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A Thousand Words

The Ultimate Digital Library 5000 - It's true. A picture really can be worth a thousand words. And it's especially true with technology. As you look below, I hope that you'll see the parts, angles and buttons clearly so that you'll have a 100% clear understanding of just what this product can do for you. Products don't get reviewed unless I think they're good. I hope my pictures help you determine if you agree or not. . . Drew

Find It - Read It - Know It

If you can't find it you can't read it. Who said, "A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of Nature"? Where in the book did the plot turn?

In which of Shakespeare's plays did Orlando appear? Well this is where this search engine outshines all others.

Choose one book, all of an author's works, or any combination of authors and titles to search for the exact quotation, a specific subject, or even a word. Below we'll explore how easy it is to search one or search many.
YOU WILL FIND exactly the information that will help you within this 5000 title library on the FREE CD.

After all, we've upgraded from paper encyclopedias to electronic encyclopedias, and the 'easy search' power, annotation and extraction of this library engine will validate your move to eBooks as well. See below.

It Starts With A Word. - Or Phrase If You Prefer.

I looked up, "The right word" and found lots of important quotations, phrases and ideas I could use. When I tried love, forgiveness and desire I found that "the wisdom of the ages" comment wasn't trite at all when referring to the contents of this robust library.

The 276 authors (with over 5000 titles represented on the disc) have truly written great thoughts about anything you can think of so articulately, that it literally takes your breath away.

So, enter a 'keyword' about any subject that peaks your interest. Or, enter a hero or heroin's name and leap right to their exploits. Check out the 18th amendment to the U.S. Constitution or Psalms from the Bible.

Search and you shall find all the information you desire or some of the world's greatest literature to enjoy. So, choose a word, a group of words, an exact phrase, or look for words that may be 10-20 words apart or even 10-20 screens apart. It's all easy. It's all effortless. And you will find great wisdom in these books.

Eureka, You've Found It. In Fact You've Found Several.

You see it all. Every search you make returns a screen like this one. You'll see exactly how many times your search word or phrase has been found and the titles in which it was found.
All you have to do is double click the title that you desire, or click the first title and then FROM WITHIN that title click

Next to proceed to the next title. It takes just seconds to completely explore the response to your search.

In this example, I found "to be or not to be" in 13 titles. And while some were indeed quoting Shakespeare, Plato and Aristotle were not. Check out those titles. I think you'll be glad you did.

Find Words And Phrases Written By One Author - Or Many.

What if you want to find a love poem? Or, better yet, write or adapt a love poem for your wife or sweetheart? (Of course they might be the same.)

Well, you could stare at a blank computer screen and if you're like me, maybe fight writer's block. Or, you can search for love poems in the library.

You can select a poem that contains the exact words that convey your emotion. Or, use the poem as a template or base for your own efforts.

In the screen above, I've chosen John Keats to search for the word love. I really like the way he writes. So, he'll be a good template for me.

Instantly See How Many Answers (Hits) You Get.

Here are the 126 occurrences of 'love' I found in 24 of Keats's titles. I chose one of these as a template for my poem. Perhaps you prefer Frost, Browning or Wordsworth.
Ether way, you'll find incredibly beautiful poems of love and many other subjects to work with.

Search By Subject - 21 Categories To Help You Target Your Reading And Research.

Let's imagine. Today you'd like to read some beautiful poetry about friendship. So what, or who would you like to read. It's easy.

Simply Select the 'Strategies Search Screen' and select Poetry. You could also select History, Biology, Children's Stories or Murder.

There are 21 categories to choose from. So, your reading pleasure or research is just a click away.
And that's not all. What if you only want to read Poetry from England? No problem, just select Poetry and England before you Click Search.

You can select countries, continents and even a time-frame in which the book was written. My wife loves the Renaissance.

So, just select a time-frame and a type of book you want to read. It's easy to find exactly what you want.

This is a great way to identify books in the library that are like other books that you've read and enjoyed. And, it's another reason that this library is such a powerful reading companion for you. Why not click a book and enjoy. It's all yours on the FREE CD.

You Can Print BOTH To Paper AND To File.

It's easy. How many paragraphs, pages and chapters in a book really resonate with you? Well, now you can print a Screen (1 computer page), 2 screens, 200 screens or the whole book.

You can highlight a sentence, a paragraph or a whole screen and just print that.

And you can print to paper if you want a hard copy, or PRINT TO FILE so you can interact with the text in your own word processor.

This is great so you can extract just the thoughts you want and with NO RETYPING. Use the thoughts in your letters, reports and even eMail.

All 5000 of these books are now fully interactive for you. It's a whole new way to read. And it's a whole new way to supercharge your writing.

You Can Annotate, Paraphrase And Bookmark.

OK, this is the best part. If you're like me, when you're reading you get all sorts of ideas. Maybe you think that an idea should be shared with a loved one, coworker or fellow student.

