About Nova

Founded in 1984, Nova Development Corporation is a worldwide developer and publisher of consumer graphics and content software products for Windows and Macintosh platforms. Nova's unwavering commitment to value-priced, imaginative software programs has made it a leader in its market category.

Now among the Top 5 productivity software publishers in the United States, Nova has a history of providing new technologies that consistently expand the uses of desktop computers for a variety of users, from home to school to business.

Product Line

PUBLISHING PRODUCTS

Art Explosion® Publisher Pro™ is the fastest, easiest way to create documents with impact. From flyers and newsletters to brochures and greeting cards, Publisher Pro has 2,500+ readymade templates, 100,000+ premium-quality Graphics and all the powerful tools you need to produce spectacular publications.

The Art Explosion® Greeting Card Factory® line of products allow you to make beautiful store-quality greeting cards for every occasion in minutes! You can also create dozens of other projects and crafts including gift tags, party theme sets, labels and stickers, thank you notes, and much more - all in one program!

Art Explosion® Scrapbook Factory® Deluxe lets you preserve precious memories to share with loved ones and future generations. You can customize and print one-of-a-kind scrapbooks and other keepsake projects, including journals, mini-albums, trading cards, stickers and more.

Art Explosion® Label Factory® Deluxe is the fastest and easiest way to create professional-quality labels from the convenience of your own home or office.

Art Explosion® Business Card Factory® Deluxe gives you the power to create professional business cards you'll swear were commercially printed.

Art Explosion® T-Shirt Factory® Deluxe lets you create personalized T-shirts, sweatshirts, mousepads, tote bags and more in just minutes. The package comes complete with everything necessary to get started, including a 100% cotton, XL Adult Lofteez T-shirt from Fruit of the Loom®, and 3 sheets of PerfectPeelT transfer paper.

DIGITAL IMAGING PRODUCTS

PhotoImpact® Pro is quite possibly the only software you will ever need for digital photography, image editing, professional design, even web graphics. Acquire, organize, correct and enhance your digital images — easily and professionally. Whether you’re new to digital photography or a seasoned professional, you’ll appreciate its award-winning power and flexibility.

The Photo Explosion® line of products makes digital photography easy. Get photos from your digital camera or scanner, photo CDs or online. Use our unique SmartEnhanceT technology for one-click color correction and red-eye removal. Add 500+ special effects, plus frames, props and borders. Create awesome photo projects like calendars, scrapbooks, greeting cards and more. Or share your pictures online.

CONTENT/CLIP ART PRODUCTS

Art Explosion® 800,000 is your instant professional art library, ready to use with all your favorite programs. You get 17 gigabytes of graphics on 29 CD-ROMs with all the images in the box - no downloading or memberships required!

Art Explosion® 300,000 is an extensive entry-level clip art collection featuring 200,000-plus royalty-free images on 8 CD-ROMs (and for a limited time) the same graphics on 1 DVD-ROM.

Art Explosion® Seasons, Events & Holidays contains over 15,000 sensational clip art images and photographs for celebrations and holidays. Locate images quickly using the 150-page Printed Catalog and convenient on-screen image browsers.

SMALL BUSINESS/HOME OFFICE PRODUCTS

PC Tutor™ Learn Office Windows & More™ Deluxe is computer training at its finest. Unleash the power of Office, Windows, QuickBooks Pro and more. PC Tutor is fast, easy and effective. PC Tutor makes learning easy with one of the most complete sets of office application training ever assembled.

WinWay® Resume Deluxe gives you thousands of readymade sample resumes for virtually every career, plus more than 100,000 job-winning phrases. You can select from multiple designs for a resume and search milliions of job openings online and instantly post your resume to leading online job banks.

WinWay® Resume Deluxe - Canadian Edition is a special edition of WinWay® Resume Deluxe that includes a complete range of Canadian samples. It contains hundreds of Made-in-Canada resumes and letters that reflect Canadian job titles and descriptions; Canadian spellings and references; Canadian employers and institutions; and Canadian credentials and professional associations.

