>> 2001/01/26

■RealRead Forms Strategic Alliance with Innovative Interface; Alliance Enhances Online Library Service

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 26, 2001--RealRead Inc., an online book marketing solution provider to the publishing industry, announced a strategic alliance with Innovative Interfaces, a leading California-based library automation supplier. Innovative provides Web-based solutions to over 900 academic, public, law, medical, and special libraries worldwide and will be integrating new RealRead book preview options on its Millennium integrated library system.

According to Yoshi Kitamura, Founder/CEO of RealRead, "This alliance will enable us to offer our service to a much larger audience. Innovative demonstrated the RealRead service options for their Millennium Acquisitions module at the ALA (American Library Association) midwinter conference in Washington, DC earlier this month, and received positive responses from librarians."

About RealRead

RealRead (www.realread.com) provides services to online publication merchants designed to increase online sales by allowing potential buyers to preview publications online. RealRead browsing technology brings users a real reading room experience through special page flipping action that recreates the feel of a real book and reduces the eyestrain associated with scrolling movement. The animated pages replicate printed pages including color pictures, photos and graphics. RealRead technology also provides security and copyright protection features designed specifically to meet the needs of publishers and authors. With its global marketing effort, RealRead has just initiated its service in Japan, first customer being E-BookInitiative Japan (www.10daysbook.com), an electronic book bookseller. For additional information and a demonstration, please visit the RealRead's website at www.RealRead.com.

About Innovative Interfaces, Inc.

Innovative Interfaces (www.iii.com) is a leader in providing Web-based automated library systems. Innovative's library automation systems are installed in more than 27 countries around the world. The company is headquartered in Emeryville, California, with offices in Australia, Canada, China, France, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, and the United Kingdom.

CONTACT:

RealRead Inc.

Sal Miwa:salmiwa@realread.com

Tel.(212) 554-4141Fax.(212) 554-4151

http://www.realread.com