Maybe you read a moving passage that gives you the solution to a problem you have been wrestling to resolve.

Well, now it's easy to paraphrase what you read for true understanding, annotate what you're reading to better apply it to your own situation and simply share the great ideas that you're absorbing.

Here's how easy it is to do. So, you see a great idea while you're reading. 1.)You can simply click 'Bookmark' and the exact spot will be recorded so you can return.

2.) You can copy the thought into the bookmark to save it and or print it out. And best of all, 3.) You can copy the thought and annotate it with the exact idea that came to your mind.

This is absolutely terrific. I often have great ideas but I forget them as soon as I turn the page. Now I can instantly and effortless record them so I can act on them later.

And it's so easy and effortless to do, that I create lots of bookmarks without even taking my mind away from what I'm reading. In short, it's so easy and non-disruptive that you'll do it all the time.

And, bookmarks are both identifed from the main screen and as individual text files so that you can easily access your ideas.

And the text files even automatically contain the Title, Author, and the Screen Number for your reference. This is great!

So Who Wrote That And What Was Special About Them.

It's frustrating. You read all the great literature. But, who were these writers? When did they live? What motivated them? How can you gain insight into the minds that created the literature?

Well, now you can gain a little insight by checking the brief biography of each author that's just a click away once you've selected a title in the TOC.

Yes, you can read the description RIGHT FROM THE TOC so you can determine whether to even open the book or not.

You'll also have access to the brief bio. while you're reading any document in the library. Plus, you'll also find a few words about most of the 2065 main titles to help you better understand the work you are reading.

These brief bios. are a great addition to the library because they give you a 'quick take' on the author and subject that you usually don't get without a committed effort to go find out about the author.

And if you're like me, you rarely get the time. 2nd ABOVE is the description of the Art Of War by Sun Tzu, and Just ABOVE is the description of Colonel Spotswood by William Byrd.

I find that it's very useful to know something about the authors and the titles to put a work in context, and therefore its relevance to you. I think you will too, and it's all yours on the FREE CD.

Sound And Pictures. Your Books LIVE!

"O MY Luve's like a red, red rose." "I took the one less traveled by." "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"

Wait till you hear these great words dramatically delivered by professional actors. The Poems and Sonnets really come alive and give you a true feeling for the work.

Here's an idea. Why not organize a group and read some these great works that aren't already recorded, on-stage in your own living room.

What a great party idea. And what's a book without pictures? You'll see them too.(Sorry no room here.) And remember, the sound and the pictures are all yours on the FREE CD.
A Taste Of Poetic Wonder

Hear the words. Feel the emotion. You'll get a sampling of the sounds of the world's greatest literature. Imagine hearing, "Oh Western wind. . .", "Down by the Sally Gardens My love did go. . .", or "Tyger! Tyger! burning bright, in the forests of the night,".
Ah, I can listen to these great poems over and over again. It's a real joy to own the FREE CD with all these great works, just a click of the mouse away. There are even a few video clips.

And you can access all of them from within the Titles themselves, or by entering the Multimedia Index and selecting the reading that you want to hear.

Compare And Contrast. It's Easy.

OK, you want to compare to authors, two treatments of the subject, or two timelines. Now it's easy.

You can open up to 7 reading screens at once. Now you can have screen 300 open in one work, and screen 210 in another.

It's easy to see parallels, differences and really get a firm idea of the way different authors treat a subject.

This is a very powerful way to study any subject you are interested in. And you can bookmark, copy and print from any of the open books. This is one powerful information gathering reading researching system.

There's so much more I wish I could show you. But it just won't fit on this already monserously oversized page. Get the CD with all 5000 titles. You'll really be glad you did. . .Drew

A Quick NOTE About My Pictures.

Some of the pictures aren't as sharp as I'd put in the print catalog. You see I have to cut back their files sizes or this page would never load (especially if you're on a dial up modem).

The technical side is that I'm shooting JPEGS at 80-100 percent quality and I cut them back to 50-60% and pretty much limit them to 600 pixels in width or less so that they'll fit on your monitor and load reasonably fast. In short, each picture is about 450,000 bytes when I shoot it and 20-40,000 bytes here on the page. A picture for the catalog is about 6,000,000 bytes.

I've created this page using separate tables for each picture so that you don't have to wait for everything to load in order to start looking. The picture captions will display first and then the pictures (usually starting at the top, but not always due to the way your computer interprets the web).

BUT HERE'S THE BOTTOM LINE. I don't feel you can really know about a product unless the pictures are big and clear enough for you to really see (almost touch). Then you'll know what you're getting. So in my print catalogs the pictures can be sharper, but on the web I can show you a lot more angles, sides and parts of each product. I hope this helps.

If I ever forget to show you some part of the product that you want to see, Email me at DrewKaplan@DAK.com and I'll do my best to add it to the page quickly.

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