IPSWICH, Mass. - August 29, 2006 - EBSCO Publishing is excited to announce that its award-winning NoveList^® readers' advisory service now lets users preview the first chapters of thousands of included book titles.

Provided by the Dial-A-Book Chapter One Program, first chapters are provided for a broad range of books spanning most genres with an emphasis on recent and popular titles. Coverage includes selections from most major publishers including Hatchett, Random House, and Harper Collins. Works from library-friendly publishers like Algonquin Books and several university presses are also included. With more than 14,000 first chapters available in NoveList, fiction readers can determine whether or not they may enjoy a book without having to have a copy in hand.

According to NoveList founder and creator Duncan Smith, "More and more library users are making book choices from home. This new feature empowers readers to make informed choices ensuring that a trip to the library delivers a good read."

In the near future, first chapters will also be provided for thousands of titles listed in Book Index with Reviews™ (available via EBSCOhost^®) allowing an institution's non-fiction readers to make better reading choices.

EBSCO Publishing is the world's premier database aggregator, offering a suite of nearly 200 full-text and secondary research databases. Through a library of tens of thousands of full-text journals, magazines, books, monographs, reports and various other publication types from renowned publishers, EBSCO serves the content needs of all researchers (Academic, Medical, K-12, Public Library, Corporate, Government, etc.). The company's product lines include proprietary databases such as Academic Search™, Business Source^®, CINAHL^®, DynaMed™, Literary Reference Center™, MasterFILE™, NoveList^®, SocINDEX™ and SPORTDiscus™ as well as dozens of leading licensed databases such as ATLA Religion Database™, EconLit, MEDLINE^®, MLA International Bibliography, PsycARTICLES^® and PsycINFO^®. Databases are powered by EBSCOhost^®, the most-used for-fee electronic resource in libraries around the world. For more information, visit the EBSCO Publishing Web site at: http://www.ebscohost.com, or contact: information@epnet.com.

EBSCO Publishing is a division of EBSCO Industries Inc., one of the largest privately held companies in the United States.