J. A. Majors Signs on With PUBNET^® and Pubnet 2000^TM
Addition of Largest Medical Book Distributor Brings More Ordering Choices to Pubnet Customers

Washington, DC, October 20, 1998 -- 1998-Pubnet LLC, the developer of the pioneering e-commerce system that links booksellers, publishers and suppliers, and J. A. Majors announced that starting immediately, J. A. Majors customers can order books through the Internet-based Pubnet 2000 ordering system. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, J. A. Majors is the largest distributor of health science, scientific, technical, and business books in the United States.

"Customer service is the number one priority in the book-selling business," said Andrew Gregory, managing director of Pubnet LLC. "Using the Pubnet system, allows booksellers to spend less time on the phone placing orders, thereby enabling them to devote more time to their clients. The Pubnet 2000 system allows bookstores to access suppliers and publishers in one place on the Internet. This one-stop capability drastically reduces the time required for booksellers to place orders. J. A. Majors will find Pubnet 2000 streamlines the book-ordering / fulfillment process."

"Becoming a Pubnet 2000 vendor is a reflection of our commitment to cutting edge technology combined with superlative customer service," said Carolyn Lewis, director of marketing for J. A. Majors. "The unique challenges of ordering and stocking health science, business, scientific and technical titles have been reduced to a mouse click."

In related news, Rittenhouse Book Distributors, a Pennsylvania-based medical book distributor, became a Pubnet 2000 vendor in June 1998. Like J. A. Majors, Rittenhouse joined the Pubnet system to offer Internet-based ordering to its customers that want to automate and streamline the book ordering process.

Pubnet members also began placing orders from IDG Books Worldwide through the Pubnet system last month.

More than 3,000 bookstores, wholesalers, libraries and schools subscribe to PUBNET and Pubnet 2000, making it the world's premier electronic community for the publishing and bookselling industries.

Vienna, Va.-based Pubnet LLC has 11 years' experience serving the book trade. It is a limited liability corporation owned equally by the Association of American Publishers, the American Booksellers Association, the National Association of College Stores and R.R. Bowker, a division of Cahners Business Information.

About J. A. Majors

The largest health science wholesaler in the United States, J. A. Majors has distribution centers in Dallas, Houston, Atlanta and Los Angeles. In business since 1909, Majors serves the institutional, corporate and independent bookstore markets.

With more than 1,200,000 volumes in stock, 69,000 medical and sci-tech titles in database, J. A. Majors, is one of the largest distributors of health science, scientific, technical, business, and law books in the United States.

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