Nova Invoices & Estimates® Pro gives you all the tools you need to effectively manage your company's estimating, billing, sales and cash collection with this powerful yet easy-to-use invoicing system, guaranteed to make your business more productive.

Business Plan Writer® Deluxe is the most complete and powerful business plan software available. It uses industry-proven methods to guide you through the development of your business or marketing plan. The software takes you all the way from testing your idea to printing your plan - or publishing it on the Internet.

BERLITZ® LANGUAGE LEARNING

Learn foreign languages the easy way with the system that’s been helping people master foreign languages for over a decade. We’ve provided three powerful ways to learn: (1) on your computer, (2) in your car, and (3) on your iPod or other mobile listening device. Our Berlitz language titles make learning fast, fun and effective – and it’s 100% guaranteed!

UTILITY PRODUCTS

Drive Erase Pro™ completely and permanently erases data from your hard drive, enabling you to sell or donate your computer with confidence. With Drive Erase Pro you can choose to delete all of the data on your hard drive or just selected files. Drive Erase Pro adheres to the most stringent U.S. Department of Defense security requirements.

Upgrade to your new computer quickly and easily with Transfer Your PC® Deluxe, featuring IntelliMover®, the PC migration solution recommended by computer experts. The package also includes: two data transfer cables ($30 value); privacy software to eliminate confidential files from your old PC; and back-up software to protect data on your new PC.

If disk fragmentation is bogging down your PC, you’ll enjoy significant performance increases with Disk Accelerator Pro® – regardless of the size of your drive, the number of partitions, or your drive interface. Disk Accelerator Pro provides much more complete and effective defragmentation than the Windows built-in defragmenter.

MACINTOSH PRODUCTS

Parallels® Desktop for Mac lets you run any version of Windows at blazing speed, right alongside Mac OS X. Linux, Solaris and other operating systems are supported, as well. And best of all, because these "virtual machines" run on top of OS X, no rebooting is required.

Print Explosion® Deluxe 3.0 is the fastest, easiest way for Mac users to create spectacular custom print projects. This brand new edition delivers more creative options than ever before—from store-quality greeting cards to photorealistic scrapbooks. Optimized for both PowerPC and Intel-based Macs, Print Explosion Deluxe 3.0 also provides complete integration with iTunes and iPhoto!

Greeting Card Factory® is the easiest and most complete greeting card software available for the Macintosh. It goes far beyond competing products with many more unique possibilities. It also allows you to create dozens of other projects and crafts including announcements, invitations, photo cards, thank you notes, electronic greetings, envelopes, note cards, postcards, labels, and much more - all in one program!

Art Explosion® 750,000 includes 48 CD-ROMs or 5 DVD-ROMs with graphics in hundreds of categories including fine art, web graphics, classic and retro images and more. This extensive clip art library is ideal for first-time publishers and professional designers alike.

Art Explosion® 525,000 includes 34 CD-ROMs with graphics in hundreds of categories including fine art, web graphics, classic and retro images and more.

Art Explosion® 250,000 - Platinum Edition contains 24 CD-ROMs and over 250,000 royalty-free images, organized into hundreds of categories and subcategories for easy image location.

Facilities

For 16 years, Nova has been headquartered in Calabasas, a community 10 miles inland from Malibu along Southern California's scenic Highway 101.

Marketing & Sales

Nova Development products are available through major retail chains throughout the United States and Canada, including computer, software specialty, consumer electronics and office supply stores and through the best mail order catalogs. Through a network of authorized distributors, Nova products are also available in all major markets internationally, in English and primary foreign languages.

In addition to its commitment to unique advertising and promotion, Nova's reputation for imaginative packaging is known industry-wide. Revolutionary pop-up designs and other devices have made Nova products "state of the shelf" and earned the company numerous awards.

Industry Rankings

One of the fastest growing companies of its kind, Nova is the 4th largest personal productivity publisher in the United States. (Source: NPD Intelect, 2002)