Exhibit 99.1

           AdStar Acquires Edgil Associates to Expand E-Commerce Suite

   Acquisition unites the leading ad transaction technology with the leading
       integrated payment processing solution for the publishing industry

MARINA DEL REY, California, October 21, 2003 - AdStar, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADST -
News; Nasdaq: ADSTW - News), a leading software and application service provider
for the classified advertising industry, today announced that it has acquired
Edgil Associates, the leading supplier of complete automated payment processing
systems and content processing solutions for the publishing industry, for $1.5
million in cash and 1,311,530 shares of AdStar common stock.

The acquisition of Edgil adds to AdStar's suite of e-commerce services Edgil's
EdgCapture, an integrated payment processing solution that interfaces directly
with publishers' classified and circulation systems; and EdgFlow, a content
processing solution that allows publishers to deliver media content such as
articles, technical documents, advertisements, wire stories, etc., to multiple
channels in a variety of formats. Edgil's products and services will continue to
be offered under the Edgil brand, and AdStar will maintain Edgil's
Massachusetts-based headquarters. AdStar's acquisition of profitable Edgil
should approximately double AdStar's annualized revenues.

"Since 1984, Edgil has established a respected name in the publishing industry,
and as we have worked side-by-side together for many years, bringing together
our complementary technologies under one roof simply made sense," said Leslie
Bernhard, president and chief executive officer of AdStar. "The acquisition of
Edgil's business, its brand and technology, will allow our combined companies to
expand our ASP services model and offer a richer application set to advertisers
and publishers. The synergies are compelling, and we are anxious to begin
working with Edgil's talented staff to better serve our associated and unique
customers."

Edgil EdgCapture processes more than one million advertising and circulation
transactions a month for more than 100 newspapers from some of the industry's
largest media companies, including Tribune, Gannett, Knight Ridder, Copley and
Cox. In addition, other media organizations, such as the Associated Press (AP),
use Edgil's EdgFlow content processing technology to solve a wide variety of
content management needs. Other EdgFlow customers include The Orange County
Register, The Boston Globe and Dayton Daily News.

"AdStar is a valued partner, and together, we can broaden the opportunities
available to publishers and continue to provide the unmatched service and
technology that our current customers have come to expect from us," said Ed
Hopey, president of Edgil Associates. "Both of our business models provide for
the seamless integration of technology to simplify the ad-transaction process
for advertisers and publishers. Our combined resources will allow us to deliver
a complete suite of solutions that is unmatched in the industry, and increase
our revenue-generating and bottom-line potential."

AdStar's e-commerce suite consists of multiple services that can be subscribed
to separately or as a fully integrated solution. AdStar's suite includes AdStar
Agency Ad Sales, AdStar Web-based Ad Sales and AdStar's new XML Gateway.
Currently, more than 1,400 large commercial advertisers and more than 40 of
America's largest newspapers rely on AdStar's ad-transaction technology.

About Edgil Associates

Edgil is the publishing industry's largest provider of automated payment
processing services. Edgil serves more than 100 of the leading newspaper and
magazine publications in the United States. Since 1984, Edgil has focused on
providing the publishing industry with payment- and content-processing solutions
that allow organizations to generate additional revenue and add value to
existing publishing systems.



About AdStar, Inc.

AdStar (Nasdaq: ADST - News, ADSTW - News), headquartered in Marina del Rey,
Calif., is a leading provider of remote advertising technology products and
services to the $20+ billion classified advertising industry. AdStar transforms
publishers' Web sites into full-service classified ad sales channels for their
print and online classified ad departments. Since 1986, AdStar has set the
standard for remote ad entry software by allowing advertisers the ability to
place ads electronically with many of the largest newspapers in the United
States. Today, AdStar's infrastructure, through its private label model, powers
classified ad sales for more than 40 of the largest newspapers in the United
States, the Newspaper Association of America's bonafideclassifieds.com (where
ads can be placed in more than 120 newspapers), CareerBuilder, and a growing
number of other online and print media companies. The company's common stock is
listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol "ADST."

Forward-Looking Statements

This release contains forward-looking statements concerning the business and
products of the company. Actual results may differ from those projected or
implied by such forward-looking statements depending on a number of risks and
uncertainties including, but not limited to, the following: historical business
has already matured, new online business is unproven and may not generate
expected revenues, and Internet security risks. Other risks inherent in the
business of the company are described in Securities and Exchange Commission
filings, including the company's annual report on Form 10-KSB. The company
undertakes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements to
reflect events or circumstances after the date of this release.

Contact:

AdStar Inc., Marina del Rey
Jeff Baudo, 310.577.8255
jbaudo@adstar.com

AdStar Media Contact:
Kevin Wilson
801.898.5520
kwilson@kevinwilsonpr.com

AdStar Broker Contact:
RJ Falkner & Company, Inc.
800.377.9893
info@rjfalkner.com