com, a digital audiobook site that allows
library customers to checkout and download audiobooks with their library
cards from home, is now available. Many titles may also be burned to CD and used in car stereos and
regular CD players.com

Any library cardholder can download the digital book, or place a hold."

Public, academic, school and special libraries from the two regions joined
in funding the innovative program.ListenNJ. In addition, the collection includes the famous series
Doctor Who, Sherlock Holmes , Monty Python, and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the
Galaxy. The
company maintains a library consisting of over 75,000 hours of content,
including audio books from best-selling authors and the history of American
Radio. All
statements other than statements of historical facts included in this press
release including, without limitation, statements regarding our future
financial position, business strategy, budgets, projected costs and plans and
objectives of our management for future operations are forward-looking
statements.

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"Dan Brown's books weave easy-to-digest bits of Big Think and
arguments from the history of Western Civilization around fast-paced
murder mystery plots," observes Dan Burstein. In addition to its popular Audio Book
Club, MediaBay distributes its content through proprietary web sites including
audiobookclub.

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Audiobooks in subjects such as business,
self-improvement , history, and other non-fiction genres are also available
for download. As
an award-winning journalist and author, he has written six books on
global economics and technology, including a forthcoming book on the
blogging phenomenon.

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Audiobooks are automatically returned to the system so there are no late
fees. Salvatore, and The 2005 Ernst and Young Tax Guide."
Stephen Davies, Business Development Director, BBC Audiobooks UK,
commented, "We expect downloadable audio to be a significant part of our
overall business in the years ahead and we are pleased to be offering our
titles to MediaBay and its partners.com, Loudeye, MSN Music, Sirius Satellite Radio and
XM Satellite Radio .

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Many titles are "always available," featuring unlimited concurrent
use.
Although the novel's plot reaches back to the 16th century, many of
the topics could come straight from today's headlines: the papal
succession process and the history of the Vatican; Galileo and the
debate between science and religion; the Illuminati, Freemasons, and
other secret societies and conspiracies; famous artworks used to
conceal some of history's most controversial ideas and longest
standing secrets.D.
(Nasdaq: MBAY) today announced that it has reached an agreement with BBC
Audiobooks UK to offer digital downloads of its vast library of audiobook
titles.music.msn. According to the Audio Publishers
Association , downloadable audiobooks are the fasting growing segment of the
publishing industry.

About MediaBay, Inc.

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www. Paul, a former school librarian, is
especially excited that two school libraries are participating:
"Downloading books from www. In
SECRETS OF ANGELS + DEMONS, Burstein and de Keijzer follow the same
approach they took in Secrets of the Code--presenting original essays,
interviews and book excerpts from some of the world's leading thinkers
and experts, including theologians, scientists , technologists,
Vatican-watchers, Rome-based travel and culture writers, art
historians, symbologists , philosophers, forensic medicine specialists,
linguistics experts, conspiracy theorists and conspiracy theory
debunkers.

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For the complete table of contents, background of the experts, and
other information about the content of SECRETS OF ANGELS + DEMONS,
visit www.

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"Our customers expect innovation from the library, and we're proud to bring
it to them," agreed Connie Paul, director of co-sponsor Central Jersey
Regional Library Cooperative.

About Dan Burstein and Arne de Keijzer

Dan Burstein is a journalist, author, and venture capitalist. He has also been a longtime senior advisor at the
Blackstone Group, one of Wall Street's leading investment banks , as
well as a corporate strategy consultant who has served as advisor to
CEO's and top management teams of global corporations such as Sony,
Toyota, Microsoft, and Boardroom, Inc.

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"In many ways, the library competes with for-pay information and
entertainment services.dlrinc . James, Ruth Rendell, Raymond Chandler, Ian Rankin, Dorothy Sayers
and Philip Pullman

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distribute the content throughout its growing network of affiliate sites that
MediaBay powers.

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Our new audiobook service allows us to offer our
customers a free and legal way to get their digital media to go," says
Cheryl O'Connor, Executive Director of INFOLINK, a regional library
cooperative that helped sponsor the service.

``Secrets of Angels + Demons'' by Dan Burstein + Arne de Keijzer Debuts on the New York Times Bestseller List

The authors' previous book, Secrets of the Code (CDS Books/Squibnocket
2004), was some 20 weeks on the Times' bestseller list. Burstein's day job is as an investor in
innovative new technology companies through his firm Millennium
Technology Ventures."
By making premium BBC Audiobooks UK content available to the digital
customer, MediaBay is expanding the market for its audio content and
considerably reducing the cost of delivery. For more information on MediaBay, please visit
http: //www.

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PRESS RELEASE Books on the Go: New Jersey Libraries Launch Audiobook Download Service

CDS is
based in New York City.
These titles will be offered via download to the millions of MSN(R ) users
in the United States on the MSN Music service (http://www. The current market for audiobooks is quickly approaching
$1 billion and MediaBay's longstanding leadership position as direct marketing
cataloger makes it well positioned to participate in the high growth expected
from the digital sales of its content. (Nasdaq: MBAY) is a leading digital media and publishing
company specializing in spoken word and premium audio entertainment.

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There is no better way to understand Angels and Demons and Dan
Brown's past and future books than to read SECRETS OF ANGELS + DEMONS.SecretsofAngelsandDemons .larrykingaudio. Some of MediaBay's digital content partners include BBC, Blackstone,
CBS Radio, Harper Collins, Hay House, Oasis, Penguin Audio, Random House,
Simon + Schuster, Sound Room, Zondervan.

