Bellevue, WA, February 17, 1999: Nvst.com has negotiated reseller agreements with three international publishers to sell 120 business books and software online. CEO Lori King says the deals with Ibbotson Associates, McGraw Hill, and John Wiley & Sons almost double the size of the site's "product store".

A worldwide portal Internet site for entrepreneurs, private investors and their advisors, NVST.com delivers more than products. Its provides access to continuing education courses, investment opportunities and investment capital, and a 50,000-member database of professionals. According to King, this "hub" approach is the future of business-to-business web sites.

Peter Knapp, marketing manager of John Wiley & Sons said, "NVST.com's product store highlights some of the strongest area's of Wiley's business and finance publishing program from accounting to M&A to valuation. It's really a terrific fit!"

Ibbotson Associates will sell the recently published The Stocks, Bonds, Bills and Inflation Yearbook: Valuation Edition on NVST.com. Michael Annin, vice president, sees the NVST.com site as an excellent opportunity to introduce the business valuation community to Ibbotson's new book. "The Valuation Edition is meant to address some of the most frequently asked questions people have about discounts rates and cost of capital," said Annin. The development of the product store significantly enhances NVST.com's vision of providing an Internet "hub" site for the finance community and private equity marketplace. King said the company's overall goal is much more ambitious. "Our site is years ahead of other business-to-business sites on the Internet," she noted. "In the future, people will use the NVST.com site as a model to build their business-to-business site. All successful business sites need to provide complete access for their industry in order to attract the right visitors."

Based in Bellevue, Washington, NVST.com provides online access to venture capital or merger and acquisition investment opportunities, professional journals, research databases, educational resources for professional training, and products for entrepreneurs. Currently, NVST.com is one of the most comprehensive business-to-business web sites in any industry.

For more information about NVST.com and its services, call our sales department at 425-702-9733 or send email to sales@nvst.com.