CALABASAS, CA--(Marketwire - February 17, 2010) - Nova Development, a consumer software unit of
leading global software developer and publisher Avanquest Software (EPA: AVQ), today announced an agreement with Ancestry.com, making Nova the
exclusive North American publisher for retail editions of the Family Tree
Maker® 2010 line of genealogy titles.
"For more than 20 years, Family Tree Maker has been synonymous with the
discovery of family history and the fun of genealogy research," said Todd
Helfstein, president, Nova Development. "We are especially proud and
excited to have been named the publisher for this gold-standard product
line."
"A robust Family Tree Maker software offering is consistent with our
mission of helping everyone discover, preserve and share their family
history," said Eric Shoup, Vice President of Product, Ancestry.com. "To
that end we are delighted to be partnering with Nova Development, whose
development and marketing expertise will serve to further enhance Family
Tree Maker and expand its footprint at retail."
For 2010, the Family Tree Maker products offer dozens of new features that
make creating a multimedia family tree faster, easier and better than ever
before, including enhanced integration with Ancestry.com, the largest
online resource for family history. Other new features include:
-- Improved organization - Enjoy new ways to organize photos and other
media.
-- Slideshows - Create slideshows from photos in your tree.
-- Family books - Publish beautiful keepsakes and books to share with
friends and family.
-- Standard source templates - Cite the right information every time.
-- A new person view - View relationships within the context of your
entire family tree.
-- Scanner support - Add photos directly from your scanner.
-- Family migration paths - View timelines and interactive maps
highlighting events and places in your ancestors' lives.
-- Better Performance - Experience faster load times and navigation.
Family Tree Maker, the number one selling product in the genealogy software
category, has three editions: Essentials, Deluxe and Platinum.
All three versions allow users to easily add records and images from the
billions of available historical records at Ancestry.com and import data
from other genealogy programs, including Personal Ancestral File, The
Master Genealogist and Legacy Family Tree.
The Deluxe and Platinum editions include, respectively, the Standard
Ancestry.com Reference Library DVD and the Deluxe Ancestry.com Reference
Library DVD.
About Nova Development
Based in Southern California and founded in 1984, Nova Development is a
market leader in consumer software for both Windows and Macintosh
platforms. Nova Development is the retail publisher of best-selling
software for desktop publishing, print creativity and many other purposes,
as well as educational titles both for both children and adults. Nova
Development was acquired by Avanquest Software in 2007. For more
information, please visit
http://www.novadevelopment.com/ and
http://www.avanquest.com.
About Avanquest Software
Avanquest Software (EPA: AVQ) is one of the world's leading software
developers and publishers, with operations on three continents and
marketing through Retail, Corporate, OEM and Direct-to-Consumer channels.
Avanquest's presence in North America, consisting of Avanquest Software USA
and Avanquest North America (which includes the Nova Development division),
places it among the top ten retail software publishers in the United
States. With more than 100 software titles, the combined companies offer
one of the largest and most diversified product portfolios in the software
industry, available at more than 10,000 North American retail locations, on
the Web, and through OEM partnerships. Additional information is at
http://about.avanquest.com.
About Ancestry.com
Ancestry.com Inc. (
NASDAQ:
ACOM), the world's largest online family
history resource, has digitized and put online over four billion records
over the past twelve years. Ancestry users have created over twelve million
family trees containing over 1.25 billion profiles. Ancestry.com has local
Web sites directed at nine countries, including its flagship website at
http://www.ancestry.com/.
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