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Blish.com (www.blish.com), a next generation digital download marketplace, today announced its launch out of beta by offering more than 80,000 immediately downloadable digital products including, software, games, stock photography, chapter based e-books, digital maps, royalty-free music, legal forms, and video. By utilizing Blish's robust and easy-to-use online marketplace, owners of digital content post their wares for sale in real time, control the price for each item and automatically collect royalties. Blish offers a scalable application that can help any size retailer to sell a first-rate product. Blish.com has seen explosive growth over the past seven months, having now integrated 350 small and large content providers including, Random House, McGraw Hill, Element K, Harvard Business Review, US Legal Forms, and Maps.com, to name a few. "Blish is the destination site for all consumers when they look to purchase digital products of any kind," remarks Nick Fluge, chief visionary officer, Blish. "The trend we are seeing is that people are used to locating mass amounts of information and have access to a great number of products but they want to be assured of quality offerings and value in one centralized location. Blish offers a boutique experience with its blended combination and diverse product offerings and has proven successful to our ever growing customer base." The main features of the Blish marketplace include: -- One-stop shopping for widest variety of downloadable digital products -- Integrating independent content creators, as well as content from top publishers -- Pay-to-own model for all downloads, no subscription fees -- Provides marketing and distribution for all digital products: cross platform marketing, 750+ affiliate network, search engine marketing and digital rights management "Blish has proven to be an invaluable alternative distribution channel," explains Blish beta user Scott Chou, an author and venture capitalist at Gabriel Venture Partners. "The overhead in time and money associated with the publishing, printing, and distribution of my book has been considerable. I was blown away by the convenience of Blish's online system and the greatly simplified process for issuing updates to my work. Since I began utilizing Blish, I've increased my revenue margins while also providing savings and better service to my readers." "Blish both aggregates the highest quality of digital products and provides infinite shelf space to deliver digital products to the online community," said Paul Gleason, chief operating officer, Blish. "Whether you are looking for the New York Times best-seller, a how-to guide on woodworking or a marketplace to share your photograph collection, Blish is that place." About Blish.com Blish.com, founded February 1, 2006, is part of JDV Online, the New Initiatives Group of Career Education Corp (NASDAQ:CECO). Blish has over 1,000 strategic partners and affiliates encompassing sales channels such as music, e-books, e-books by-the-chapter, stock photography, technical manuals and analysis, legal forms, software, video games, 3D modeling, motivational seminars, academic lectures, sound loops, music tracks; as well as ring tones, screen savers, mobile games and video clips. The site strives to offer ease of use, affordability and accessibility to a vast array of content. For more information, go to www.blish.com/pressroom. About Career Education Corporation Career Education is an industry leader whose gold-standard brands are recognized globally. Those brands include, among others, the Le Cordon Bleu Schools North America; the Harrington College of Design; the Brooks Institute of Photography; the Katharine Gibbs Schools; American InterContinental University; Colorado Technical University and Sanford-Brown Institutes and Colleges. The mission of CEC, through its schools, its educators, and its employees is education--their primary goal, to enable students to graduate successfully and pursue rewarding careers. For more information see www.careered.com.