Leading Publishers Provide Content for Innovative Playaway Audio Book Launch

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"Playaway's simplicity and portability should help attract a broader and more
demographically diverse audience to audio books," said Chris Lynch, Executive
Vice President and Publisher, Simon + Schuster Audio.436.com

Viewers will be able to vote up to and then into the first 10
minutes of the show to determine the outcome on LIVE television.

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Discovery Channel Taps Relatives and Fans of the Top Five Greatest Americans to Make Their Case

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* Tom Westman - "Survivor" winner, fire fighter and Benjamin
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In addition to today's announcements , Findaway remains in discussions with
several additional publishers and expects to add to its partners and available
titles as Playaway's much-anticipated debut approaches.

Relatives and advocates of the final five candidates will be
joining host Matt Lauer for the culmination of this national
debate.

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Other publishers noted Playaway 's potential to grow the category.com/greatestamerican, or use the phone and text methods
listed below to vote for your favorite candidate.

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Premier titles will be available this holiday season on
new digital audio book format

CLEVELAND, Findaway World, producers of the first
self-playing digital audio book, today announced agreements with several
leading publishers and content owners, including HarperCollins Publishers,
Simon + Schuster, Penton Overseas and Brilliance Audio to provide a wide range
of content for the company's Playaway product . "With today's announcement, we will
be able to do just that - offer great titles in categories including fiction
and non-fiction bestsellers, business, and children's classics.

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When the product hits retail shelves in October, the Playaway audio book
collection will total more than forty titles, including several that were
announced today, including:
-- C. Lewis, THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA , Book One THE MAGICIAN'S
NEPHEW and Book Two THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE (bundled
unit)
-- Roald Dahl, CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY and CHARLIE AND THE
GREAT GLASS ELEVATOR (bundled unit)
-- Jack Welch, WINNING
-- Ben Mezrich, BUSTING VEGAS
-- Rick Warren, THE PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE
-- Dan Brown, ANGELS AND DEMONS
-- Doris Kearns Goodwin, AMERICAN COLOSSUS: THE POLITICAL GENIUS OF
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
-- David McCullough, 1776
-- Khaled Hosseini, KITE RUNNER
-- Penton Overseas, SPANISH , GERMAN, FRENCH and ITALIAN Language

(A complete list of Playaway titles and authors is available from
Findaway)

"Our goal at launch has always been to make a wide variety of the best and
newest titles available for consumers to enjoy on Playaway," said Christopher
Celeste, Findaway Founder and President."
Designed in conjunction with IDEO, one of the industry's leading product
innovation firms, Playaway is smaller than a deck of cards, yet still packed
with features.

Findaway World, a privately-held company based in Cleveland, Ohio, is
dedicated to delivering innovative, easy-to-use digital audio products to
consumers who need them.findawayworld.

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-- Call 1-866-669-3102 -OR- Text 66931 - KING

Abraham Lincoln -- Call 1-866-669-3103 -OR- Text 66931 - LINCOLN

Ronald Reagan -- Call 1-866-669 -3104 -OR- Text 66931 - REAGAN

George Washington -- Call 1-866-669-3105 -OR- Text 66931 - WASHINGTON

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Contacts: Mike Sebastian
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Their latest product, Playaway, is the first digital
audio player of its kind, coming pre-loaded with premier content from leading
publishers and authors.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050624/SFF035 )

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** All candidates have the same 5-digit text number
66931.

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HarperCollins is among those who have taken advantage of Playaway's longer
playing time and all-in-one design to create bundled titles from the same
author on a single unit; including collections from C. **

Top 5 GREATEST AMERICANS
(in alphabetical order )

Benjamin Franklin -- Call 1-866-669-3101 -OR- Text 66931 - FRANKLIN

Martin Luther King Jr.

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Playaway gives listeners the option of placing digital
bookmarks and controlling the speed of a narrator's voice, all while easily
moving both forward and back through audio book selections that can range in
length from six to twelve hours.893.

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Learn more about the product and the company at
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christopher.celeste@findawayworld.,

WHAT: This Sunday, June 26th, from 9-10 PM (ET) Discovery Channel's
GREATEST AMERICAN will give viewers ONE MORE CHANCE to cast their
vote for the person they think most influenced the way we think,
work and live.

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"HarperCollins has been committed to exploring innovative audio book
applications that deliver value and convenience for our listeners; and we
believe Playaway 's simple, portable and immediately usable format will
resonate with consumers.

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Relatives include:
* Ron Reagan - President Reagan's son
* John Washington - ancestral nephew of George Washington
* Congressman Mike Castle - 5th Great Grandson of Benjamin Franklin

Advocates include:
* Doris Kearns Goodwin - author , historian and Lincoln advocate
* Toure - novelist, editor of Rolling Stone, and Martin Luther King
Jr. Tune in Sunday,
June 26 and find out who America chooses as the #1 Greatest
American.

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VOTE: Go onto aol.

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"We believe the breadth of the publisher participation we are announcing
today represents both enthusiasm for our Playaway product and a recognition of
the need for continued innovation in the audio book category," said Blake
Squires, Findaway Founder and Chief Development Officer.S. Every player is packaged with earphones , a
lanyard and a AAA battery to allow consumers to listen to their selection as
soon as they are ready - eliminating the need to download from a PC or keep
track of multiple cassettes or CDs.

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HarperCollins Audio Publisher, Ana Maria Allessi, echoed those comments.

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Brown - author and Reagan advocate

Each will try to persuade viewers to name their favorite greatest
American of all time.

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The race is currently neck and neck with Ronald Reagan in the lead.