>> 2001/09/04

■John Wiley & Sons,Inc. Announcement

New York, NY, September 4, 2001 --John Wiley & Sons, Inc., (NYSE:JWa)
(NYSE:JWb)announced today that .............................

Higher Education- To maximize the value of its content, Wiley continues to transform its product models to include an effective combination of print and electronic components. The company recently signed an agreement with netLibrary to produce e-books for 15 frontlist titles using the MetaText platform. Students can purchase the e-books from the netLibrary-MetaText site for roughly the price of a used printed textbook. The e-books will be Web-delivered and hosted by MetaText for the duration of the course. To leverage the Internet as a sales and marketing tool, Wiley reached an agreement with RealRead, a digital publishing company, to display sample material on the Web for 15 frontlist titles, a capability which will promote sales.