Booksellers and Distributors in Canada Now Have Access to Instant Price, Availability and Ordering Information Online for All Simon & Schuster Titles

New Providence, N.J. - October 30 , 2006 - PubEasy®, the global inquiry and ordering service for the book industry, announced today that Simon and Schuster Canada has made PubEasy available to their customers, effective immediately.

Starting today, any Simon & Schuster Canada customer with a PubEasy password will now be able to:

• Check accurate price and availability from Simon & Schuster’s entire title file
• Enter orders online for titles from Simon & Schuster and its distribution client roster
• Receive e-mailed acknowledgments of PubEasy orders
• Track any order, regardless of how it was placed -- phone, fax, Pubnet or PubEasy
• Request invoices

"PubEasy is a tool that will help us meet our goal of offering our customers the highest levels of service and convenience,” said Alison Clarke, Director of Sales Operations at Simon & Schuster Canada. “Our Canadian customers now have 24 hours a day, 7 days a week access to price and availability information, order tracking, invoices and more.”

"We are very pleased to welcome Simon & Schuster’s Canadian customers to PubEasy," said Charles Halpin, General Manager of PubEasy. “Booksellers who use PubEasy are always telling us that the service saves them significant amounts of time and greatly improves the ordering process. We are excited to offer those benefits to Simon & Schuster’s Canadian customers."

To learn more about this free service, or to register, go to www.pubeasy.com .

About Simon & Schuster Canada
Simon & Schuster Canada represents all S&S imprints worldwide from New York, London and Sydney. They provide all sales, marketing and distribution for Simon & Schuster's books and audio in the Canadian marketplace.

Adult imprints include Simon & Schuster, Scribner, The Free Press, Touchstone, Fireside, Atria, Pocket Books, Simon Spotlight Entertainment, and Simon & Schuster Audio. Our children's imprints include Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, Margaret K. McElderry, Atheneum, Aladdin, Simon Pulse and Simon Spotlight. They also represent titles from VIZ, Baen, and Games Workshop.

For more information, visit www.simonsayscanada.com .

About Bowker
Bowker is the world's leading provider of bibliographic information management solutions designed to help publishers, booksellers, and libraries better serve their customers. The company is focused on developing various tools and products that make books easier for people to discover, evaluate, order, and experience, as well as providing services to publishers that help them better understand and meet the interests of readers worldwide. Bowker is a member of the ProQuest family of companies and is headquartered in New Providence, N.J., with additional operations in England and Australia. For more information, please visit www.bowker.com.