Sophie's FutureAs useful as you may find Sophie today, the current version contains only a subset of the features we've designed for it. As time and resources permit we have a long list of things we'd like to add, including:
Most of these features have already been architected, and some of them have been at least partially implemented. The trick to giving away free software like Sophie is to find a way to subsidize the development effort. As publishers of commercial products, both of Sophie's partnering companies, Rivertext and Fourth World, rely on sales of those products to fund its development. If you find Sophie valuable and would like to support its ongoing development, considering purchasing the If Monks Had Macs CD-ROM or one of Fourth World's products. We can't promise your purchase will necessarily buy the time needed for specific Sophie features, but we can assure you that we feel Sophie has a lot of interesting potential and that your support encourages us to realize that potential. And in addition to supporting our work, you'll also get a great CD-ROM or a useful web publishing tool. Publishing Tools for SophieIn addition to expanding the Sophie reader application, we also have designs for publishing tools to convert, author, and publish Sophie e-books online.
At the moment we're evaluating interest in such tools. If your organization has grants or other funding opportunities available for development and could benefit from such tools, let's talk. Click the Contact link above and let's see what we can do together. |
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