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      About Chapters Canada Online Electronics and Camera Store 
		Chapters.Indigo.ca is the leading Canadian destination for online 
		shoppers seeking books, toys, gifts, entertainment, and electronics. 
		Committed to providing a convenient and hassle-free e-commerce 
		experience, Chapters.Indigo.ca offers a secure shopping environment, 
		easy-to-use search tools and industry leading customer service. Updated 
		with new bestselling books, toys, gifts, and entertainment products 
		every day, Chapters.Indigo.ca is Canada’s greatest online shopping 
		destination. 
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      Chapters Books operates www.chapters.indigo.ca, a leading Canadian destination for online shoppers
      seeking books, electronics, cameras, toys and gifts.. Committed to providing a convenient and
      hassle-free e-commerce experience, chapters.indigo.ca offers a secure
      shopping environment, easy-to-use search tools and industry leading
      customer service. Chapters.indigo.ca also supports the growth of Canada's
      e-commerce industry operating one of the Internet's leading affiliate
      programs for website owners. 
       
      In September 1999, Chapters Online became a publicly traded company,
      separate from Chapters Inc. Chapters Inc. (TSE:CHP), (now Indigo Books
      & Music Inc.) retains a majority ownership stake in Chapters Online
      and together the companies operate e-commerce kiosks at all Chapters
      stores across Canada. 
       
      On July 27, 2001, the Special Committee of Chapters Online Inc. (TSE:COL),
      headed by Tom Stephenson of Sequoia Capital, agreed in principle to terms
      under which Indigo Books & Music Inc. would purchase all outstanding
      shares of Chapters Online not already owned by Indigo Books & Music
      Inc. on the basis of one Chapters common share for every 7.14 common
      shares of Chapters Online. 
      Indigo
      to begin trading on the TSE under stock symbol "IDG" 
       
      TORONTO, Aug. 21 - Indigo Books & Music Inc. (formerly Chapters Inc.)
      announced today that The Toronto Stock Exchange has approved its corporate
      name change from Chapters Inc. to Indigo Books & Music Inc., and that
      effective at the opening of trading on Wednesday, August 22, 2001, the
      company's common shares would trade under the stock symbol
      "IDG". Until such time, the company's common shares will
      continue to trade under the old stock symbol, "CHP". About
      Indigo 
       
      Indigo is a Canadian company and the largest book retailer in Canada,
      operating bookstores in all provinces under the names Indigo Books Music
      & more, Chapters, Coles, SmithBooks, and World's Biggest Bookstore.
      Indigo is majority owner of Chapters Online Inc., operating
      www.chapters.indigo.ca, an online retailer of books, music, videos and
      DVDs. 
      Indigo is a publicly traded company, listed on the TSE under the stock
      symbol IDG, and included in the TSE's top 300 companies, as well as in the
      S&P/TSE Canadian SmallCap Index. To learn more about Indigo, please
      visit the About Our Company section of www.chapters.indigo.ca. 
       
        
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