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.