Shop Inter/Intra-Net technology related books in over 40 categories for a selection of over 2,000 titles on-line at the NET Worldwide web-site (/bookstores.htm).

Boston, Massachusetts - April 1, 1998 -- NET Worldwide™, home of the world's largest selection of Inter/Intra-Net software, in affiliation with Barnes and Noble™, the world's largest bookseller on-line, toady announced the opening of the world's largest Inter/Intra-Net technology online bookstore.

The NET Worldwide website lists the world's largest selection of Inter/Intra-Net technology related books in over 40 categories for a selection of over 2,000 titles. NET Worldwide's web-site audience consists of mainly MIS professionals in fortune 10,000 companies around the world interested in enterprise software solutions. NET Worldwide provides the world's fastest and most effective vehicle for researching, evaluating, and purchasing current Inter/Intra-Net technology solutions. The NET Worldwide Inter/Intra-Net technology on-line bookstore is world's the fastest and most effective vehicle for purchasing literature regarding these technologies.

Barnes and Noble has inked many exclusive deals--among more than 40 charter companies--with some heavily trafficked sites, including CNN Interactive, Knight Ridder New Media, and Discovery Channel Online. Affiliates, as the partners are called, earn a commission on every book sold for all sales transactions generated through links from their sites. In return, affiliates can advertise on Barnesandnoble.com to stimulate sales and have access to the bookseller's search engine, which drills into the bookseller's search repository of more than one million titles. Roughly 400,000 titles are in stock.

"NET Worldwide is committed to providing value to its customers and web-site visitors," said Eddie Donovan, president of NET Worldwide. "Forging together our Internet technology focus along with the bookselling experience of Barnes and Noble not only is extremely profitable for both parties but also provides an unparallelled resource for worldwide MIS professionals."

According to Brokerage PaineWebber, online book sales currently make up less than 1 percent of the $16 billion consumer book market, but adds that it could grow to as much as 6 percent--or $960 million--in the next two years.

NET Worldwide, Inc., headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, is a leading master distributor and advertiser of Inter/Intra-Net software technologies targeting webmasters and MIS professionals of the fortune 10,000. Through a network of worldwide offices NET Worldwide is positioned to gain market share in the world's biggest Internet software markets by developing demand and awareness with end users and resellers. NET Worldwide currently has subsidiary offices in North America, Europe, and Southeast Asia.