Jim.Shaffer@f60.n382.z1.fidonet.org (Jim Shaffer) (12/01/90)
Index Number: 12115
[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]
Thanks Ann. You're right of course, although I was hoping folks
interested would pick up the phone number, but I can see where
someone coming in in the middle wouldn't have caught it.
Anyway, to find out all about the Reader Project, call
(800)321-8398, or (800)321-TEXT.
They are offering beta test versions now. The last price I heard
was $100. It is basically a book reader and catalog manager.
The reader is used to read books, and the catalog is their
catalog of books to order.
The fancy communications options referred to their intention to have
you be able to download books you wanted and also catalog updates.
This is not available.
You order your books from them by phone or mail and get them on
diskette through the mail.
I hope that helps. Hopefully, the recording has the latest,
up-to-date information on it.
thanks again,
Jim Shaffer
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Internet: Jim.Shaffer@f60.n382.z1.fidonet.orgJim.Shaffer@f60.n382.z1.fidonet.org (Jim Shaffer) (12/05/90)
Index Number: 12307
[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]
That sounds great! I hope you enjoy it. I also hope they get more
books in the catalog soon.
Are you a Genie user? There's another company producing digital
books called SoftServ. They've been advertising pretty heavily on
Genie. I got one of their books. It's a totally different system
than the Reader Project. You download your book in a .ZIP file,
then use a program called "lockit" to unlock the book. You get the
password from SoftServ. Anyway, you can then read the book after you
unzip it. It's in flat ASCII files so you can use just whatever to
read it. No nice bookmarking software, etc, though. I'm in the
process of writing some myself.
Hope to see you on Genie maybe sometime Ann.
Jim Shaffer
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Internet: Jim.Shaffer@f60.n382.z1.fidonet.orgWalter.Siren@p18.f5.n396.z1.fidonet.org (Walter Siren) (12/06/90)
Index Number: 12351
[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]
JS> Are you a Genie user? There's another company producing digital
JS> books called SoftServ. They've been advertising pretty heavily on
JS> Genie. I got one of their books. It's a totally different system
JS> than the Reader Project. You download your book in a .ZIP file,
JS> then use a program called "lockit" to unlock the book. You get the
JS> password from SoftServ.
What is the extra charge for that service?
JS> unzip it. It's in flat ASCII files so you can use just whatever to
JS> read it. No nice bookmarking software, etc, though.
The way I mark docs of text files that I am reading in a word
processor, when I have to stop, is to block from where I stop, to
the top of the file, and save it under another name so as not to
destroy the original file. When I am ready to continue reading, I
just import the piece of a file, and I am ready to start where I
left off.
Walter
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