
       LEADING TRADE ASSOCIATION BOOK DETAILS 1,100 SHAREWARE PRODUCTS



Muskgeon, Michigan -- Almost 1,100 programs, marketed through the shareware 
("Try Before You Buy") marketing 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 not only their personal needs but their pocketbook 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 BBSes 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 you and the authors.  It also contains 
information about the Association of Shareware Professionals, a non-profit 
organization 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 provide an irreplaceable reference 
resource that will allow them to pick and choose the programs that 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 of software 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 by 
its ISBN (1-55623-914-9).  Alternatively, copies can be ordered directly from 
the ASP's World Headquarters at the list price plus shipping and handling 
charges.  Contact Jan Abbott (Executive Director) at 616-788-5131 or 
FAX 616-788-2765 for further information.
 

