---------------------------------------------------------------- RECOMMENDED READING LIST FOR SHAREWARE USERS AND AUTHORS ---------------------------------------------------------------- Shareware Magazine. Published by PC-SIG, 1030-D East Duane Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94086. Voice telephone: 408/730-9291 FAX: 408/730-2107. Included with membership in PC-SIG, one of the largest shareware disk distributors in the world. A bimonthly, "light and lively" guide to the shareware market featuring reviews and articles on the best and latest in shareware, author interviews and discussion and analysis of trends in the industry. Dr. File Finder's Guide to Shareware by Michael Callahan and Nick Anis. ISBN: 0-07-881646-7. A book and disk package teaching you how to find and use the best in shareware. Learn about disk vendors, computer club sources, details about the very best shareware in 20 categories. Disk includes such popular programs as Qmodem, Dos line editor, Anarkey, BackMail and more. Two additional disks available upon submission of a postcard contained in the book. Writing & Marketing Shareware. A book, disk and companion cassette tape by Steve Hudgik, HomeCraft, P.O. Box 974, Tualatin, OR 97062. Tel 503/692-3732. The best book in the industry for learning about programming, designing and MARKETING shareware for maximum financial return. Shows you how to become a successful shareware author who develops WINNING shareware for maximum income. Includes mailing list of distributors, equipment suppliers, service providers, how to design your shareware and more! Combined with the software program SMS in the next paragraph, you have a complete reference set on becoming a financially successful shareware author. $hareware Marketing $ystem. Two disk set containing tutorials and quarterly marketing newsletter for shareware authors plus dBase format mailing list on disk of over 3,000 addresses for industry contacts: computer clubs, disk vendors, magazine writers and more who use, distribute or review shareware. The mailing list on disk is ready to import into many database packages so you can print mailing labels for your disk mailers! By Jim Hood, the author of THIS tutorial you are now reading. $25 registration or $90 to subscribe to 4 quarterly issues. Also available as an inexpensive evaluation disk set from most shareware disk vendors, computer clubs and BBS systems, as with all shareware. POB 1506, Mercer Island, WA 98040. 206/236-0470. Known among shareware authors simply as "SMS." Alfred Glossbrenner's Master Guide to Free Software and Shareware, c/o FireCrystal Communications, 699 River Rd, Yardley, PA 19067. Alfred writes one of the largest and most respected guides to shareware in the industry and is a contributing editor to several computer industry magazines. Tips and Techniques for Using Low-Cost and Public Domain Software. John Gliedman. 1988. McGraw-Hill. A thorough guide to low cost, effective shareware and public domain programs including RAM disks, word processors, batch file systems, hard disk managers, tutorials and other topics. PC-LEARN is a computer tutorial system for computer beginners which features high speed color or monochrome menus, tutorial printing on your printer, information searching capabilities and much more! PC-LEARN is a training system which includes chapters on buying and using a computer, an entertaining history of computers, DOS lessons, hard disk drives and tech tips. It also includes information on word processing, a suggested reading list, software selection, computer clubs, batch files, spreadsheets, databases, and even a glossary! PC-LEARN runs on all IBM compatible PC-LEARN is shareware. This tutorial was extracted from PC-LEARN. Submitting $10 to the author of PC-LEARN whose address information accompanies this package brings an UNREGISTERED evaluation copy of PC-LEARN. Submitting the full $25 registration fee brings TWO BONUS DISKS and A FULLY REGISTERED COPY OF PC-LEARN.