EXHIBIT 5


                       [Hogan & Hartson L.L.P. Letterhead]


                                  May 29, 2002



Board of Directors
InfoNow Corporation
1875 Lawrence Street, Suite 1100
Denver, Colorado 80202

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     We are acting as special counsel to InfoNow Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), in connection with its registration statement on
Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, relating to the registration of 700,000 shares of the Company's
common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Shares"), issuable under the
terms of the Company's 1999 Stock Option Plan, as restated March 3, 2000 and
amended on February 22, 2001 and March 25, 2002 (the "Plan"). This opinion
letter is furnished to you at your request to enable you to fulfill the
requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-B, 17 C.F.R. ss. 228.601(b)(5),
in connection with the Registration Statement.

     For purposes of this opinion letter, we have examined copies of the
following documents:

     1.   An executed copy of the Registration Statement.

     2.   A copy of the Plan, as certified by the Secretary of the Company on
          the date hereof as being complete, accurate and in effect.

     3.   The Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as certified by the
          Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on May 21, 2002 and by the
          Secretary of the Company on the date hereof as being complete,
          accurate, and in effect.

     4.   The Bylaws of the Company, as certified by the Secretary of the
          Company on the date hereof as being complete, accurate, and in effect.

     5.   A certificate of good standing of the Company issued by the Secretary
          of State of the State of Delaware dated May 21, 2002.

     6.   Resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company adopted (i) at
          meetings held on April 23, 1999, March 3, 2000 and March 25, 2002, and
          (ii) by unanimous written consent on November 8, 1999, February 22,
          2001 and June 12, 2001, each as certified by the Secretary of the
          Company on the date hereof as being complete, accurate, and in effect,
          relating to the amendment of the Plan increasing the number of Shares
          of common stock authorized for issuance thereunder and the issuance
          and sale of the Shares and arrangements in connection therewith.




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     7.   Minutes of meetings of the Company's Stockholders held on April 21,
          2000, May 11, 2001 and May 10, 2002, and reports of the inspectors of
          elections for each of such meetings, each as certified by the
          Secretary of the Company on the date hereof as being complete,
          accurate, and in effect, relating to the approval of the Plan and Plan
          amendments.

     8.   A certificate of officers of the Company, dated May 29, 2002, as to
          certain facts relating to the Company.

     In our examination of the aforesaid documents, we have assumed the
genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all natural persons, the
accuracy and completeness of all documents submitted to us, the authenticity of
all original documents, and the conformity to authentic original documents of
all documents submitted to us as copies (including telecopies). This opinion
letter is given, and all statements herein are made, in the context of the
foregoing.

     This opinion letter is based as to matters of law solely on the Delaware
General Corporation Law, as amended. We express no opinion herein as to any
other laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, or regulations. As used herein, the
term "Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended" includes the statutory
provisions contained therein, all applicable provisions of the Delaware
Constitution and reported judicial decisions interpreting these laws.

     Based upon, subject to and limited by the foregoing, we are of the opinion
that, following issuance of the Shares pursuant to the terms of the Plan, the
Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

     This opinion letter has been prepared for your use in connection with the
Registration Statement and speaks as of the date hereof. We assume no obligation
to advise you of any changes in the foregoing subsequent to the delivery of this
opinion letter.

     We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5 to the
Registration Statement and to the reference to this firm under the caption
"Legal Matters" in the prospectus constituting a part of the Registration
Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are an
"expert" within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.


                                          Very truly yours,

                                          /s/ Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

                                          HOGAN & HARTSON L.L.P.