SHAKY PUBLISHER PUTS BOOKS ON DISKS

August 7, 1992 -- SCIENTIFIC SPECIALISTS, Researchers, Developers, &
Publishers, of Fawnskin, California, (located directly in the Big Bear
Valley which was recently subjected to two different major earthquakes of
7.6 and 6.6 magnitude within three hours) has announced the understandably
"shaky" publication of their BOOKSOFT line of 'books-on-disks.' Their
first non-fiction release, entitled: "AMAZING NEW TRUTHS ABOUT YOUR
EMOTIONS," authored by Doyle P. Henderson, has already been placed on
bulletin boards (BBS's) nationally. Also, it is being offered on floppy
diskettes at minimal cost by several shareware catalog vendors around the
country. Dealing with the eradication of fears and other human emotions,
its release is quite timely in that mountain community.

Using a new means of presenting books on disks called: "PC DiskTop
Publishing," Scientific Specialists calls it the art of publishing
self-displaying books and other easily read documents, in color, on
computer diskettes. All the book files are offered as shareware and may be
freely distributed, copied, and used. What with large, high resolution
color monitors becoming relatively inexpensive and so popular, they think
the time has come for the publication of good books (on disk) that can be
conveniently viewed using the PC. They say it's no longer a matter of a
user having to struggle with an ugly one-color README.DOC file that
quickly scrolls off the screen, requires a text viewer, or has to be
printed out to be easily read.

BOOKSOFT books automatically install to a hard drive from any size or
density floppy diskette. Each chapter or appendix is a .COM or .EXE file
which self-displays when it's run. A "point-and-shoot" menu lets users
scroll up or down the list of contents using the arrow keys to select the
chapter they want to view. Alternatively, users can press hot keys or use
a mouse. There's no need to type in chapter names by hand.

The process uses colored screens and easily read text--with two spaces
after every sentence ending. Extended ASCII characters permit the use of
simple graphics, boxes, and charts without incurring huge byte
consumption. Headings and 'italicized text' are shaded or colored.
BOOKSOFT claims its books install easy, check any drive's available space,
tell what's happening during installation, look great, and run well on
almost any PC.

Even travelers can now read good books using their laptop machines while in
flight or at motels and hotels away from home. And, office workers can
read novels or good non-fiction books during breaks or lunch
periods--using diskettes kept in their pockets. (The next BOOKSOFT book is
a romantic novel about scuba diving entitled: "Blue Fantasy" by Shirley
Kennedy.)

To make shareware distribution economically practical, BOOKSOFT carefully
selects books (primarily non-fiction) that have high and lasting value.
Even though users may examine or read the entire book using a PC, they may
still want to buy and own one or more copies of the professionally printed
and bound edition from SCIENTIFIC SPECIALISTS, the publisher. The
company's only profit potential comes from the sale of professionally
printed bound books after a reader has had the opportunity to examine the
whole book on disk first. But, users get real value from shareware
"registration." The company hopes that will make it all viable. They point
out that excellent books that might otherwise go unpublished today can now
be widely and profitably distributed on disk and in limited print
quantities using the two computer "disktop and desktop" publishing
methods.

While others have released books-on-disk before, what is particularly
unusual about BOOKSOFT's first book is that the book's author, Mr. Doyle
P. Henderson, claims that it truthfully contains the most valuable new
information in the world! (And no, it's not about religion.) He says that
it's all about an important, major scientific breakthrough that permits
two adults to actually alter their personalities--permanently. He said:
"In a matter of weeks, working together, with no knowledge of medicine or
psychology required, two people can become free of undesired emotions like
fear, anxiety, panic, anger, hostility, grief, depression, sadness,
frustration, sexual aberations, and many other thought-induced feelings
and disturbances.

"Using a new logical process, they can even become like Mr. Spock of Star
Trek, by also eradicating their good feelings, as well as their bad. We
don't recommend that, but it's now theoretically possible. It all sounds
incredible. But it's all valid and true. The problem is getting people to
believe it! They've heard claims like these before. That's one of the
reasons why we elected to "give it all away" on diskettes--the concepts,
case histories, step-by-step tutorial, and everything. But, like a few
'killer apps', it can, (and we believe that it eventually will,) become:
the killer shareware book of the decade!

"Because its concepts are so hard to believe, so contrary to current
beliefs and university teaching, it will probably take some time to gain
widespread acceptance. (it's like trying to convince people that the Earth
was round--500 years ago.) Current concepts must be dislodged. But, there
are hundreds of people who already know that it's all absolutely valid,
repeatedly proven, and all true. They've done it themselves.

"Admittedly, it's all somewhat overwhelming and hard to believe. But, it's
now being presented to the world without all the usual commercially
sponsored media hype and hoopla that one might expect to accompany such
great discoveries. We believe it's the first major scientific breakthrough
ever made public/available on computer disks as shareware!" Additional
information, disks, or printed books may be ordered from Scientific
Specialists at Box 385, Fawnskin, CA 92333 or by calling: (714) 866-6263.

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