There is a new kind of publisher appearing on the scene
today.  He/She is the DiskBook Publisher -  a  publisher  of
books  and  manuals  using  computer  hypertext  and digital
graphics.  The diskbook publisher does not face the enormous
start-up costs required by paper publishing.  He/She is  not
shackled  by  the  rising  cost  of  wood-pulp,  ink and the
printing industry.  The diskbook publisher is not chained by
numbers such as "print-runs" and "printing set-up costs" and
the like.  He/She can have a print-run of 1 or 100,000  with
equal  ease  and  each  and  every book is guaranteed by the
process  of  Computer  Copying  to  be  exactly   like   the
original.  No misprints.  No smudged or smeared ink.  If the
original  is  perfect, then Copy #100,000 will be as perfect
in every respect as Copy #1.

     Thusfar, to my knowledge, most diskbook publishers work
within the ShareWare marketing concept.  (Diskbooks, offered
as an addendum to printed books and  stuck  in  an  envelope
inside  the  back cover don't count.  I'm talking about 100%
stand-alone diskbook publications.) As  I  have  said,  most
diskbook  publishers  work  within  the  shareware marketing
concept ...  Until Now.