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Windows-compatible format

Self-contained EXE files display eBook text.
(Require Windows 95 & Internet Explorer 4.0 [or newer versions] on your computer.)

NOTE: LeFeu, Virginian and Christmas Carol links go to information pages where there are links to the EXE file. The other links go directly to EXE files.
Use your "Save to disc" option to save the EXE files to your hard disk.

Click on the above to go to the LeFeu download page.

The Virginian
By Owen Wister

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O Pioneers! By W. Cather

A Christmas Carol By C. Dickens

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain

A Tramp Abroad By Mark Twain

The Old Curiosity Shop By Charles Dickens

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Microsoft Reader format

Files in LIT format require the Microsoft Reader program or a suitable device.

Lost World By A. C. Doyle

A Tramp Abroad By Mark Twain

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Rocket eBook format

RB format files require a Rocket eBook or an emulator.
Note: These files will not run on a Gemstar/RCA Reb 1100.

The Virginian By O. Wister

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Read on-line books

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The Old Curiosity Shop By Charles Dickens

Anne of Green Gables By L. Montgomery

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MP3 format

We are experimenting with the MP3 format for read-by-the-computer books. The file below is an excerpt from Marian Allen's science fiction novel, Sideshow. This is a large file, almost 10MB in size, so it will take a long time to download if you have a slow connection. To listen to the file, you will need a multi-media player capable of playing MP3 files, or a stand-alone program to do this (such as WinAmp,) or an MP3 device into which you can load the file.

We estimate that an MP3 file of the entire novel will involve eleven hours of reading time. A file of that size would have to be sent out on a CD-ROM disc because the average user does not have access to a sufficiently fast Internet connection. Even a chapter-per-MP3 set of files would be too large for Internet distrubution. Stay tuned to this location for further developments.

It takes the computer about 42 minutes to read the above file. For those of you who want to check out this read-by-the-computer experiment, but have slow internet connections, we have put together an abreviated version of the Sideshow excerpt. The version below is about 7 minutes long, and the file size is about 1.7MB.

A complete copy of Marian Allen's novel is available in Windows-compatible, Microsoft Reader, and Rocket eBook (Gemstar) formats. For ordering information, visit out catalog page.

We welcome your comments on this experiment. Send mail to: Editors@the-curiosity-shop.com

If you are an Amazon.com customer, you can get some of our Windows-compatible books from them via their convenient on-line credit card ordering system. Here's what's currently available there:
(These links go directly to our pages at Amazon.com)

THE SCIENCE FICTION SIX-PACK
THE BLUE-EYED MUSE
ELEMENTAL MERCURY SPILLS

For mail orders, use the ORDER FORM below.

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