Open eBook Forum Announces the Election of Two New Members to the Board of Directors.

Business Editors

BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Feb. 14, 2001

Open eBook Forum (OeBF) (www.openebook.org), the leading international electronic book trade association, is pleased to announce the additions of Ed McCoyd and Tom Diaz to its Board of Directors.

Elected to their positions through a vote of the principal membership, Mr. McCoyd, Director of Digital Policy at the Association of American Publishers (AAP), has acquired an at-large seat on the OeBF board, and Mr. Diaz, Senior Engineering Manager, eBook Development Group with Adobe Systems Incorporated, is the OeBF's new Treasurer.

"The Open eBook Forum is most fortunate to welcome both Ed and Tom. I know that the addition of these two individuals, with their perspectives on the industry, will both strengthen the Board and broaden our perspectives," stated George Kerscher, Senior Officer, Accessible Information, Recording For the Blind & Dyslexic and Project Manager to the DAISY Consortium, and Chair of the OeBF Board of Directors.

Mr. McCoyd's responsibilities at AAP have included working with Accenture (formerly Andersen Consulting) on a project to create proposed standards and recommendations in the areas of identification, metadata, and digital rights management for ebooks. Prior to working at AAP, Ed served for six years as Director of Legal Services at the Authors Guild.

Mr. Diaz brings close to 30 years of experience with technical editing and publishing, as well as computer system design. Most recently, he was a co-founder, Treasurer, and VP at Glassbook, Inc., a software pioneer in the ebook industry, which was acquired by Adobe Systems in September of 2000.

About Open eBook Forum: The Open eBook Forum (OeBF) is an international, non-profit trade and standards organization. The Forum's mission is to promote the development of a thriving eBook market. To do this, it creates, maintains and promotes adoption of eBook standards and brings together all the participants in the eBook world by providing an inclusive forum for discussion of eBook related social, legal, and technical issues.

About Adobe Systems: Founded in 1982, Adobe Systems Incorporated (www.adobe.com) builds award-winning software solutions for Network Publishing, including Web, print, video, wireless and broadband applications. Its graphic design, imaging, dynamic media and authoring tools enable customers to create, manage and deliver visually rich, reliable content. Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., Adobe is the second largest PC software company in the U.S., with annual revenues exceeding $1.2 billion.

About the American Association of Publishers (AAP): AAP is the principal trade association of the U.S. book publishing industry with over 300 members comprising most of the major commercial book publishers in the United States, as well as small- and medium-sized houses, non-profit publishers, university presses and scholarly societies.