SmartEdit draw - 10 free copies for those interested

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Posted by MadaboutDana
Sep 26, 2013 at 04:06 PM

Bad Wolf Software is holding an online prize draw (US readers: that’s like a raffle) featuring 10 free copies of SmartEdit.

More details at: http://www.smart-edit.com/smartedit-competition.html

The only reason I know is because I use SmartEdit already (very nice change from Word, with smart apostrophes/quotation marks, en-dashes and so on. Compatible with Word files, too).

Posted by Dr Andus
Nov 27, 2013 at 11:02 AM

SmartEdit is on Bits today for USD19.00

http://www.bitsdujour.com/software/smartedit

Posted by 22111
Nov 30, 2013 at 02:06 PM

From bitsdujour.com (without the typos):

Re smarteditforbusiness.com

Permit some commentary now that it cannot harm sales anymore. I’m not fond of slicing up software. Check-for-editing software can comprise many functions, most of which are of interest both for “creative” and for “business” writers, so there is no need whatsoever to withhold some of the functionality to the former and some other to the latter, except for perhaps generating more sales, from people who get swayed into buying both versions and then not only have to pay double price, but also have to scuffle with two very similar tools where one would be meaningful.

Developers are free to try to maximize their business, but I am free to minimize clutter in my system, and to refuse unnecessary expenditure where it’s evident that my additional expense (I am speaking of regular, expensive updates of two parallel programs here, not of the initial cost of one of the programs on bits) does not come with equivalent value.

I hope the developer will revise his plans to split up one good program into two annoying twin ones; I cannot remember any WordStar, WordPerfect, MS Word offering parallel versions, one for novelists, one for clerks: They all offered full functionality to both groups of their users.

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