Hungry Minds Selects FileOpen Publisher to Protect Back-of-Book CD-ROMs

NEW YORK, New York, October 26, 2001
FileOpen Systems Inc. (www.fileopen.com) today announced that Hungry Minds Inc., formerly known as IDG Books, has selected FileOpen Publisher to control access to PDF content on CD-ROMs which accompany the publisher's wide range of titles. FileOpen Publisher will also be featured in a one-page advertisement in the print versions of the titles.

"We are delighted that our software was chosen to protect the digital content of Hungry Minds' highly respected publications," said Sanford Bingham, president & CEO of FileOpen Systems Inc. "Hungry Minds now joins the hundreds of publishers who use FileOpen Publisher to secure CD-ROM content without sacrificing ease-of-use for their customers. FileOpen Publisher is unique in the market for continuing to support CD-ROM publishing in addition to Web publishing."

"Safeguarding our intellectual property is paramount to us not only for fiscal reasons, but also to protect the rights of customers who buy our products as well as our reputation as a leading computer book publisher," said Richard Swadley, Senior Vice President of Technology Publishing at Hungry Minds, Inc. "FileOpen Publisher protects the PDF files we place on the CDs in our books while simultaneously preserving access to certain necessary functions."

Hungry Minds will use FileOpen Publisher on as many as twenty titles per quarter. Upcoming titles include the AutoCAD 2002 Bible, Access 2002 Bible (Gold Edition), Red Hat® Linux® Security and Optimization, Streaming Media Bible, and Novell®'s Guide to NetWare® 6 Networks.

About Hungry Minds, Inc.: Hungry Minds, Inc. (Nasdaq: HMIN) is a global knowledge company with a diverse portfolio of technology, business, consumer and how-to brands, computer-based learning tools, Web-based products and Internet e-services.

Hungry Minds' best-selling brands include For Dummies, Betty Crocker, Bible, CliffsNotes, Frommer's, Unofficial Guide, Visual, Weight Watchers and Webster's New World. Hungry Minds is also the publisher of AOL Press, Hewlett-Packard Press, Netscape Press, Novell Press and Red Hat Press. Hungry Minds has thousands of active titles in 39 languages. Hungry Minds also owns the Web sites www.cliffnotes.com, www.dummies.com and www.frommers.com. More information about Hungry Minds is available from the company's SEC filings or by visiting their corporate Web site at www.hungryminds.com. Hungry Minds is a wholly-owned subsidiary of John Wiley & Sons.