Publishing Writers/Entertainment Editors
Wizard World Los Angeles Comics Show

SARASOTA, Fla. to Give Its Expert "Seal of Approval"
to Thousands of Comics at Wizard World L.
(NASDAQ:DRIV ), a global leader in e-commerce outsourcing, today
announced that it is providing e-commerce support for Enteractive
Distribution, a software publisher-distributor. "By
working with an outsourcer like Digital River, we can not only open
new revenue streams by implementing a variety of strategic e-marketing
programs, but also expand our business more quickly and
cost-efficiently than we could when we were operating our site
in-house.

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CGC does grading
by mail order throughout the year, but many fans will wait for the
privilege of handing their books off in person and picking them up at
the end of Wizard World L./Canadian
distribution in the retail marketplace.

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S. headquarters ., a global leader in e-commerce outsourcing,
builds and manages online businesses for more than 40 ,000 software
publishers, manufacturers, distributors and online retailers.

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on Sunday night (and not having to deal
with the U. Some
of the software titles featured on the site include Garfield's Typing
Pal Deluxe, Your Trading Card Maker, Diskjockey File Viewer and Lyriq
Crosswords Gold Edition among others.

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CGC (www. Based on the
agreement, Digital River built and launched the company's e-commerce
store located at www.

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A. It plans
to expand its reach to the grading of collectible magazines later this
year.S.

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Comic Book Certification Company Trucks Its Operation
from East Coast to L.

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"Our goal is to help our clients build and expand their online
businesses by leveraging our world-class e-commerce infrastructure and
capabilities as well as our strategic e-marketing services," said Dave
Alampi, Digital River's vice president of marketing.

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The comic is then assigned a grade from a 10-point scale
and encapsulated in an archival, tamper-proof holder . Postal Service).
CGC will be on the road for at least 20 conventions in 2005.

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Thousands of comic book fans will line up at the Long Beach
Convention Center this weekend just to have their books graded by
Comics Guaranty, LLC (CGC) during the popular Wizard World Los Angeles
Comics Show, March 18-20.

Digital River Handles Online Software Sales for Enteractive

and European cities .

There are several ways of getting comics from the artist's drawing table to your reading chair, the most common being buying the book at a comic shop.

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"CGC has become like the 'Good
Housekeeping Seal of Approval' for comics. Its
multi-channel e-commerce solution, which supports both direct and
indirect sales, is designed to help companies of all sizes maximize
online revenues as well as reduce the costs and risks of running an
e-commerce operation.

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"Certification has driven the thieves out of the hobby, because
now collectors can be sure of what they're getting by the CGC grade,"
said CGC President Steve Borock, an industry expert who previously
graded comics for Sotheby's.

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They usually are provided with new reading material by distributors, who work as a liaison between publisher and retailer.

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Business Editors/High-Tech Editors

MINNEAPOLIS----Digital River, Inc.
"We selected Digital River as our e-commerce provider because of
the company's core competency and expertise in running successful
online stores," said Howard Luxenberg, president of Enteractive.

About Digital River, Inc.digitalriver.

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At similar weekend shows, CGC has
graded up to 2,000 books on-site and accepted submissions of thousands
more to grade back at its Sarasota, Fla.

Digital River , Inc. For more details about
Digital River, visit the corporate Web site at www.

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A.A. Their service has boosted the
overall comic market, given buyers and sellers an essential tool for
conducting business online, and opened the comic collecting hobby up
to novice collectors."

About Enteractive Distribution

Enteractive Distribution Company, LLC was established in 1992 to
help small to mid sized software publishers achieve U.

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It's opened the hobby up to
more collectors, who can buy CGC-graded books without the fear of
getting ripped off.

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cgccomics.com) began five years ago
as the first company to provide expert impartial grading and
restoration detection of comic books.

More About CGC

CGC is owned by the Certified Collectibles Group, the collectible
industry 's leading certification company, which also operates business
units for the certification of coins , paper money and sports cards.enteractive.

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The certification process requires careful scrutiny of each comic
by five CGC experts, who check for restoration and overall condition
of the book . Digital River is not only
processing online order transactions and physically delivering
Enteractive 's software titles, but also implementing strategic
e-marketing services to help proactively grow sales on Enteractive's
e-commerce site.
Enteractive offers a unique, customizable, full-service ,
royalty-based solution for software publishers from around the world.

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com. The company's comprehensive platform offers site
development and hosting, order management, fraud prevention, site
merchandising , advanced reporting and analytics, product fulfillment,
e-marketing and multi-lingual customer service .

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This Weekend Comics Guaranty LLC Shows L.A. Comic Book Fans How It Keeps the Collectible Comics Hobby Honest

com or
call 952-253-1234.

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"Companies
outsource their e-commerce operations to us because we have the
experience and expertise to implement e-commerce solutions that can
help them broaden their customer bases, increase their product
exposure and grow their e-commerce site sales. All
other company and product names are trademarks, registrations or
copyrights of their respective owners .

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"
Consumers shopping on Enteractive's site can find utility,
consumer lifestyle and personal productivity software products.

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We can help companies
achieve these goals while reducing their risk and allowing them to
focus on developing and delivering leading products to their customer
bases.S.
Founded in 1994, Digital River is headquartered in Minneapolis
with offices in major U.

Digital River is a registered trademark of Digital River, Inc.