The Readerware Newsletter

ReaderwareAW Now Available!!

ReaderwareAW is now available for download from the web site. ReaderwareAW does for CDs what Readerware does for books. You can catalog a CD with a simple barcode scan. ReaderwareAW is the easiest way to catalog your CD collection.

ReaderwareAW has all the functionality you have come to expect from Readerware:

• Catalog a CD with a barcode reader, including the CueCat®. ReaderwareAW will search the internet and automatically catalog a CD. In addition to title and artist information, ReaderwareAW extracts cover art and a full track listing, even for multiple CD sets.
• ReaderwareAW includes Palm support, take your CD database with you.
• Table, tree and fish eye views with printing support.
• User definable database fields.
• ReaderwareAW is available in standalone and Client/Server editions.
• Full report writer and import/export capabilities
• Integrated database backup and restore
• Database statistics including the full value of your collection

Visit the Readerware web site for more information on ReaderwareAW including screen shots:

• http://www.readerware.com/rwAW.html

As always ReaderwareAW is available for a free 30 day evaluation, so try it out for yourself:

• http://www.readerware.com/rwDown.html

ReaderwareAW Pricing

ReaderwareAW is priced the same as both Readerware and ReaderwareVW. Plus there is special package and upgrade pricing available.

If you have an existing Readerware license, you can add the same level of ReaderwareAW and ReaderwareVW for $35. So if you already have Readerware Palm Edition, $35 gets you ReaderwareAW Palm Edition and ReaderwareVW Palm Edition. It doesn't matter which product you own, $35 gets you the same level of the other two.

For those of you who have already licensed both Readerware and ReaderwareVW, ReaderwareAW is FREE. Just send an e-mail to sales@readerware.com to request your free ReaderwareAW license key.

For new customers, you can buy any one product for the usual price or buy all three together for $35 more.

Full details are available on the web site:

• http://www.readerware.com/rwPur.html

I don't guarantee I will keep this special upgrade and bundle pricing indefinitely, so if you are interested in ReaderwareAW, check it out today!

Auto-Catalog Site News

As you may have heard, Borders is closing its web site by the end of July. Amazon will be taking over the Borders web site. The big question is what will happen to the Borders database? I hope it will stay around as I have found it to be one of the more accurate databases and certainly one of the biggest. But I think the chances are it will disappear when Borders.com closes its doors. So make the most of it while it is still around. Readerware will continue to provide access to the Borders database as long as possible.

There is good news for ReaderwareVW users though. The latest version adds a number of new sites including Tower Records and Sam Goody. The Tower Records database in particular is excellent, providing a lot of detailed information about movies that few other sites provide. So checkout the new sites added to ReaderwareVW.

A lot of ReaderwareVW users have asked why it doesn't support Amazon? It helps to understand how Readerware auto-catalog works. It needs a unique way to identify an item and then have access to databases that support a search on this unique key. For books it is fairly easy. All books since 1970 or so have had a unique ISBN and virtually all bookstores support an ISBN search.

With videos and CDs it is not so easy. There is no universal numbering system. Most new releases though include a barcode. The problem is that not all sites support a barcode or UPC search. Amazon is one site that does not, there is no way to search the Amazon database using a UPC. The good news though is that more and more sites do and as I find new sites with a UPC search I can add them to Readerware.

If you are an Amazon user and would like to see them support a UPC search, I would encourage you to contact Amazon customer support and let them know. Borders does support a UPC search and as Amazon is taking over the Borders site, this would be a good time to let them know.

Your Feedback

Hardly a day goes by without some asking if Readerware will support CDs. Your feedback is always welcome and does make a difference. Please send in your comments. E-Mail feedback@readerware.com.

Thanks for your support.