ANNOUNCING - As You Like It

A completely configurable offline E-book reader for Windows

 INTERNET:   ftp.cica.indiana.edu/pub/pc/win3/desktop/ayli.zip
             ftp.garbo.uwasa.fi/windows/misc/ayli.zip

 WWW:        http://www.portal.com/~skip/ayli.html

 COMPUSERVE: LITFORUM Library 16  ayli.zip

What we did

We took the great (copyright-expired) books from the Internet, cleaned them
up, marked them up, compressed them, and wrote a reader that let's you
change almost everything about how they are displayed OFFLINE on your
Windows PC.

What it's like

Like Mosaic, you just click on a hyper-text link to go to a particular book
or chapter within a book.

Like Mosaic, if you resize the window, the text re-flows to fit.

Like Mosaic, you can change fonts. Our marked-up versions of the literature
include distinguishing Titles from Foreign Phrases from As Such from
Authors from Chapter Headings.

Like Mosaic, you can change the point size of the type. (Of course, we let
you do it by hitting the PLUS and MINUS keys.)

What it's not like

Unlike Mosaic, you can have a one-page or two-page presentation (just like
a real book).

Unlike Mosaic, you can adjust Paragraph Indent, Paragraph Spacing, Line
Spacing, Margins, Tab Stops and Quoted Paragraph Indent.

Unlike Mosaic, you have your choice of justified or ragged-right text. (Oh,
yeah, did we mention that you can actually CENTER text?)

Unlike Mosaic, you don't need a network, at all. We ship you the text on
Neanderthal floppy disks (rather compressed, though: the Bible fits on one
floppy).

Unlike Mosaic, you can buy one of these to give as a present, and we'll
include a custom Dedication page so the recipient won't be able to forget
you.

More details

It's got real open and close quotes, em-dashes, and typesetter-like
punctuation spacing. And you can pick your own color scheme, if
black-on-white doesn't suit you.

You can go forward or back a page or a chapter, increase or decrease font
size, pick a new book, go to the beginning, or back to the Library with
one click/keystroke (EACH!).

The player plays the compressed format, so the books don't expand to
unmanageable size on your system.

Gosh, where can I get one of these?

Please try the shareware version. It's got Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's first
Sherlock Holmes mystery, A Study in Scarlet. It's an easy 190K download.
We're pretty sure if you try it, you'll consider registering.

It's available now, on:

   INTERNET:   ftp.cica.indiana.edu/pub/pc/win3/desktop/ayli.zip
               ftp.garbo.uwasa.fi/windows/misc/ayli.zip

   WWW:        http://www.portal.com/~skip/ayli.html

   COMPUSERVE: LITFORUM Library 16

Questions?

Contact:

   INTERNET:   skip@shell.portal.com

   WWW:        http://www.portal.com/~skip/ayli.html

   COMPUSERVE: 75260,2077

   PRODIGY:    JKKD88A

   The Ars Longa Group, Ltd.
   PO Box 10085
   Trenton, NJ  08650
   (609) 586-1995

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