Corbis' "Volcanoes" Given Booksellers' Honors; Selected as "Booksellers' Choice" by American Bookseller Magazine.BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 27, 1996--Corbis Corp. today announced that its newest CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). title, "Volcanoes: Life on the Edge" has been selected for American Bookseller's spring Bookseller's Choice award for New Media. American Bookseller, the official magazine of the American Booksellers Association The American Booksellers Association (ABA) is a non-profit industry association founded in 1900 that promotes independent bookstores. The ABA and its members support freedom of speech, literacy, and programs that encourage reading. (ABA), sends each season's new multimedia titles to a select panel of bookseller reviewers. The reviewers then select their favorites for the Bookseller's Choice awards. Released in the first quarter of 1996, "Volcanoes" features the 14-month global journey made by renowned photojournalist Roger Ressmeyer to capture erupting volcanoes on film from Italy to Indonesia. Cinematic documentaries, narrated by award-winning actress Helen Mirren, explore the science, history and lure of volcanoes. Interactive episodes weave Ressmeyer's spectacular photographs with maps, documents, paintings, artifacts artifacts see specimen artifacts. and more. An extensive reference section enhances the title with detailed explanations of scientific terms, concepts and catastrophic eruptions. The unique content in "Volcanoes" conveys the danger and exhilaration of living on the edge. "Volcanoes" is currently available for the Windows(r) platform, and will be available for the Macintosh(r) in April 1996. The title retails for approximately $45 to $55. "We are delighted that `Volcanoes' has been selected as the Bookseller's Choice for New Media by the ABA," said Doug Rowan, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Corbis. "We strive to create compelling, high-quality multimedia experiences with our products, and the bookstore channel is very important to us. This recognition from experts in the book-selling field is very gratifying grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. ." "Volcanoes" continues the award-winning tradition at Corbis. The company's first title, "A Passion for Art: Renoir, Cezanne, Matisse and Dr. Barnes," has won a number of industry awards, including the Software Publishers' Association's Codie award for Best Use of Visual Arts visual arts npl → artes fpl plásticas visual arts npl → arts mpl plastiques visual arts npl → in Multimedia, the Association for Multimedia International's Crystal AMI, HomePC's Editor's Choice, Computer Life's Best of Everything, and two NewMedia INVISION gold awards. Other titles available from Corbis include "Critical Mass: America's Race to Build the Atomic Bomb atomic bomb or A-bomb, weapon deriving its explosive force from the release of atomic energy through the fission (splitting) of heavy nuclei (see nuclear energy). The first atomic bomb was produced at the Los Alamos, N.Mex. ," the story of the people and events behind the Manhattan Project Manhattan Project, the wartime effort to design and build the first nuclear weapons (atomic bombs). With the discovery of fission in 1939, it became clear to scientists that certain radioactive materials could be used to make a bomb of unprecented power. U.S. , the U.S. effort to build and test the first atomic bomb; and "Paul Cezanne: Portrait of My World," a fascinating exploration of the people, places, art and times of Cezanne's life. Corbis is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. founded in 1989 by Bill Gates to create new uses and markets for high-quality digital content. The company is building a unique and comprehensive archive of high-quality digital imagery and creative materials that encompass science and technology, the fine arts, history, people and cultures, natural history and many other areas. Corbis has three operating divisions: the image licensing group, Bettmann and Corbis Publishing. For more information about the Corbis archive and its business divisions, visit the Corbis Web site at http://www.corbis.com/. Corbis is based in Bellevue, with an office in London, and Bettmann offices in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . CONTACT: Corbis Corp. Laurie McEachron, 206/649-3363 E-mail: lauriemc@corbis.com or Waggener Edstrom Angela Newlove, 206/637-9097 E-mail: angelan@wagged.com NOTE TO EDITORS: In the Internet/email addresses noted in this news release, there is an "at" symbol between lauriemc and corbis.com and between angelan and wagged.com. This symbol may not appear properly in some systems. |
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