Following the initial launch of Audio CliffsNotes' Shakespeare works, the
agreement between MediaBay and Wiley may expand to encompass additional
CliffsNotes titles within the following year.

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"We are especially proud to bring Liza Marklund to this event as she is one
of Sweden's most popular authors and is among the world's best-selling
novelists," said Tomas Rosander, Consul General of Sweden.

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co-hosted similar events with the Swedish Consulate over the past 5 years.

About Wiley
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To date, 100 million CliffsNotes literature study guides have been sold in
print. Some of MediaBay's digital content partners include BBC, Blackstone,
Brilliance Audio, CBS Radio, Harper Collins, Hay House, Oasis, Penguin Group
USA Audio, Random House, Simon + Schuster, Sound Room Publishers, Time Warner
Audio and Zondervan. Wiley's Internet
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of the well-known black-and-yellow CliffsNotes literature study guides, to
produce exclusive audio guides for William Shakespeare's most famous plays.

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Marklund, who writes mostly crime thriller novels, will be joined on
the panel by distinguished local authors writing in similar genre,
including Kate Gale, Stephen Cooper, Scott Timberg and Marcos Villatoro, as
well as David Kipen, book reviewer for the San Francisco Chronicle and
biographer/author Eric Lax, who will moderate. "We are also
delighted to have this collaboration again with Pen U. The guides will be produced by MediaBay in the
coming months and will be available on the company's digital download service,
SoundsGood.mediabay.

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Marklund's books, mostly based on
contemporary social issues, crimes against women and feminist themes, have
been translated into 25 languages and more than 5 million copies have been
sold. Her most recent novel, "Asylum Granted ," is a sequel to "On the
Run," one of the most popular and widely read books in Sweden.A.
The agreement includes audio guides for Julius Caesar, King Lear, Macbeth, A
Midsummer Night's Dream , Much Ado About Nothing, Othello, Romeo + Juliet, The
Taming of the Shrew, Twelfth Night, and The Tempest."
We're very pleased to work with MediaBay in placing some of our leading
Shakespeare CliffsNotes study guides in a download audio format for the first
time," said Kristin Kliemann, vice president and global rights director of
Wiley. "High school and college students are a core audience for our study
guides, and we anticipate the audio versions of these products will quickly
become a popular and convenient way for students to appreciate and understand
these literary classics."

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MediaBay will also
distribute Hamlet, the only CliffsNotes Shakespeare guide that had been
available in audio until now.

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The seminar, "Uncovering the
Inspiration for Suspense and Thriller Novels," is organized and hosted by
the Consulate General of Sweden in Los Angeles and Pen U.

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Partnership Marries Top Study Guide Brand with Leading Digital Media Spoken
Word Publisher to Offer Audio Guide Downloads of Famous Shakespeare Plays

CEDAR KNOLLS, N. The availability of audio study
guides will be cross promoted by Wiley, including prominent feature placement
on CliffsNotes.com.

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The panelists will discuss their inspiration and experiences in writing
suspense, crime and science fiction, how Scandinavian thrillers differ and
compare to those written in California.J.
"This inaugural relationship with Wiley will allow MediaBay to place an
already familiar study guide brand in an even more familiar place for today 's
students - the online audio marketplace," said Jeff Dittus, chief executive
officer of MediaBay . "We're tremendously excited to work with Wiley to bring
the perennially best-selling CliffsNotes Shakespeare guides to the masses via
MediaBay's expanding digital audio distribution channels.

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