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- PRESS RELEASE April 30, 1993
-
- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
-
- Contact: Jan Abbott, Executive Director
- Association of Shareware Professionals
- 545 Grover Road
- Muskegon, MI 49442
- 616-788-5131
- 616-788-2765 FAX
-
- LEADING TRADE ASSOCIATION BOOK DETAILS
- ALMOST 1,100 SHAREWARE PRODUCTS
-
- MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN -- Almost 1,100 programs marketed through the
- shareware ("Try Before You Buy") concept, covering hundreds of
- subject categories, are detailed in a new book titled "The
- Shareware Compendium," edited by Rob Rosenberger and published by
- the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP).
-
- With over 700 cross-referenced and well-indexed pages, this
- massive book will serve as an invaluable guide to those who want
- to find the very best software products that will fit business
- and personal needs, and their pocketbooks as well.
-
- Each program listing in "The Shareware Compendium" has detailed
- descriptions, hardware and software requirements, registration
- fees, and benefits of registration.
-
- Separate appendices list the programs by author or company and
- how to contact them to order or get support. Also listed are
- hundreds of BBSs and disk vendors where evaluation copies can be
- obtained either free or inexpensively.
-
- The book opens with an introduction by Jim Button, one of the
- pioneers in the shareware world. It follows with solid
- information about what shareware is and how this method of
- marketing software benefits both users and the authors. It also
- contains information about the Association of Shareware
- Professionals, a non-profit trade group dedicated to the
- advancement of the shareware marketing principle.
-
- For anyone who is serious about selecting quality software
- products for their everyday use, "The Shareware Compendium" will
- prove an irreplaceable reference resource that will allow people
- to pick and choose the programs they're most interested in trying
- out.
-
- Those unfamiliar with shareware should buy a copy of this book,
- if for no other reason than to see how they can expand their
- choices by considering the most popular, fastest-growing segment
- of the software market today.
-
- "The Shareware Compendium" has been years in the making. An
- interesting side note is that this up-to-date version was largely
- "written" by an intricate software package developed by the
- editor. Rob Rosenberger. It compiled the descriptions, indices
- and table of contents from materials submitted by the individual
- authors. The software itself, notes Mr. Rosenberger, took nearly
- a year to perfect.
-
- "The Shareware Compendium" lists for $24.95 and can be found in
- local bookstores, or can be ordered by your bookstore from
- Business One/Irwin (ISBN 1-55623-914-9). Alternately, copies can
- be ordered directly from the ASP's headquarters at list price
- plus shipping & handling charges. Contact Jan Abbott (Executive
- Director) at 616-788-5131 or FAX 616-788-2765 for further
- information.
-