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Thursday, October 14, 2004

Michael D. Bevis Named President and COO of Edict Systems

Proven Management Experience Provides Opportunity for Additional Leadership Responsibilities

DAYTON, Ohio, Oct. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Advant-e Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: AVEE - News) announced today that Edict Systems, its wholly owned and sole operating subsidiary, has promoted Michael D. Bevis to President and Chief Operating Officer. In his new position, Mr. Bevis will lead the company's efforts in senior level management, sales, marketing, strategic planning, customer service and product development.

Mr. Bevis joined Edict Systems in September of 2003 as Executive Vice President and immediately brought senior level management in the areas of sales, marketing and customer relationship management. Prior to Edict, Mike headed the Servisource1 barcode printer service group for Paxar Corporation. Mike also provided management and sales direction for Huffy Corporation during their formative growth years in the 1980s an 1990s. Mike's tenure at Huffy found him as Vice President of Marketing and Sales for four separate divisions eventually becoming President and General Manager of Huffy Service First.

Regarding his new position, Mike stated, "The Edict team continues to deliver excellent results as a leading solution provider for Internet-based business-to-business electronic commerce solutions. Assisting this talented group in driving new revenue and expansion with new customers and markets will continue to be both challenging and interesting. I welcome the opportunity to lead one of Dayton's fastest growing companies."

Commenting on the announcement, Jason K. Wadzinski, Chairman and CEO of Advant-e stated: "Mike has proven to be an exceptional leader for Edict Systems over the past year and I am pleased that he has agreed to accept additional responsibilities. I am confident that Mike's skills and experience will allow Edict to achieve its goals and objectives."

The information in this news release includes certain forward looking statements that are based upon assumptions that in the future may prove not to have been accurate and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties, including statements to the future financial performance of the company. Although the company believes that the expectations reflected on its forward looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations or any or its forward-looking statements will prove to be correct. Factors that could cause results to differ include, but are not limited to, successful performance of internal plans, product development and acceptance, the impact of competitive services and pricing, or general economic risks and uncertainties.