Exhibit (a)(1)(J)
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CONTACT:
Ellis E. Cousens
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial & Operations Officer
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
(212) 850-6534


                             JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC.
                           TO COMPLETE ACQUISITION OF
                               HUNGRY MINDS, INC.

NEW YORK, NY ( September 21, 2001) - John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ("Wiley")
(NYSE:JWa)(NYSE:JWb) announced today that it will complete its previously
announced acquisition of Hungry Minds, Inc. ("Hungry Minds") (NASDAQ: HMIN)
pursuant to its cash tender offer to purchase all outstanding shares of HMIN
common stock. In connection with the announcement, Wiley's subsidiary, HMI
Acquisition Corp. ("HMI Acquisition"), has accepted for payment all shares of
HMIN common stock validly tendered as of the 5:00 p.m., New York City time,
September 20, 2001, expiration of the tender offer, at a purchase price of $6.09
net per share. Specifically, based upon information provided by the depositary
for the offer, HMI Acquisition has accepted for payment 14,524,314 shares of
HMIN common stock (including 51,782 shares tendered pursuant to guaranteed
delivery) validly tendered and not withdrawn prior to the expiration of the
tender offer, representing in the aggregate approximately 98.1% of all of the
outstanding shares of HMIN common stock. The shares accepted for payment include
the 11,161,949 HMIN shares tendered by International Data Group, Inc. and IDG
Enterprises, Inc. pursuant to the Voting and Tender Agreement, dated as of
August 12, 2001.

Wiley will acquire control of Hungry Minds today by virtue of its purchase of
tendered shares. Wiley intends to complete a "short form" second-step cash
merger at $6.09 net per share as soon as practicable, pursuant to which HMI
Acquisition will acquire the remaining outstanding shares, with each share of
HMIN common stock to be converted into the right to receive $6.09 in cash,
without interest, the same consideration paid for the shares in the tender
offer, subject to dissenters' rights. Upon completion of the merger, HMI
Acquisition will be merged with and into Hungry Minds and the survivor will
become an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wiley.

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