Q: Is the "Free ebook download" a PDF document or what?
A: It's an HTML ebook, which works on EVERYONE'S computer. You download the site as a zip file to extract, then after the extracting you run the index.html file from your computer with a double-click. The reason to download it is that, once it is on your hard drive, you don't have any waiting while pictures or sounds load.
Q: Are there sound effects?
A: Yes, in both the online and download versions of the ebook. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR INTERNET OPTIONS AND PREFERENCES SET RIGHT, AND IMAGES, SOUNDS, AND JAVASCRIPT TURNED ON.
Q: What machines have you tested the ebook on?
A: OSes: Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8, Vista, and 2000, and Mac OS-9 and Mac OS-X. Browsers: IE 5.5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 on the PC and IE 5 on Mac OS-9 and OS-X, and Safari on OS-X. Also Firefox, Mozilla, Netscape, and Opera on the XP and 2000. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR INTERNET OPTIONS AND PREFERENCES SET RIGHT, AND IMAGES, SOUNDS, AND JAVASCRIPT TURNED ON.
Q: What are the prices?
A: The paperback is free with $4.95 for shipping and the ebook is free—both the online and download versions.
Q: What are the advantages of each?
A: The paperback is something you can hold in your hand, feel, curl up with, and read to kids. The full ebook is free and has some sound effects and a nice musical ending.
Q: What are the advantages of your kids' book over other kids' books?
A: Many don't come in ebook form. Few have any sound effects. Most have cornier pictures that evoke less feelings. None have ever given as much space for kids' real, true feelings. Read the reviews.
Q: Are there videos in the ebook? How do you make the video clip play?
A: No, just the one on this site's home page. So it doesn't matter if your computer can do .WMV files, since there are none of these in the ebook. We just created the video to give you a feel for flying on a carpet with our two kids, Sammy and Lindsay.
Double-clicking the Play button works best on most browsers.
System Requirements for .wmv files:
Windows Users: Windows Media Player.
Firefox users: Plugin for Windows Media files. Some machines (like some HP Media Center XPs) have a terrible time getting .WMV files to run with Firefox browsers, because of the dumb plugin programming in Firefox.
Mac Users: If you are using a Mac with OS X 10.3.9 or later and if you don't already have it, you need to download Flip4Mac to view these video files. (Flip4Mac™ WMV is a collection of QuickTime components that allow you to play Windows Media video files on your Mac using QuickTime 6.5, 7.0 or later.)
Q: Do you have other cool stuff?
A: You'll find our other cool stuff here.