Press Releases

November 23, 1999

RoweCom Announces Partnership With PRG Inc. Adding Market Research to Its Catalog of Books and Subscriptions

CAMBRIDGE, MA (November 23, 1998) — RoweCom, Inc., the leader in Internet-based intellectual commerce, today announced a partnership with PRG, Inc. (Publications Resource Group), the world's largest online catalog of market research publications. Under the agreement, RoweCom will offer to its corporate customers all of PRG's 2,500 market reports through its kStore (knowledge store) catalog, further extending the industry's most comprehensive source for knowledge resources.

As one of the leading online distributors of industry market research reports, PRG works with hundreds of different publishers and analyst firms to provide customers with the most up-to-date and extensive catalog of high-technology and communications industry publications available. RoweCom's intranet services allow corporate clients to access and manage the acquisition of over 42,000 subscriptions and millions of books from more than 13,000 publishers.

RoweCom services are focused on knowledge-intensive industries such as high technology, financial services, health care, professional services and academic communities. Consistent with these market segments, RoweCom will offer PRG's entire catalog of industry market research publications as part of its kStore service offering, expanding PRG's distribution and increasing RoweCom's catalog of knowledge resources for its corporate clients. PRG's products will be available through kStore by the first quarter of 1999.

"PRG is an ideal partner for RoweCom as its extensive, up-to-date database of reports and publications on the telecom, high technology and health care industries enable corporations to keep abreast of changes and become smarter," said Dr. Richard Rowe, President and CEO at RoweCom. "Our alliances with leading content partners, such as PRG, are always aimed at providing our clients with access to the most comprehensive database of knowledge resources."

"As a leading business-to-business provider of knowledge resources, RoweCom's corporate customer base will benefit from our extensive selection of newsletters, market reports, and directories," said Osmin F. Alvarez, President of PRG. "Available directly through corporate intranets, kStore represents a new business opportunity for PRG. Compliant with internal purchasing policies, RoweCom's services will also facilitate the acquisition of our market reports."

About PRG, Inc.

Based in North Adams, MA, PRG is the largest online distributor of market research publications worldwide. PRG offers over 2,500 directories, newsletters and market reports from more than 175 leading publishers and consultants including Frost & Sullivan, Jupiter Communications, Ovum, Phillips Publishing and Pioneer Consulting, among others. PRG offers its customers convenience, excellent service and an objective viewpoint regarding the market research and publications that will best meet their needs. For further information, please visit PRG's Web site and catalog at www.prgguide.com

About kStore

RoweCom's innovative kStore service allows companies to acquire, pay for, manage and control over 42,000 magazines, journals, newspapers and millions of books, securely, from their intranets. By seamlessly integrating the power of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and electronic commerce technology to directly link its clients to publishers, RoweCom's kStore offers its corporate clients the industry's lowest prices and unprecedented reductions in processing time and unnecessary paperwork.

About RoweCom

RoweCom's award-winning knowledge Stores provide organizations with customized intranet "company stores" where individual employees, group managers and administrators can order, pay for, and manage the acquisition of books, subscriptions, newspapers and other knowledge products online. Over 200 leading companies, from the high technology, financial services, health care, professional services and academic communities, are using RoweCom's catalogs, containing more than 42,000 magazines, journals and newspapers and millions of books from RoweCom's partner, barnesandnoble.com, to purchase a wide range of published materials for their business needs. For further information, please visit RoweCom's Web site at www.rowe.com.

CONTACTS:

RoweCom, Inc.

Philippe Der Arslanian, 617/497-5800

pderarslanian@rowe.com

Schwartz Communications, Inc.

Merrill Freund/Kerry Bard

781-684-0770

merrillf@schwartz-pr.com

kerryb@schwartz-pr.com

PRG, Inc.

Doug Peterson, 413-664-6185

doug@prgguide.com