Atypon

Santa Clara, CA – May 29, 2003 – Atypon Systems, Inc, a leading developer of adaptive electronic publishing solutions, today announced that Annual Reviews, the premier publisher of scientific review literature, is a new client.

Annual Reviews will begin using Atypon's electronic publishing solution with the launch of their revised site on June 1, 2003. Using Atypon's Literatum Online platform will allow for effective and efficient delivery of content, including the new Annual Reviews Electronic Back Volume Collection—an online collection of Annual Reviews back volume content dating to the first volume of the Annual Review of Biochemistry® in 1932.

The Atypon Literatum Online platform—a full service adaptive information platform for electronic publishing—is a cost-effective content-loading and online-hosting solution designed to fit the needs of publishers of all sizes. Literatum was first created for publisher services such as Blackwell Synergy and CrossRef.

Annual Reviews gave three primary reasons for selecting Atypon technology and service:

1. Enhanced features and functionality for librarians and scholars
2. A talented and responsive development and customer service team
3. A cost-effective pricing policy

"We are delighted to have the confidence of Annual Reviews, the world's leading publisher of scientific review literature," said Atypon CEO Georgios Papadopoulos. "We look forward to our ongoing partnership with Annual Reviews—currently a key synthesizer of scientific information."

Annual Reviews has contracted with Atypon to take primary responsibility for hosting its 20,000+ articles-managing state-of-the-art services, hardware and software upgrades, security, and complex content delivery. The relationship will also ensure that Annual Reviews has access to the many innovations currently in development at Atypon.

"Annual Reviews is continually looking for the best ways to present our content to our user community," said Steve Castro, Director of Marketing and Sales at Annual Reviews. "Atypon's Literatum Online platform offers a sensible array of user features and a streamlined production pipeline, allowing our staff extraordinary freedom to create new content collections, business models, and promotional opportunities."

About Atypon

Since 1996, Atypon Systems, Inc. has focused on providing software and services to the information industry. By standardizing their Literatum platform, Atypon has successfully given publishers a quality alternative in the electronic publishing market—a genuine alternative that is also affordable. For publishers who value offering their users the highest levels of service, Atypon is the clear choice.

Atypon offers a suite of software and services for the Information Industry. Atypon's electronic publishing software, Literatum, manages content for eJournals, eReference Works, eBooks, and other digital media and powers major websites such as Academic Press's IDEAL Library, Blackwell Synergy, and CrossRef. Other services include PDFplus, which dynamically adds links to PDF's, and LINKplus, a full service linking solution for publishers.

In addition to software, Atypon provides publishers the option of a complete outsourced hosting solution in conjunction with 17 leading technology vendors including Akamai, IBM, Dell, Oracle and Sun Microsystems.

Atypon's customers include some of the world's leading publishers. The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, California and maintains a European support office. For more information on Atypon Systems, please visit http://www.atypon.com.

About Annual Reviews

Annual Reviews is the premier publisher of scientific review literature. A nonprofit organization, Annual Reviews provides the worldwide scientific community with a useful and intelligent synthesis of the primary research literature spanning the Biomedical, Physical, and Social Sciences. Of the 5500+ journals assessed by impact factor in ISI's Journal Citation Report (JCR), the Annual Review of Immunology is ranked #1 among all publications, the Annual Review of Biochemistry is ranked #3, and more than one third of the Annual Reviews titles are in the top 100 regardless of category. Annual Reviews' latest offering—the Annual Reviews Electronic Back Volume Collection—provides Annual Reviews content back to the first volume published in 1932 —all available online. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, Annual Reviews offers publications in print and online to individuals, institutions, and consortia throughout the world. Learn more about Annual Reviews at www.annualreviews.org

Contact:
Kristen Fisher
Director of Product Marketing
Atypon Systems
408.9881240

Steve Castro
Director of Marketing and Sales
Annual Reviews
650.493.4400
scastro@annualreviews.org