Fatbrain.com Selected as Preferred Online Bookstore for Microsoft Developer Network

Business Wire, March 30, 1999

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 30, 1999--Fatbrain.com (Nasdaq:FATB), the Internet's most comprehensive professional bookstore, today announced an arrangement with Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT) to deliver an online bookstore for Microsoft's relaunched developer resource site, MSDN Online. The MSDN Online and Fatbrain.com co-branded store offers an expert selection of technical and business books, training materials and documentation plus special discounts to more than one million Microsoft developers worldwide.

The new MSDN Online brings Microsoft's two online developer programs, Site Builder Network and MSDN Online, to one location, http://www.msdn.microsoft.com, making it easier for developers to access information, tools, and a technical support community to get the answers they need more quickly and efficiently. The online bookstore is custom-designed uniquely for Microsoft developers, delivering quick, directed access to Fatbrain.com's comprehensive selection of books, training materials and documentation covering more than 800 technical subject categories. Advanced search tools and services help users find the most up-to-date resources in their topics of interest.

"Fatbrain.com's experience in serving the developer community makes its world-class online bookstore a natural fit for the new MSDN Online program," said Sue Bohn in the Developer Relations Group at Microsoft. "Fatbrain.com allows us to offer a wide-range selection of recommended resources to our active developer community."

Dennis Capovilla, vice president of Business Development at Fatbrain.com said, "Our custom online store offers the best selection of resources to help developers address serious informational needs and pursue professional growth. We're extremely pleased to be selected by Microsoft once again to be the preferred bookstore for its new developer program."

About Fatbrain.com

Fatbrain.com is the Internet's most comprehensive professional bookstore. The company offers a world-class selection of books, training materials and documentation for experts in business and finance, technology and other industries. A leader in business-to-business e-commerce, Fatbrain.com specializes in creating custom corporate intranet bookstores that work seamlessly with existing infrastructure. Formerly ComputerLiteracy.com, the company first built a loyal following among programmers and IT professionals for its unique specialty in resources for technology professionals. Fatbrain.com offers discounts of up to 40 percent, and all in-stock orders placed by 4 PM PT ship the same business day. Visit Fatbrain.com on the Web at http://www.fatbrain.com.

This announcement may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties including, among others, Fatbrain.com's limited operating history, anticipated losses, the unpredictability of its future revenues, competition, risks associated with system development and operation risks, management of potential growth, and risks of new business areas, international expansion, business combinations, and strategic alliances. Actual results could differ materially from those discussed. More information about factors that potentially could affect Fatbrain.com's financial results is included in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Registration Statement filed under its original name, Computer Literacy, Inc., on Form SB-2 on November 19, 1998, as amended. All forward looking statements are based on information available to the Company on the date hereof, and the Company assumes no obligation to update such statements.

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