

                                 Book Librarian
                                  Version 2.0
                                      by
                                Lemuel D. Turner
                 Member Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP)

                (C) 1991-1993 By Lemuel D. Turner and TurboSystemsCo

                Mailing Address: TurboSystemsCo
                                 P.O. Box 965368
                                 Marietta, Ga. 30066
                                 404-516-8575
                                 FAX 404-591-4988
    Registration Price: $34.00 + 4.00 S/H (US), $8.00 (Non-US)
    To INSTALL : Type - INSTALL  (Requires a hard drive or 720K+ floppy)
    To Start: Type - BL

    NOTE: The file format is not compatible with earlier versions. A
    conversion program is provided with the registered version to update
    old files to the new format.
    _______________________________________________________________________

                              PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
    _______________________________________________________________________

        BOOK LIBRARIAN is an easy to use book database management system.
        It is ideal for managing a personal, professional, church, club,
        or business library.  You can quickly search your library by Title
        Author, Subject or Book type.  Can print reports to the screen,
        printer or disk file.
    ______________________________________________________________________

                                 SPECIAL FEATURES
    _______________________________________________________________________

       - Holds 25 Information Fields About Each Book
          -- Title, Author (first & last), Subjects(3), Book Type, Edition,
             Pages, Copyright Year, Catalog #, ISBN, Purchase Date, Price,
             Publisher, Location, Note1, Note2, Borrower (first, last),
             Record/Accession#, Condition, Tag, Value, Due Date

          -- A memo field that can hold up to 60 lines of information about
             each title.


        - Database Management Functions.
          -- File Next, Prev, Find, Top, Last, Edit, Add, Del, Search,
             Report, Quit


        - Reports
          -- Thirteen fixed format reports, plus a self design report.
             --- Reports may be printed to screen, printer or disk text file.
             --- Can print on continous form 3 X 5 cards or laser 3 x 5 cards.


        - Context Sensitive Help
          -- Press F1 to bring up a relevant help screen at any point in
             the program.
 



    ______________________________________________________________________

                     SPECIAL FEATURES - cont  Book Librarian
    _______________________________________________________________________

        - Mouse Support

        - Screen Saver
          -- A built-in screen saver activates when the keyboard is not used
             at a user customizable interval.

        - Find/Browse Windows
          -- Moveable, scrollable, resizeable

        - Find any Title, Subject, Author or Book Type, Record#, Catalog# or
          Tag in approximately 1 second or less.

        - Search database on any combination of fields.

        - Can hold over 2 billion titles, approximately 600 on a 360k floppy
          if memo field is not used. Memo field only uses disk space if the
          field is used.

    ______________________________________________________________________

                             SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
    ______________________________________________________________________

     (1)  512K RAM   (2) Printer  (3) Hard drive or 720K+ floppy

    ______________________________________________________________________

                 SERVICES PROVIDED TO REGISTERED USERS
    ______________________________________________________________________


    (1)  The latest version of Book Librarian without the shareware
         registration screens.

    (2)  A printed manual.

    (3)  Customer Support by phone or mail by a member of ASP.

    (4)  Advisement of upgrades which are provided at low cost.

    (5)  Catalog of addtional products and discounts on additional
         product purchases.

    (6) The ability to edit/change the report headings.


    REGISTRATION PRICE: $34.95

    ______________________________________________________________________

                        DISTRIBUTION PERMISSION
    ______________________________________________________________________

    Permission is granted to shareware vendors, users groups and BBSs to
    add Book Librarian to their libraries and distribute the program
    as long as the shareware concept is explained, ie this software is not
    free and continued use pass the evaluation period requires payment of
    a registration fee to the author.
    ______________________________________________________________________

                             PRODUCT HISTORY
    ______________________________________________________________________

    Version 1.5 Released Jan 29 1992

    Changes: (1) Added memo report - prints memo contents.

             (2) Added printer selection to utility menu..dropped
                 printer driver database program DBPRINST.EXE

             (3) Fixed bugs in custom report field selection.

             (4) Fixed bug that caused query screen selection criteria
                 to be ignored  when printing reports.  

   Version 1.52

   Changes: (1) Added the ability to flush data stored in the DOS buffers
                to disk by pressing the F3 function key.

   Version 1.53  Released Dec 26, 1993

   Changes: (1) Added installation program
            (2) Added Printer Driver for Cannon BJC-600 printer.
            (3) Added Printer Driver for HP Deskjet 500/550C

   Version 2.0  Released Nov 7, 1994

   Changes: (1) Allows datafile switching from within the program.
            (2) Added the following new fields, Borrower (First and
                Last names), Record/Accession#, Condition, Due Date
                Value and Tag.
            (3) The capacity of memo field double from 2400 (30 lines)
                to 4800 characters (60 lines).
            (4) Size of Title and Author Fields increased.
            (5) Allows 3 subjects per title.
            (6) Can search for data in the memo field.
            (7) Pop-Up calendar added.
            (8) Tag records for printing.
            (9) Three new indexes added - Record#, Catalog# and Tag
           (10) Primarily index user selectable.
           (11) Improved error trapping during printing.
           (12) Direct edit of any field including the memo field
           (13) Support for laser/inkjet type index cards.
           (14) Five new reports added.
                 a. Subject 2
                 b. Library Cards
                 c. Borrowers
                 d. Overdues
                 e. Labels
           (15) Memo report modified to allow multiple records per page.
           (16) Program order.exe eliminated from distribution disk. Order
                Screen can now be accessed from Book Librarian program by
                Pressing the [F6] function key.