>Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 12:07:59 -0500
>From: Loren Finkelstein <Loren@Finkelstein.Net>
>
>Although Peanut Press has said they are no longer working on a Newton Port,
>they were recently bought by Netlibrary. So, being the optimist that I am,
>I send a request in to Netlibrary that they consider, if not a Newton port,
>some form of txt or html versions of their products, making them available
>to all platforms.
>
>The way I figure it, if they set up a secure site and you had to pay to get
>to the html page with the text of the books, then anyone with a browser
>could buy their books. Platform independent and they still get paid.
>
>Probably not as secure as what they have now, but it's a start.
>
>Anyway, perhaps if more people remind them that we are still a large
>community of people with money to spend, there may be more e-books in our
>future.
it doesn't hurt to ask, though if by "secure site" you mean SSL encryption,
then none of the Newton browsers (including Newt's Cape) support that at
the moment...
Steve
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