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WRITER'S DREAM
Unregistered Shareware Version 2.0
Copyright 1992, Jeff Napier & Another Company
INTRODUCTION
What Writer's Dream Can Do For You
Judging by the correspondence that comes to Another
Company, we have found out that most of our customers are
good writers. Most of you also know something very useful and
possibly unique. Perhaps you are a retired glass blower, or
know everything about training seeing-eye dogs, or could
teach people how to cook nutritious foods. Perhaps you could
write a course in industrial grinder safety, or volleyball,
or advanced electronics, or elementary geology. Maybe you
would be good at writing science fiction or children's
stories.
But why bother? Becoming a published writer is nearly as
difficult as becoming a rock 'n' roll star. Self-publishing
costs money and requires marketing skill.
GUESS WHAT? There is another way to be published that
works for absolutely everybody! Yet, almost no one knows
about it. Using this technique costs almost nothing, but
literally millions of people will read your writing! You can
make unlimited money! What am I talking about? The Writer's
Dream. The Writer's Dream is a way to put your information
on IBM-compatible disks. If you can operate any word
processing program, you can do this:
Let's say you have written a disk about house cats. You
release it as a shareware product. This means you send copies
to some shareware distributors.
There are 72 million IBM-compatible computer users in
America. Almost all of them are frequent shareware buyers.
Some of them will get your disk, and they will make
copies, which will in turn be read and copied by others.
Eventually, one person out of every ten is likely to read
your disk-based cat book. You, with your own little
computer, will be an author with 7.2 million readers! And
that's not all. You can put a commercial in your disk which
inspires some of the readers to send you money. For
instance, your commercial could introduce another disk-based
book you have also written, called Dogs. Dogs is not
shareware. The only way the readers can get your excellent
dog disk is to send you $19.95! If only one out of every 100
of these 7.2 million people send you money, you'll make over
one million dollars! No doubt you see the potential!
In fact, since you can put text on a disk and therefore
create information of interest to others, shareware is only
one means of distribution. You might like to use it for
in-house training or disk-based conferencing within your
company, or you might like to create and sell a retail
disk-based book product.
Do Electronic Books Work?
ALMANAC 1992 is one of the hottest selling titles in
shareware. It is not a video game or a spreadsheet. No, it is
just text files! I have also written several non-shareware
electronic books that sell very well through mail-order
distribution. Some of these are GARAGE SALES FOR FUN AND
PROFIT and THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE HOME-OPERATED BICYCLE
BUSINESS. In fact, even though I am a programmer, my single
best selling 'program' is not a program, just a text-based
tutorial, an electronic book. And, as you can see, I am not a
professional writer! All I do is write my stuff as if I were
writing a letter to a friend.
So, I recommend you give it a try. Write about anything
in which you have some knowledge, anything in which you are
interested. Release it as shareware, and watch what happens!
About the User Interface
There are a few other text presentation programs on the
market, but so far as I know, none are as easy-to-use for
both the author and the end user as this one.
Writer's Dream is colorful, even allowing the reader to
change the colors to suit individual taste. Writer's Dream
has some special features such as automatic electronic
indexing, on-line help, and "Autoscroll."
Automatic indexing simply means that the reader can press
the [S] key at any time, type any word or phrase, and
instantly find it anywhere within a chapter.
Autoscroll is really neat. Simply type a number from 1
to 9 while reading, and the program will scroll the text past
your eyes at whatever speed is comfortable. Changing the
autoscroll speed is as simple as pressing another number key.
Writer's Dream requires absolutely no learning on the
part of the reader. They will be able to read your book
instantly. Not only is it super-simple, it is becoming
common. Many readers are already familiar and comfortable
with Writer's Dream.
The Writer's Dream main menu is mouse-driven for those
who prefer a mouse interface.
The next chapter will instruct you in how to create your own
book with Writer's Dream.
Note: This is the shareware version. If you create and make
copies of a disk-based book, you are required to purchase a
license. See the TO PLACE AN ORDER (ORDER.DOC) chapter for
details.
ANOTHER NOTE: Writer's Dream is presented on an as-is basis.
I make no claims or warranties as to suitability to your
purposes, and will absolutely not be responsible for any
situations which arise due to your use of this program.
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