Booklog Introduces Advanced Documents Sets

POS System Now Accepts Electronic 810 Invoice and 856 ASN Documents

NEW PROVIDENCE, N.J. - June 22, 2004 - Booklog, a leader in point-of-sale and inventory management software, has announced today that users of its POS system may begin receiving Advanced Documents Sets from publishers, wholesalers and distributors via Pubnet^®, the book industry’s premier EDI service.

Beyond PO and POA documents, Advanced Document Sets encompass electronic 856 ASN (Advanced Shipment Notices) and 810 Invoice EDI document sets.

By receiving these electronic documents, bookstores will receive information quicker and have the ability to further streamline operations.

Know the details of what’s being shipped before it is received with 856 ASNs. In addition to packing slips, publishers can now send bookstores electronic copies of packing details before the package is shipped. This notification better prepares bookstores for shipment deliveries and acts as a proactive tool for identifying order discrepancies.

No more snail mail. Electronic 810 Invoices are delivered faster, directly to bookstore POS systems. Faster delivery offers bookstores more time to manage their financials, not to mention saving publishers, wholesalers and distributors money on postage.

Booklog’s decision to add Advanced Document Set capabilities to its POS system opens the door to even greater integration abilities, including:

• Shipment Receipt Scanning — that links shipments received to 856 ASNs, eliminating manual entry of items into the inventory system

• Electronic payment of invoices is just around the corner, and receiving 810 Invoices is the first step to making this a reality.

Forging forward, Booklog plans on additional enhancements with their POS systems and Pubnet including a new Internet Stock Checking Link.

Booklog users with a current maintenance contract, a Pubnet Interface, and access to Pubnet will receive a free update to their POS system upon request. All other users who wish to incorporate this update, may contact Booklog for more information.

For a full list of POS Systems supporting Pubnet and what documents they support, visit www.pubnet.org/certifiedsystem/pos.html

About Booklog
Booklog is the first true 32-bit Windows point-of-sale and inventory management system designed specifically for booksellers. With over 1400 systems sold since 1983, Booklog continues to be an industry leader, providing reliable and affordable software solutions to successful retailers around the world.

About Pubnet
Pubnet is a leading publishing industry e-commerce exchange, allowing more than 3,000 distributors, bookstores and other retailers to place electronic orders (POs), and receive back order acknowledgements (POAs), invoices, and advance shipping notices (ASNs) through standardized electronic methods. Streamlining the labor-intensive ordering process, Pubnet integrates seamlessly with a bookseller's POS system and offers advanced web-based solutions to industry participants. More than 100 publishers/vendors represent over 3,000 publisher imprints on the Pubnet system. Additionally, users on the system have access to the one million-plus bibliographic database, which may be used to place orders and conduct title searches for more information.

PubEasy and Pubnet are the supply chain companies of R.R. Bowker, a worldwide book industry infrastructure company. Bowker is the publisher of Books In Print® and Global Books In Print™, the definitive English-language book databases and home to the U.S. ISBN and SAN agencies; located in New Providence, N.J., with additional offices in West Sussex, England and Melbourne, Australia.