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           RECOMMENDED READING LIST FOR SHAREWARE USERS AND AUTHORS

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       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.


