peanutpress.com Announces Launch of New Peanut Reader; Peanut Reader Now Serves as Doc Reader for Non-Copyrighted Content.Business Editors/Publishing Writers PC Expo A trade show for resellers, corporate managers and technical professionals from CMP Media LLC, a subsidiary of United Business Media. First held in New York in 1983 with 120 exhibitors and 9,600 attendees, the show grew from the personal computer's early years to 550 vendors and more than 2000 NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 27, 2000 peanutpress.com, the handheld eBook division of netLibrary Inc., today announced the launch of version 3.1 of its Peanut Reader(TM) software. In addition to enabling handheld computer A computing device that can be easily held in one hand while the other hand is used to operate it. The Palm devices are a popular example. See Palm, smartphone and palmtop. users to read popular fiction and non-fiction titles offered at the peanutpress.com website, the latest version of the Peanut Reader(TM) supports the Doc reader format for the Palm Operating System operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. . "By launching this new version of the Peanut Reader(TM), we not only are providing a better reading experience for the eBooks from peanutpress.com, but also enabling Palm users to read a vast quantity of non-copyrighted eTexts from across the Internet - without the use of an additional application that consumes memory," said peanutpress.com Software Development Manager Lee Fyock. After the applications built into the Palm OS, document readers are the utilities installed and used most often by Palm users. There are numerous sites on the Web, such as Memoware.com, that offer public domain and/or self-published materials that are read with document readers. Previously, in order for users to be able to read both these materials and commercial eBooks from peanutpress.com, they were required to install the Peanut Reader(TM) and an additional document reader on their Palm organizers. The recently launched Peanut Reader(TM) combines both functions to help Palm users significantly decrease the amount of memory space used for applications. The new Peanut Reader(TM) features enhanced capabilities to provide a comfortable and user-friendly reading environment for both peanutpress.com copyrighted titles as well as free documents. These features include bookmarks, annotations, standard and large fonts, autoscrolling, user selectable screen orientation, and absolute page numbers. "MemoWare is excited to see this extension to the Peanut Reader(TM) software, as it helps position the Peanut platform as a flexible and full-featured e-text solution," said Memoware President Craig Froehle. Memoware.com is one of the largest repositories of public domain eTexts available on the Internet in Doc format. In recent weeks peanutpress.com has added many new bestsellers and popular titles. Among them are "Robert Ludlum's The Hades Hades (hā`dēz), in Greek and Roman religion and mythology. 1 The ruler of the underworld: see Pluto. 2 The world of the dead, ruled by Pluto and Persephone, located either underground or in the far west beyond the Factor" by Robert Ludlum This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the for details. This article has been tagged since September 2007. and Gayle Lynds Gayle Lynds is the award-winning author of such international political novels as The Last Spymaster, The Coil, and Masquerade. A member of the U.S. , (St. Martin's St. Martin's or St. Martins may refer to:
About peanutpress.com peanutpress.com is the handheld eBook division of netLibrary Inc., a leading provider of eBooks and Internet-based content management services. Founded in 1998, peanutpress.com securely distributes an extensive selection of popular fiction and non-fiction eBooks from top publishers to users of Palm and Windows CE handheld organizers. |
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