Avanquest Software's Nova Development Signs Agreement With Ancestry.com to Publish Top-Selling Genealogy Software
February 17 2010 - 10:00AM
Marketwired
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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