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Library Of The Future 4th Edition
enlarge	From: Ablesoft Category: Software Buy Used: $25.00 as of 7/31/2010 22:44 IST details Used (4) from $25.00 Seller: happytheclam Rating: 13 reviews Sales Rank: 16312 Format: CD-ROM Platforms: Mac, Windows NT, Linux, Unix, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 95, Windows 2000 Media: CD-ROM Operating System: Windows 95 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6 Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 8.1 x 2.3 Model: 7002501501 UPC: 037523700025 EAN: 0037523700025 ASIN: B00002S8OW Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days



Editorial Reviews: Amazon.com Product Description With more than 5,000 literary titles, Library of the Future is the perfect reference tool for school and home. From the Declaration of Independence to the Hippocratic Oath, this is the perfect tool for teachers and students--an entire library you can hold in the palm of your hand! Library of the Future contains books, plays, poems, religious works, historical documents, and scientific works.

Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 13 1 2 3 Next » Does not run under Vista or System 7 January 28, 2010 Bob Jorg (Carlsbad, CA, USA) This is an old product that has needed updating for many years. It does have a clunky interface and needs a complete system overhaul. Nevertheless it is fairly easy to use and has a great selection of titles (all out of copyright, of course) and a limited search capability that is very useful when doing research in literature, history, religious works, etc. It needs to be revised so it will run under System 7 and Vista. I can't run it on my new computer and have kept an older one around just to use it. My alternative is to copy the books I really want to Word or some other text processor and save them that way as individual files. This would lose the search function, however, and is only a partial solution. XP Mode on System 7 is viable until 2014 when Microsoft support for XP goes away so don't expect XP to be in the next MS operating system. A portable research library of the core of world literature October 12, 2006 OAKSHAMAN (Algoma, WI United States) 4 out of 4 found this review helpful I am at a loss as to why there are not more products on the market like this. What could be more useful than an entire library of 5000 literary works on a single CD! You can put the equivalent of several tons of books in your pocket! I owned a previous version published by Electronic Home Library years ago and was highly satisfied with it- especially the search function. This disc contains many more literary titles- including the unquestioned classics of antiquity. It is impossible to list all the works or authors (Novels, plays, poems, religious works, historical and scientific documents- all unabridged.) While this last (4th edition) was written for use on old 386 systems I have found that it works just fine on my Pentium III system. It also works with my older Electronic Home Library collection. You can search instantly by work, phrase, subject, title, or author. Plus there are hundred of original illustrations- not to mention selective audio readings and video clips. Combine this with a lap top and you are a walking library. Blissfully simple...Please become available again April 19, 2004 John (Bakersfield, CA) 3 out of 3 found this review helpful What more can I say. 5000 good things to read. Simple no-frills interface. You can make the type-face larger to make it EASY to read and then just turn on the automatic scroll. Should Scribners or Amazon be worried about this? I don't think so. If I want to read Madame Bovary unplugged I'll get it at the bookstore or from Amazon. I'll buy as many books as ever. But this is so coooooool. Download these on-line? I don't think so!!! You have better things to do with your time and RAM memory than download War and Peace. Sheeeesh! I DON'T WANT E-BOOKS. I will never buy an e-book. I want this and when I want something else I want a nice little Scribners or something. Or when I want a Dan Brown I'll get that. But somebody's gotta bring this AbleSoft product back!!!!! I gave away my copy thinking I could buy another. PLEASE SOMEBODY!!!! I'd pay $$$. Give us MORE....! July 29, 2003 ABH457 (New York) 3 out of 3 found this review helpful What a bunch of whiners -- with a few exceptions, of course -- have reviewed this CD-ROM. I am delighted to have found it. And so will you be. It is fabulous and ought to be one among many, many, many such CD-ROMs loaded with all of Western (and other) literature. I have used it on many occasions, and am only disapointed when the work I seek is not included. But how can anyone complain when they get 5,000 works of world literature for a pittance?? Please give us more of this kind of software. It is true that the interface and typeface are a tad primitive, but everything is very accessible and the works and authors can be sorted many ways. I would imagine, however, that the lack of over-glitzy interfaces -- deeply disturbing as this may be to some poor tadpoles -- frees up space for more authors. "Not worth the money..." writes one invertebrate. What absolute nonsense!! why not others??? July 5, 2001 Jose R. Grana (MIAMI, FL USA) 7 out of 7 found this review helpful It is hard to understand why, after all these years of computer and software development in many areas, this "Library of The Future CD ROM" is the only effort that can be considered of any value, to comprise into CD ROM media the work of many authors. By now, one would have thought that CD's will be available with the complete works of authors from all countries and eras. I understand that copyright is an issue, but still, there is serious money to be made in preparing an assortment of CD's, in different lenguages that include pratically all the literary work of value in the world. In this particular case of the "Library of the Future", the software interface is poor, but the reader will have in just one CD ROM more than 5,000 literary pieces, including very hard to find works by greek poets and other ancient authors. A commendable effort that needs someone with the resources to do a serious follow up. Showing reviews 1-5 of 13 1 2 3 Next »

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