Nova Development Raises the Bar in Greeting Card Software with Art Explosion® Greeting Card Factory® Deluxe 5.0

CALABASAS, Calif., Nov. 15, 2005 – Nova Development, the #1 publisher of home graphics software in North America, today introduced Art Explosion Greeting Card Factory Deluxe 5.0, the most comprehensive and easy to use version of Greeting Card Factory ever.

Available now at retail stores nationwide. Greeting Card Factory Deluxe 5.0 is loaded with new features that enable users to create customized, store-quality greeting cards for every conceivable occasion in minutes, providing millions of unique greeting card possibilities. Greeting Card Factory Deluxe 5.0 features an unprecedented 20,000+ exclusive greeting cards and customizable projects, 85,000+ beautiful graphics, and 700+ fonts. It also features the ever-popular CD Greeting Cards, which enable users to share precious photographic moments with friends and family right on their living room TVs.

“This thoroughly updated, fifth-generation edition of Greeting Card Factory and Greeting Card Factory Deluxe provides users with a brand new look and more new features than ever before,” said Brad Crystal, vice president of marketing for Nova Development. “With thousands of new cards and projects plus a brand new user interface, Greeting Card Factory 5.0 makes it easer than ever to create one-of-a kind greeting cards, invitations, announcements, and more.”

Here’s just a sampling of the incredible array of new features now available in Greeting Card Factory 4.0 and Greeting Card Factory 4.0 Deluxe.

Here are some of the new features that make Greeting Card Factory Deluxe 5.0 tops in its class:

• Thousands of New Projects
• Brand New Look — Easier Than Ever to Use
• Improved Built-In Photo Editor
• Save as PDF Feature
• Keyword Searching for Faster Template Selection
• Photorealistic Image Gallery

Pricing and Availability
Greeting Card Factory® Deluxe 5.0 is available now at computer, software specialty, consumer electronics and office supply stores nationwide for an estimated street price of $49.95.

System Requirements
Greeting Card Factory Deluxe 5.0 can be used on any PC running Windows 98, 2000, Me or XP with a Pentium® 166 MHz or faster, 64 MB RAM and a CD-ROM drive. Both products work with all popular inkjet printers, including those from Epson, HP, Canon and Lexmark.

Company Background
Based in Southern California, Nova Development Corporation is a market leader in personal and small business productivity solutions for personal computers. Now among the top productivity software publishers in the United States and the # 1 publisher of home graphics software, 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. For more information, call (818) 591-9600. Fax: (818) 591-8885. Or visit Nova Development on the Web at http://www.novadevelopment.com.

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Teri Bruno
714-536-8407
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or

Michele Kennedy
208-552-5661
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Art Explosion and Greeting Card Factory are registered trademarks of Nova Development. Other product names and trademarks are trademarks of their respective companies.