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booktech.com Selected by the University of Texas TeleCampus as Custom Publisher of Education Materials for Online Learners

11/7/00

WOBURN, Mass., Nov 7, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- booktech.com (AMEX:BTC), a first mover in digital and on-demand custom-content publishing focused on education markets, has been selected by UT TeleCampus (UTTC) of The University of Texas System as the custom publisher of textbooks, coursepackets and other educational and training materials for its online distance education degree programs and courses.

UT TeleCampus (UTTC), the distance education central support system for the nine academic and six health components of The University of Texas System, facilitates the online delivery of degree programs and courses offered by one or more campuses of the UT System. UTTC helps eight campuses to deliver the MBA Online program in General Management. It enables five other online Master's programs in such fields as Educational Technology, Kinesiology and Computer Science. It facilitates a unique First Year Online program, which offers an entry-level curriculum that meets the general education requirements of most Texas colleges.

"The mission of the TeleCampus," says Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Dr. Darcy R. Hardy, "is to help the institutions and faculties of The University of Texas System to use the power of distance education to disseminate their qualitative degree programs and courses online. We provide such services as online course management, faculty training in instructional design, and counsel on intellectual property and copyright issues."

"We are now glad," states Dr. Hardy, "to offer booktech.com's custom publishing services in support of best teaching practices in distance education by UT professors."

booktech.com will assist UT professors in creating customized textbooks and other educational materials which can be disseminated as copyright-protected, electronic downloads, or as printed books and CDs. The Company will provide a unique site through which professors can customize teaching materials using an extensive digital library of intellectual content. booktech.com staff has already begun to assist UTTC in preparing faculty members to develop innovative customized materials that can be created, ordered and delivered through the booktech.com Web site.

According to booktech.com CEO Dr. Morris Shepard, "UT TeleCampus represents an extraordinary opportunity for booktech.com, because it is a dynamic and highly respected venture in university distance education, but also because we share a common commitment to the best of education in the classroom and online." Shepard adds, "UTTC, though still young, will grow rapidly to serve a potentially enormous demand for distance education within Texas, and when it chooses, the world."

About booktech.com

booktech.com (www.booktech.com), founded in 1995 and headquartered in Woburn, MA, is a digital and online publisher of customized textbooks and other educational materials for higher education, K-12 schools, distance education, not-for-profit organizations, and corporate training. Company shares have traded on the American Stock Exchange since April 5, 2000 (symbol: AMEX/BTC). booktech.com has published customized textbook for more than 3,000 professors on 500 campuses. It is becoming an important custom-publishing resource for K-12 schools with such noteworthy titles as: Breaking the Spanish Barrier, Breaking the French Barrier, Trade Routes and Choices. booktech.com is the custom publishing partner to a growing list of leading institutions in distance education which value its capabilities for delivering customized and copyright-protected educational materials as electronic downloads, CDs, or printed books.

About UT TeleCampus, The University of Texas System

The UT TeleCampus is a central service and support unit for online education within The University of Texas System. The TeleCampus features an award winning website similar in design to a traditional campus with admissions links, hundreds of learning resources and student support services. Degree programs offered via the UT TeleCampus are collaborative, accredited degrees from the participating University of Texas campuses. (The number of partner universities in any given degree program varies. Please see website for details.) Students apply to their selection of a home campus from among the UT partner campuses listed for each program. Upon completion of the degree plan the diploma will be awarded from that University of Texas campus. The online courses comprising these degrees are taught by the same expert UT faculty that teach on-campus courses. Courses run semester to semester to allow for interaction within the classroom. During the course of study students simply access the TeleCampus for everything from virtual classrooms to bookstores and extensive digital libraries. For more information please browse the TeleCampus site at http://www.telecampus.utsystem.edu and call or e-mail with any questions. Toll-free 1-888-TEXAS-16 or email [e-mail].

CONTACT: booktech.com Joe Short, Chief Education Officer 781/376-6302 or Marly Rusoff, Investor Relations 914/318-6389 or UT TeleCampus Marta Hubbard, Policy Coordinator 512/499-4212

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