COMPUTER LITERACY INC
SB-2MEF, 1998-11-20
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   AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON NOVEMBER 20, 1998
 
                                                      REGISTRATION NO. 333-
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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                                   FORM SB-2
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                     UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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                            COMPUTER LITERACY, INC.
              (EXACT NAME OF SMALL BUSINESS ISSUER IN ITS CHARTER)
 
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            DELAWARE                           5995                          77-0389480
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF    (PRIMARY STANDARD INDUSTRIAL           (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
 INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION)    CLASSIFICATION CODE NUMBER)         IDENTIFICATION NUMBER)
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                               1308 ORLEANS DRIVE
                          SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA 94089
                                 (408) 541-2020
(ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES AND PRINCIPAL PLACE
                                  OF BUSINESS)
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                                CHRIS MACASKILL
                            CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                            COMPUTER LITERACY, INC.
                               1308 ORLEANS DRIVE
                          SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA 94089
                                 (408) 541-2020
           (NAME, ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)
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                                   COPIES TO:
 
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         ROBERT V. GUNDERSON, JR., ESQ.                        NORA L. GIBSON, ESQ.
           RALPH L. ARNHEIM III, ESQ.                       MICHAEL A. ZUERCHER, ESQ.
            SUSAN M. GIORDANO, ESQ.                          PETER S. BUCKLAND, ESQ.
               FRANK GRANT, ESQ.                         BROBECK, PHLEGER & HARRISON LLP
            GUNDERSON DETTMER STOUGH                            SPEAR STREET TOWER
      VILLENEUVE FRANKLIN & HACHIGIAN, LLP                          ONE MARKET
             155 CONSTITUTION DRIVE                          SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105
          MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA 94025                            (415) 442-0900
                 (650) 321-2400
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          APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC:
As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement.
 
    If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box
and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier
effective registration statement for the same offering.  [X] 333-67397
 
    If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c)
under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement
for the same offering.  [ ] ____________
 
    If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d)
under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement
for the same offering.  [ ] ____________
 
    If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434,
please check the following box.  [ ]
 
                        CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
 
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                                                             PROPOSED MAXIMUM
           TITLE OF EACH CLASS OF SECURITIES                     AGGREGATE                 AMOUNT OF
                    TO BE REGISTERED                         OFFERING PRICE(1)         REGISTRATION FEE
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Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share................        $3,450,000                  $959.10
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(1) Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the amount of the registration
fee pursuant to Rule 457(o).
 
    THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR
DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT SHALL
FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT THAT SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION
STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(a) OF
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION,
ACTING PURSUANT TO SUCH SECTION 8(a), MAY DETERMINE.
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               INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE
 
     This Registration Statement is filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), by Computer Literacy, Inc. (the
"Company"). In accordance with Rule 429 under the Securities Act, this
Registration Statement incorporates by reference the contents of the
Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (Registration No. 333-67397) which was
declared effective by the Commission on November 19, 1998 relating to the
offering of 3,450,000 shares of Common Stock.
 
                                 CERTIFICATION
 
     The Company hereby certifies to the Commission that (i) it has instructed
its bank to pay the Commission the filing fee set forth on the cover page of
this Registration Statement by a wire transfer of such amount to the
Commission's account at Mellon Bank as soon as practicable (but no later than
the close of business on November 20, 1998), (ii) it will not revoke such
instructions, (iii) it has sufficient funds in the relevant account to cover the
amount of such filing fee, and (iv) it will confirm receipt of such instructions
by its bank during the bank's regular business hours no later than November 20,
1998.
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                                   SIGNATURES
 
     In accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that
it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form SB-2 and authorized this
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Sunnyvale, State of California, on this 20th day
of November 1998.
 
                                          COMPUTER LITERACY, INC.
 
                                          By:      /s/ CHRIS MACASKILL
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                                            Chris MacAskill
                                            President and Chief Executive
                                              Officer
 
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
     In accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated:
 
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                 /s/ CHRIS MACASKILL                     President, Chief Executive         November 20, 1998
- -----------------------------------------------------      Officer (Principal Executive
                   Chris MacAskill                         Officer) and Director
 
               /s/ DONALD P. ALVAREZ*                    Vice President of Finance and      November 20, 1998
- -----------------------------------------------------      Chief Financial Officer
                  Donald P. Alvarez                        (Principal Financial and
                                                           Accounting Officer)
 
                /s/ PETER G. BODINE*                     Director                           November 20, 1998
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                   Peter G. Bodine
 
                 /s/ ALAN S. FISHER*                     Director                           November 20, 1998
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                   Alan S. Fisher
 
                 /s/ TOD H. FRANCIS*                     Director                           November 20, 1998
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                   Tod H. Francis
 
                 /s/ KIM ORUMCHIAN*                      Director                           November 20, 1998
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                    Kim Orumchian
 
                /s/ DAVID C. SCHWAB*                     Director                           November 20, 1998
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                   David C. Schwab
 
                /s/ PETER C. WENDELL*                    Director                           November 20, 1998
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                  Peter C. Wendell
 
              *By: /s/ CHRIS MACASKILL
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                   Chris MacAskill
                  Attorney-In-Fact
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                               INDEX TO EXHIBITS
 
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 23.1        Consent of Counsel
 23.2        Independent Auditors' Consent
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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1
 
           CONSENT OF GUNDERSON DETTMER STOUGH VILLENEUVE FRANKLIN &
                     HACHIGIAN, LLP, COUNSEL TO THE COMPANY
 
     We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption, "Legal Matters"
in the Registration Statement (Form SB-2) and related Prospectus of Computer
Literacy, Inc. incorporated herein by reference.
 
                                          /s/ GUNDERSON DETTMER STOUGH
                                          VILLENEUVE FRANKLIN & HACHIGIAN,
                                          LLP
 
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                                          Gunderson Dettmer Stough
                                          Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP
 
Menlo Park, California
November 20, 1998

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.2


                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of 
Computer Literacy, Inc. on Form SB-2 of our report dated July 10, 1998 (August 
25, 1998 as to the fifth paragraph of Note 1 and the last two paragraphs of 
Note 10), appearing in the Prospectus and to the reference to us under the 
headings "Selected Financial Data" and "Experts" in the Prospectus.

We also consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration 
Statement of Computer Literacy, Inc. on Form SB-2 of our report dated July 10, 
1998, on the financial statements of Computer Literacy Bookshops, Inc. 
appearing in the Prospectus.


/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
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DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
San Jose, California
November 19, 1998


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