Owned and operated by Information Highway.com, the Executive Site ( is a localized regional Internet portal that can save users vast amounts of time by allowing them to access stock quotes, weather forecasts, community events, online trading, web searches, multicasting, VoIP and shopping – all from one place. The Portal network is available in 25 cities in the United States and from 4 locations throughout Canada including Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto and a Canadian National site ( The Executive Site Network is scheduled to grow to more than 50 cities with new openings throughout North America by the first quarter of the new year.

The Chapters.ca Holiday Gift Guide provides a fully designed, dynamically-generated Web page to affiliate partners like Information Highway.com, Inc. Updated daily with the latest products and information, the guide recommends the hottest gift ideas in books, music, movies and software and convenient services like gift wrapping and free shipping* to help online shoppers during the busy holiday season. A new feature included in the Holiday Gift Guide allows multiple items to be placed in a shopping cart before the customer exits the affiliate site to initiate the secure purchasing process at Chapters.ca. This encourages multiple purchases to be made through the affiliate site, increasing possible commissions.

"We are excited to welcome Information Highway.com to the Chapters.ca affiliate program," said Jason Sikora, director, strategic relations, Chapters Online Inc. "We are constantly enhancing our program by providing interesting, valuable content to our affiliates' sites and deploying innovative ways for our members to generate sales and commissions through their relationship with Chapters.ca.

"With a trusted reputation for secure online purchasing paired with fast shipping and reliable customer service that Chapters.ca has built, our affiliation will bring value-added service to users of the Executive Site." said John Robertson, President & CEO of Information Highway.com, Inc. "With less than one month left to purchase gifts this holiday season, the co-branded site will make online gift buying easier than ever before."

Gift certificates, gift wrapping, gift suggestions and gift bundles are all part of the new The Executive Chapters.ca site. Visitors will be able to send gift-wrapped books, music CDs, videos, DVDs and software anywhere around the world or right to their door.

ABOUT CHAPTERS ONLINE INC.

Chapters Online Inc. (TSE:COL) is a Canadian e-commerce company which operates www.chapters.ca, a leading Canadian destination for online shoppers. The Chapters.ca Web site features millions of book, music CD, video, DVD, software and game titles as well as consumer electronics from around the world at Canadian prices and with a unique focus on products of interest to Canadians. Committed to providing a convenient and hassle-free e-commerce experience, Chapters.ca offers a secure shopping environment, easy-to-use search tools, and industry leading customer service. Chapters Online also supports the growth of Canada's e-commerce industry operating one of the Internet's leading affiliate programs for Web site owners. In September 1999, Chapters Online became a separate, publicly traded company from Chapters Inc. Chapters Inc. (TSE:CHP), Canada's largest book retailer, retains a majority ownership stake in Chapters Online and together the companies operate e-commerce kiosks at all Chapters stores across Canada. To learn more about Chapters Online, please visit the Web site at http://www.chapters.ca/aboutus.

About Information-Highway.com, Inc.

* - The Chapters.ca free shipping offer applies to purchases over $25 (before taxes and shipping, but after coupons) shipped within Canada. The offer expires December 31, 1999.