The Lycos Network and Random House Launch Ebook Marketplace.Business/Technology Editors WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 9, 2000 Terra Lycos S.A., (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : TRLY), the leading global Internet network, today announced that the Lycos Network launched a new ebooks marketplace with Random House Inc., the world's largest English-language general trade book publisher, which is a division of Bertelsmann, AG, one of the world's largest media companies. Modern Library, a Random House Trade Group imprint offering the best in old and new classics, provides the first offering in the new marketplace, located inside Lycos Shop (http://shop.lycos.com) and in Lycos Entertainment (http://entertainment.lycos.com/ebooks), with a selection of more than 100 works of classical literature available for purchase and download. In May, Terra and Lycos announced a broad, five-year commerce agreement with Bertelsmann that included the development of platforms for the digital delivery of music, books and other entertainment content. In October, Bertelsmann's BMG BMG Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Germand: Federal Ministry for Health) BMG Be My Girl BMG Blue Man Group BMG Bertelsmann Music Group BMG Be My Guest BMG Browning Machine Gun BMG Bulk Metallic Glass and Lycos announced the launch of a music download A music download refers to the transferring of a music file from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment if required. service. "Random House's Modern Library publishing program has an exceedingly rich catalog and we are thrilled to be working with them at this early stage in the evolution of the market for ebooks," said Ron Sege, president of U.S. operations for Terra Lycos. "Terra Lycos is committed to providing our users with a wide range of content, and we are confident that our agreement with Modern Library will provide users with outstanding value while also benefiting the copyright holders." "Terra Lycos has embraced digital distribution of copyrighted content with their early moves in the music space, and represents an attractive partner for our move into online delivery of literature," said Richard Sarnoff, president of the New Media and Corporate Development Group for Random House, Inc. "As we expand our distribution channels for e-books, Random House looks forward to working with Terra Lycos market to both general and specific audiences aggregated on its sites." Reciprocal is providing Digital Rights Management services Windows Rights Management Services (also called Rights Management Services or RMS) is a Microsoft Windows technology that is a form of digital rights management used for protecting documents such as corporate e-mail, Word documents, and web pages. to enable this versatile distribution program allowing readers to purchase these classic works of literature through exciting new channels. Through the agreement, Lycos Shop offers works of classic literature from Modern Library's bound book backlist back·list n. A publisher's list of older titles kept in print. tr.v. back·list·ed, back·list·ing, back·lists To place (a title) on a backlist. in electronic form. Some of the renowned authors represented include Jane Austen, James Joyce, Charles Dickens, Marcel Proust n. 1. A French novelist (1871-1922). Noun 1. Marcel Proust - French novelist (1871-1922) Proust , Henry James and Willa Cather. New e-book editions will feature fascinating introductions by familiar writers and personalities, updated text and other unique highlights distinguishing the titles from their earlier printed versions. The Modern Library collection will be available in Adobe (.pdf), Glassbook Reader (.pdf) and Microsoft Reader Microsoft Reader is a Microsoft program for reading of e-books. The current version for desktops is 2.6.1 (Build), copyright 2000-2007, and requires Windows Vista Ultimate or Windows XP Tablet Edition - UMPC only. Version 2.1. (.lit) formats. About Terra Lycos, S.A. Terra Lycos is a new global Internet network operating in 40 countries in 19 languages, reaching 91 million unique monthly visitors worldwide. Created by the combination of Terra Networks Terra Networks, S. A., usually referred to as "Terra", is an Internet multinational company with headquarters in Spain. Part of Telefónica Group (the former Spain's public telephone monopoly and now one of the most important telecommunications companies in the world), Terra and Lycos, Inc., in October 2000, Terra Lycos is one of the most popular Internet networks in the U.S., Europe and Asia, is the leading portal to Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking markets, and is the number three Internet Service Provider Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. in the world. The Terra Lycos network of sites includes Lycos.com, Terra.com, AnimationExpress.com, Angelfire.com, ATuHora.com, Gamesville.com, HotBot.com, htmlGEAR.com, Invertia.com, Lycos Communications, Lycos Zone, Matchmaker.com, Quote.com, Rumbo.com, Sonique, Tripod.com, Webmonkey.com, WhoWhere.com and Wired News Wired News is an online technology news website, formerly known as HotWired, that split off from Wired magazine when the magazine was purchased by Condé Nast Publishing in the 1990s. Condé Nast later purchased Wired News on 2006-07-11. (Wired.com). With corporate headquarters in Barcelona, Spain and operating headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Terra Lycos is a global Internet powerhouse with a major presence throughout the U.S., Europe, Asia, Canada and Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. . About Random House Random House is the book publishing book publishing. The term publishing means, in the broadest sense, making something publicly known. Usually it refers to the issuing of printed materials, such as books, magazines, periodicals, and the like. division of Bertelsmann AG, one of the world's largest media companies. It includes an array of prestigious imprints that publish some of the foremost and most popular writers of our time--in hardcover, trade paperback, mass market paperback, audio, electronic, digital, and other formats. Books published by Random House Inc. have won more major awards than those published by any other company, --including the NobelPrize, the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. |
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