Zane Interactive Publishing, Inc. Common Shares Now Traded On the OTC Pink Sheets.

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DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 17, 2000

Zane Interactive Publishing, Inc. (Pink Sheets:ZANE) today announced that its common shares are now traded on the Pink Sheets maintained by the National Quotation Bureau, Inc.

As Zane does not presently file annual and periodic reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") its securities became ineligible for quotation on the OTC Bulletin Board maintained by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. beginning May 17, 2000. Zane intends to register its securities under the Exchange Act so as to provide for their quotation on the OTC Bulletin Board. A registration of securities under the Exchange Act is subject to review by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Zane shall attempt to register its securities under the Exchange Act as soon as practicable and thereafter become eligible for quotation on the OTC Bulletin Board.

The company has 21,785,350 common shares issued and outstanding of which approximately 2,500,000 or 11.5% of all issued and outstanding common shares constitute public float.

About Zane Interactive Publishing, Inc.

Zane Interactive Publishing, Inc. (Pink Sheets:ZANE), founded in 1989, is a new-media publisher, aggregator and distributor of grades PreK-12+ educational, reference and special interest software. Zane supplies product and content to educational institutions and individuals as well as Internet, interactive television, cable, broadband and wireless companies around the world.

With the recent acquisition of three established British companies and a successful reorganization, Zane's mission has expanded to bring the best interactive learning materials to educational institutions and individuals worldwide through new licensing and distribution relationships.

Zane has four wholly-owned subsidiaries in the United States and the United Kingdom: Zane Publishing, Inc., Yorkdale, Ltd., Mayflower Computers, Ltd., and Megarom Publishing, Ltd.

Zane Publishing, Inc., a U.S. publisher and distributor of educational software, is Zane's principal operating subsidiary. Zane Publishing re-purposes some of the world's best learning and reference material into the company's proprietary, easy-to-use PowerCD(R) multimedia software format -- in partnership rather than in competition -- with leading traditional print publishers such as Prentice Hall, Merriam-Webster, Barrons, Macmillan and CLEARVUE/eav. PowerCD versions of these traditional name-brand products sell to parents, children, students, homeschoolers, schools, colleges and libraries through retail, direct and multiple on-line (Internet (www.zane.com), cable and broadband) distribution channels.

Currently, Zane Publishing has published more than 300 titles, with topics ranging from great literature writers to carnivorous animals to a study of history through art. The educational material contained on many of these PowerCD titles is designed to fully complement the school curriculums followed by approximately sixty million full-time U.S. students, making the titles excellent at-home study material.

Yorkdale, Ltd. is an Internet company that owns a busy Internet shopping portal and specialized European search engine (www.ukshops.co.uk and www.the-european-directory.com). Mayflower Computers, Ltd. (d/b/a CD Imports) is a European distributor of value-priced educational and entertainment software (www.cdimports.com and www.surplus-software.net). Megarom Publishing, Ltd. is a publisher of value-priced software. -0-

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