There's an outfit in Parsippany, NJ, named the Bureau of Electronic
Publishing that publishes a number of CD-ROM titles on single disks usable
in either PC's or Macs. Examples are a detailed Countries of the World disk
and one that includes numerous texts about U.S. history. These disks merely
contain two versions of the software used to load and search the data that
occupies most of the disk. Users run whichever software is compatible with
their platform, but the data files are the same.
In addition to publishing its own titles, the Bureau also happens to be a
major reseller of other publishers' CD-ROM disks and also sells CD-ROM
hardware and acccessories. Its catalog, published as a paperback book, also
contains lots of background info and tips about CD-ROMs. The president of
BEP is a guy named Barry Cinnamon. Phone number is 201-808-2700.
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Walt Mossberg
Wall Street Journal
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