VisualVision's EBooksWriter is a complete ebook software: you edit, pack and protect with a professional all-in-one visual environment. It's not just a compiler. - you build compact self extracting ebooks with one click; - one ebook, one source file. All visual, no compilation, coding, complications...; - no royalties: you're free to redistribute your ebook / ebrochure over the Internet and on CD; - you can create unlimited number of ebooks; - built-in browser (does NOT require Internet Explorer, won't have problems if the user has Firefox or no browser at all); - no code / HTML; - you make .exe or aeh ebooks freely distributable, i.e. no royalties; up to 260000 pages per ebook (Pro and Gold; 200 for Standard, 20 for Lite); - you can prohibit print or copy; set an expiration date; password protect all or part of the ebook; assign different passwords for different users; - may add "lock to PC" personal key protection with the CBProtect Virtual Vault plugin; - music and video: AVI MPEG WMV......;frames, text styles, popup windows, rollover / mouse over sensitive images, visual linking: feature rich, easy to use, fast; - full-text search capability, even boolean search; - forms and shopping cart (Gold edition) - plugin capabilities (e.g. the 3D Buttons plug-in for quick creation of headings and buttons); - little, quick and smart: from MSWindows 95 to Vista - comprehensive online manual; easy to learn and easy to start; - you are NOT forced to sell your ebook through VisualVision - so the software makes you independent; To distribute a compact ebook from your Web site is a handy way for distributing (and protecting) information. To use EbooksWriter for creating the ebook is probably the better way out there: not just for the multimedia features but mostly for the original "global" interface. It's like a drug: when you get used to the all-at-once visual hyperlinked editor, you won't get back to slow normal scattered-pages programs.