IMSI IMSI International Mobile Subscriber Identity IMSI International Microcomputer Software, Inc. IMSI International Mobile Station Identity (now International Mobile Subscriber Identity) IMSI Idaho Maximum Security Institution . The company has established strategic marketing alliances with America Online See AOL. Inc., CNET (body) CNET - Centre national d'Etudes des Telecommunications. The French national telecommunications research centre at Lannion. Inc., Compaq Computer Corp., Excite@Home, HP Shopping Village, Microsoft Corp., Road Runner/ServiceCo., Yahoo! Inc. and ZDNet. Additionally, Beyond.com offers software publishers, hardware manufacturers and systems OEMs e-commerce solutions including publishers transaction processing Updating the appropriate database records as soon as a transaction (order, payment, etc.) is entered into the computer. It may also imply that confirmations are sent at the same time. Transaction processing systems are the backbone of an organization because they update constantly. , physical and electronic order fulfillment Order fulfillment (in BE also: order fulfilment) is in the most general sense the complete process from point of sales inquiry to delivery of a product to the customer. Sometimes Order fulfillment , customer support, site design consultation, marketing support and reporting. The company has applied for federal registration of the marks BEYOND.COM and BEYOND DOT COM dot com - com . Beyond.com Corporation trades on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol "BYND." More information on the company can be found in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. Statement Certain statements in this press release are forward-looking within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These include statements relating to anticipated tabs on Beyond.com's home page as well as Beyond.com's plans to offer reviews and recommendations for its new Books tab by year-end. Such statements are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties, including risks that Beyond.com elects not to offer the anticipated tabs on its home page. Beyond.com's business is subject to risks including reductions in or cancellations of customer orders, changes in relationships with software suppliers, changes in relationships with strategic partners, changes in the product mix sold by the company, competition from other online software resellers or publishers, inability to raise sufficient capital on satisfactory terms, or at all, and other factors described in the company's filings with the SEC. |
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