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Library Of The Future 4th Edition

Library Of The Future 4th Edition

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Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Total ripoff
Review: When you first install the program, you must install it to a folders with less than 8 characters in length. (No C:\Program Files\LOTF4) Tech support has no remedies and is of little help. Beyond that, the quantity of works is as promised, but for you to access anything, you must work with the terrible interface. Standard CTRL+C CTRL+X commands won't allow you to copy the text you want into an external program. (Of all of the fonts I have, I can only choose from 7) You can only select as much as your screen displays and use an awkward Edit>Copy to Clipboard to get text into another program. When you finally read a text and are at the beginning or end of it, scrolling up or down will bring you to the previous or next text.

I could have easily found all of the texts I wanted online, but opted to purchase this in hopes that I could access what I wanted in a relatively organized manner-- big mistake. I hope you don't make the same mistake...

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Buyer be wary
Review: Yes, 5000 titles. Yes, 5000 titles that any aspiring erudite ought to have on their shelf, if not already under their belt. But..... This is quantity over quality. What's the use of a database this size if it is not exquisitly indexed in a user friendly manner? If you're going to market a piece of soft ware to people who love books, why wouldn't you format the software for people who love books? I certainly don't regret the purchase, I'm just disappointed.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Buyer be wary
Review: Yes, 5000 titles. Yes, 5000 titles that any aspiring erudite ought to have on their shelf, if not already under their belt. But..... This is quantity over quality. What's the use of a database this size if it is not exquisitly indexed in a user friendly manner? If you're going to market a piece of soft ware to people who love books, why wouldn't you format the software for people who love books? I certainly don't regret the purchase, I'm just disappointed.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Its the only game in town.
Review: You can quibble about the ancient interface, and the multimedia is somewhere between ludicrous and worthless. Yet, when all is said and done, we have here 5000 titles of the Western World's most important literature. I've used it for literary research with great effect. The search engine is crude but effective. Individual titles can be saved to your hard disk and/or printed. This disk is an indispensible asset to any library, or anyone with any pretensions of education. For $15 bucks its the best literary bargain in town.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Its the only game in town.
Review: You can quibble about the ancient interface, and the multimedia is somewhere between ludicrous and worthless. Yet, when all is said and done, we have here 5000 titles of the Western World's most important literature. I've used it for literary research with great effect. The search engine is crude but effective. Individual titles can be saved to your hard disk and/or printed. This disk is an indispensible asset to any library, or anyone with any pretensions of education. For $15 bucks its the best literary bargain in town.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A Must Buy!
Review: You have to ask yourself if you are purchasing the product for the software or for the titles. I personally bought it for the titles. You can save each one of the titles individually as a text file and import into your favorite ebook reader or viewer (Cut & Paste). The software is a little cludgy but the content far out weighs the interface.

More to read here than a few life times.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A Must Buy!
Review: You have to ask yourself if you are purchasing the product for the software or for the titles. I personally bought it for the titles. You can save each one of the titles individually as a text file and import into your favorite ebook reader or viewer (Cut & Paste). The software is a little cludgy but the content far out weighs the interface.

More to read here than a few life times.


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