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World's Largest Online Library of Books Partners with Princeton University Press
Global Academic Press Adds 2,500 Titles for Students

HOUSTON (September 27, 2001) - Questia Media, Inc., the world's largest online library of books, announced today that Princeton University Press, an independent publisher connected with Princeton University, has joined its impressive list of publishing partners now totaling more than 235 houses. Questia expects to digitize and add to its collection more than 2,500 scholarly books in humanities and social sciences from the Princeton collection over the next five years. The Questia service, which launched in January 2001, now offers more than 65,000 books and journal articles, combined with a suite of powerful search and writing tools.

"We are pleased that titles from the Princeton University Press collection will now be available through Questia to students on the Internet worldwide," said Ursula Bollini, Director of ElectronicBusiness Development, of Princeton. "The renowned academic books carefully selected by Questia are a valuable supplement to the already expansive Questia collection. Our titles enhance Questia's strong focus on scholarly humanities and social sciences content."

Princeton is a leading publisher of scholarly books in a wide range of academic disciplines. Princeton authors include Albert Einstein, Carl Jung, E.H. Gombrich, Joseph Campbell, Robert Shiller, Stephen Hawking, Roger Penrose, and Judge Richard Posner. Questia's publisher relations and collection development teams are continually searching for works most important to students pursuing academic research at the undergraduate level. The partnership with Princeton University Press will further Questia's ability to provide scholarly and credible content combined with unique research tools on a single Internet site.

“By continuing to partner with such prestigious university publishers, students worldwide can feel confident in the research obtained from Questia, “ said Questia founder and CEO Troy Williams. “A large concern among students and faculty is that information found on the Internet is not reliable. But with Questia's collection of full-text books, complete monographs and journal articles, students can have confidence in the credibility of their sources. Improving education through quality research is the highest priority of Questia.”

As the world's largest online library of books, Questia has attracted more than 235 renowned academic and commercial publishers from around the globe. Publishers including Palgrave, Harvard University Press, Oxford University Press, Yale University Press, University of Chicago Press, Columbia University Press, Stanford University Press and Cornell University Press, as well as quality trade houses such as W.W. Norton and Perseus Books, have aligned with Questia to focus on providing unlimited access to the highest level of credible resources online.

About Princeton University Press
Unlike most university presses owned or financially supported by universities, Princeton University Press has always been privately owned and controlled. Initially established as a private corporation, it was reincorporated in 1910 as a non-profit company. Throughout its history, however, the Press has maintained a close relationship with the University. Publishing 250 number of titles a year, PUP is one of the country's largest and oldest university presses, established in 1905. The Press seeks to publish the innovative works of the greatest minds in academia, from the most respected senior scholar to the extraordinarily promising graduate student.www.pupress.princeton.edu.

About Questia
Founded in 1998, Questia Media, Inc. is building the first online service to provide unlimited access to the full text of hundreds of thousands of books and journals, as well as tools to easily use this information. For millions of college students and researchers, the Questia^SM service will enable them to efficiently research and compose papers at any time, from every connected corner of the world. Based in Houston with over 240 employees, Questia is delivering on the true promise of the Internet by providing access to a wealth of human knowledge.

CONTACTS:
Ann Brimberry
Questia Media, Inc 713-358-2704
abrimberry@questia.com

Richards/Gravelle Public Relations
Andrea Hugg 214-891-5835
andrea_hugg@richards.com

Christian Purdy
Princeton University Press
609-258-5714
christian_purdy@pupress.princeton.edu