DeskTop  Author

Stand Out From The Crowd - Create 3D Page Turning Digital Web Books.

Desktop Author is an electronic publishing software that allows you to create 3d page turning digital web books.

Digital web books are any type of e-publication including e-brochures, e-books, digital photo albums, e-cards, digital diaries, online resumes, quizzes, exams, tests, forms and surveys.

Digital web books can be presented in a stand alone format or you can easily present your digital web books as web pages with no need for HTML, ASP or other programming knowledge. When you present your digital web books as web pages the end user can detach them and turn them into stand alone digital web books.

DeskTop Author features

• Produce small yet attractive file size publications and display them as stand alone or view them inside a browser.
• Limitless pages with a single paste! Flow text through multiple pages and between text boxes, to make even the lengthiest eBooks in minutes. Perfect for magazine publishing.
• Text box layout tool allows you to set up your page text layout in any way you like.
• Includes a Publish to Web and a built-in FTP upload.
• Make any shape book or pages for that extra impact.
• The All-in-one DRM (Digital Rights Management) and Payment Gateway - preset the amount of free pages the end user is able to view - then set the DNL DRM solution to launch the eSellerate Payment Gateway to unlock the rest of the eBook, the eBook is unlocked only on the PC the purchase is made. The activation is only valid on the PC the purchase was made on.
• You can now create your own messages for emails sent from within the send mail feature. This will allow you personalise the message others will read when your digital web book spreads to new users.
• Editable image function in DeskTop Author Version 4 gives you the ability to easily create digital photo albums which users can insert images into.
• Multi Media - embed and or stream Video and Flash, stream MP3
• Image Pop Up- The canvas includes Guide lines, exterior working canvas area, and pixel ruler.
• Easy Quiz/Test/Forms and Survey creation with DeskTop Author's own amazing Eazy Forms tool.
• Hundreds of pre-made templates - includes 500+ individual pages, 100 + buttons and dividers and pre-made shaped books.
• Internal Image Editor and Image Manipulator.- Cut and paste and Drag and Drop features, including an Image Browser.- WYSIWYG page creation and editing.- Background setting feature.- Hotlink to pages, web sites, movies and sound, as well as email and even other files.
• Set auto page turn for trade show or in-store presentations, allows for individual page turn settings and individual page turn timing.- Specify one of 6 page transitions - three 3D page turn modes, turn, wipe and slide.
• Digital Web Book file sizes are small, easily distributed by email, download or on floppy/CD.- Share your digital web books with friends, family, colleagues or customers with an internal Send to Friend function or sell the eBooks you create.- Allow users to print pages or disable the print function.- Password protect your Digital Web Books.
• Suitable for all Windows-based PC's.
• and much more

Take a look at an actual sample product that we put together for one of our sites using DeskTopAuthor and the Digital River purchasing system.¹

¹ Clicking on this link will download a sample DeskTop author eBook file.  It is a safe download from the Digital River System and is intended to illustrate how the DR system works by downloading a fully executable eBook that will work only up to the first 18 pages or any other number of pages that you designate.  If the customer wants to go beyond that they will be presented with a secure purchase page.  There is no other way to open the remainder of the ebook without paying.