We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements.

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ListenNJ.95), made its
debut last week on The New York Times Extended Bestseller list at #25.

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The audiobook downloads are
compatible with most WMA/MP3 players, Pocket PCs, laptops and Windows
PCs.com to MP3 players will give our teens
a new way to read and be cool. Together,
these two titles have over half a million copies in print in North
America and another half million copies worldwide in 21 languages -
all sold in less than ten months' time. And even though
Brown may be wrong on some of his facts, where else in contemporary
culture today would you find millions of people interested in
discussing Bernini, Galileo, and the Illuminati? The experts of the
'Secrets' books help extend and deepen the ideas that Dan Brown only
touches on.SecretsoftheCode.
CDS Books began publishing in 2003; its list to date includes such
titles as Last Letters Home with HBO and Life Magazine, The Highwayman
by R.

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com Learn more about SECRETS OF THE
CODE at www.
Arne de Keijzer is an author and journalist, and former China
business consultant. In addition, forward-looking statements generally can be
identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "may," "will,"
"expect," "intend," "estimate," "anticipate ," "believe," or "continue" or the
negative thereof or variations thereon or similar terminology.

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No trip to the library is required -- books can be downloaded from
home or office. What could be better than that?"

Central Jersey and INFOLINK Regional Library Cooperatives are funded
through the New Jersey State Library, an affiliate of Thomas Edison State
College.

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NEW YORK----SECRETS OF ANGELS +
DEMONS: The Unauthorized Guide to the Bestselling Novel, published by
CDS Books in association with Squibnocket Press ($23. And they provide the reader much food for thought and an
even richer reading experience.
MediaBay Inc.

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"But it wouldn 't have been possible without
the participation of our member libraries.
Like The Da Vinci Code , Dan Brown's Angels + Demons has had
millions of readers wondering what is fact and what is fiction in some
of the most important--and controversial themes of Western history.com

About CDS

Established in 1999 by the executive team of one of Random House's
leading divisions, CDS is now the largest independent provider of
distribution and fulfillment services to the book publishing industry. This is a one of kind library that we are pleased to make available
to our customers.

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MediaBay also plans to offer
these titles on Larry King Audio (http://www.

Contacts:
Elana Altshuler Tim Clemensen
mPRm Public Relations Rubenstein Investor Relations
323-933-3399 212-843-9337
tclemensen@rubensteinir.

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The digital collection includes hundreds of popular fiction titles from
authors like Nora Roberts, Lemony Snicket, Michael Connelly, and Elmore
Leonard, with movie tie-ins such as the "Chronicles of Narnia," and radio
productions from the BBC. Important
factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from our
expectations, include, without limitation , our history of losses; the success
of our new digital media distribution strategy and new Larry King initiatives,
our ability to anticipate and respond to changing customer preferences,
license and produce desirable content, protect our databases and other
intellectual property from unauthorized access, collect receivables;
dependence on third-party providers, suppliers and distribution channels;
competition; the costs and success of our marketing strategies; product
returns; member attrition and other risks detailed in our Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003.

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Library cardholders from 73 New Jersey
libraries from Hudson to Ocean Counties have a new choice when it comes to
audio downloads. In addition to three other books on China, he was
coauthor, with Dan Burstein, of BIG DRAGON, an innovative look at
China's economic and political future.
Jeffrey Dittus, MediaBay CEO, commented, "The agreement with BBC
Audiobooks UK is another giant stride toward building the digital future of
MediaBay. All profits generated by BBC Audiobooks are returned to the
BBC for investment in new programming + services, supplementing the UK licence
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The 'Secrets' books capture the intellectual spirit behind Dan
Brown's novels and serve as the quintessential readers' guides. "Our books in the
'Secrets' series bring genuine world-class authorities into the
discussion to help readers sort out fact from fiction. He has written and edited books and articles
spanning many disciplines, from business to travel and from religion
to boating.com) as
part of MediaBay's exclusive agreement with MSN.com as well as through partner channels
including LarryKingAudio.com

About BBC Audiobooks UK
BBC Audiobooks Limited is part of BBC Worldwide Limited, the commercial
arm of the BBC.

Certain statements in this press release constitute "forward-looking"
statements that involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and
other factors which may cause MediaBay's actual results, performance or
achievements to be materially different from any results, performances or
achievements express or implied by such forward-looking statements.

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"A key reason why the 'Secrets' books are selling so well is that
they cover the whole range of important ideas in Dan Brown's books in
a balanced way, allowing the reader to make up his or her own mind on
the key issues taken up by novelist," added Arne de Keijzer.A., MediaBay, Inc. The premium content library includes a wealth of popular lifestyle
categories and literary genres, including Biography, Comedy, Drama, History,
Quiz Shows and Travel.

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MediaBay Adds Titles from BBC Audiobooks UK to its Digital Audiobook Library

Library includes top Titles from Renowned Authors such as Michael Palin, Dylan
Thomas, P. We have had a long, prosperous relationship with the BBC
and are pleased that they are supporting our transition to digital
distribution and the use of the Microsoft digital rights management solutions
to protect their intellectual property . Undue reference should not be
placed on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date
hereof.