Just a cautionary note, be sure about the source before you download and
run any file with a .exe extention. All .exe are applications of some
type and they often have spy components that install on your computer.
Spy components can do as much damage to your system as a virus can. So
make sure that it is a reputable site, though that's no garrantee
either.
Terri Hedgpeth
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Subject: Re: exe format of books
Sometimes compression programs designed to shrink the download for
faster
transfer times, use self extracting .exe programs. If this is the case,
then just run the program, and the full uncompressed book will be
extracted
and placed on your desk top.
At 09:45 PM 7/26/05 -0400, Catherine Armstrong wrote:
>Just hazarding a guess here, but it may be that the exe format is not a
book
>but rather a program that can be used to read the book. For example,
the
>site ereader.com has ebooks that you can buy, but in order to read
them, you
>first have to download the palm digital media ereader program, kind of
like
>Adobe but different enough that you can't just use adobe to read these
>ereader ebooks. So my guess is you should elect to open the file that
has
>the .exe extension (assuming you have up-to-date virus protection on
your
>computer of course), and it should run you through the set-up of the
reader
>program. Here's hoping the program is accessible. FYI ereader's
program is
>reasonably accessible using Window Eyes, and they have agreat selection
of
>Star Trek books if you trekies are into those. Hope this helps.
>Catherine
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> > I don't understand which one is better and how to open the books for
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