News Release

Wiley wins two 2005 PSP awards and three honorable mentions

Scientific, Technical, and Medical Division prevails in the categories of Computer Science and Multi-Volume Reference Sciences

Grant and Award Announcement

Wiley

Hoboken, NJ, February 8, 2006 – Global publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., is proud to announce that it is the recipient of two awards and three honorable mentions in the 2005 Professional/Scholarly Publishing Division (PSP) Annual Awards Program of the Association of American Publishers. Each year, the PSP recognizes excellence and innovation in professional, scholarly, and reference publishing by presenting awards in more than 40 categories. This year, Wiley's Scientific, Technical and Medical Division excelled in the categories of Computer Science and Multi-Volume Reference (Sciences).

The awards were presented at a luncheon ceremony on Tuesday, February 7, 2006 during the PSP Annual Conference in Washington, D.C.

The winners are:

Best New PSP Book – Computer Science
Databasing the Brain
Edited by Steven H. Koslow and Shankar Subramaniam

Best New PSP Book – Multi-Volume Reference Work (Sciences)
Encyclopedia of RF and Microwave Engineering
Edited by Kai Chang

Honorable Mention – Archeology and Anthropology
The Human Fossil Record, Volume 4
By Jeffrey H Schwartz and Ian Tattersall

Honorable Mention – Chemistry
Drug Discovery Handbook
By Shayne Cox Gad

Honorable Mention – Multi-Volume Reference Work (Sciences)
Water Encyclopedia
Jay H. Lehr and Jack Keeley

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About John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Founded in 1807, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., provides must-have content and services to customers worldwide. Our core businesses include scientific, technical, and medical journals, encyclopedias, books, and online products and services; professional and consumer books and subscription services; and educational materials for undergraduate and graduate students and lifelong learners. Wiley has publishing, marketing, and distribution centers in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbols JWa and JWb. Wiley's Internet site can be accessed at http://www.wiley.com.


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