Instructions on downloading and opening Christmas Stars.

The download version of the book is published in html, which is the language 
used to display most web pages.  If you can browse the internet, you can read 
one of our e-books.  Christmas Stars has 20 individual pages, and the first one is called
"start.html".

The book and all illustrations are downloaded together, and step-by-step instructions on 
how to extract and view them are located below. 

PC Users - WinZip download.

Your book file is packaged in a compressed file format. (*.zip file.) The name of the .zip file is 4992rtcs.exe.  (You should write the file name down, it sure helps to find it later, because the zip file name is a random group of numbers and letters)

When you first download the file to your computer, you should take careful note of where, on 
your computer, e.g. what directory, you save it.  We STRONGLY recommend that you save it to your desktop.  Once you unzip the files, you can always drag it from your desktop to the trash, but it will make finding it easier for you.  

You'll now need to go to uncompress the book files from the .4992rtcs.exe file. 

The 4992rtcs.exe file is a self-extracting zip file.  That means you don't need any special software to decompress all the files that make up Christmas Stars.  All you need to do is double-click on the file.  When you do, a window will open showing you where the self-extractor is going to unzip your files to.  We've set it to default to create a new folder on your C-Drive when it does that, called "Christmas Stars".  When you click "unzip" in the new window, all the pages and illustrations will go into that new "Christmas Stars" folder on your hard drive.

To read your book, open your internet browser, such as Internet Explorer or 
Netscape Navigator, without going online.  Once you've got your browser open, go 
to the FILE menu, then choose "OPEN" ("Open Page" in Netscape).  It will bring 
up a box where you could type in an address, but don't do that. Instead, click 
on "Browse" or "Choose file", which will display the contents of your computer. 
Find the folder called Christmas Stars, where you extracted the book files, and click 
on the file named Start.html.  
When you click on that item, it will be highlighted.  Then click OPEN, which 
will take you back to the dialogue box in Internet Explorer or Netscape 
Navigator.  Click OPEN again, and your book will open in the browser for you to 
start reading!

Alternatively, find the first page of the book file (start.html) and double click 
on it. It should open automatically in your default browser.

If you have any problems with your download, contact Books Unbound at 
support@booksunbound.com, and we will do our best to help you!

MAC Download

Be sure to take note of where you downloaded the file, and go to that folder to 
find it. Your file is named "4992rtcs.sit". Mac downloads are in self-extracting .sit files (Stuffit).  To open the download, double click on the icon created by the download.  This will open Aladdin Expander to extract the book files (which are self-contained in their 
own folder) to a folder of your choice. Make sure you take note of where you 
extract the new folder to. You'll see the progress of the extraction, and once 
it's done, you can safely close the Aladdin Expander window.

The main book file will be an 'html' file type, called start.html.  To start reading, find 
that file, and then open it.  It should open automatically in your default 
browser (Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator work the same in this 
instance).

If that doesn't work, open your internet browser, (Internet Explorer or Netscape 
Navigator, for example) without going online.  Once you've got your browser 
open, go to the FILE menu, then choose "OPEN" ("Open Page" in Netscape.).  It 
will bring up a box where you could type in an address, but don't do that. 
Instead, click on Browse or Choose file, find the folder where you extracted the 
book files, and click on the file named bu****.html (where the **** refers to 
the actual file name).  Click on that item to highlight it, then click OPEN, 
which will take you back to the dialogue box in Internet Explorer or Netscape 
Navigator.  Click OPEN again, and your book will open in the browser for you to 
start reading!

If you have any problems with your download, contact Books Unbound at 
support@booksunbound.com, and we will do our best to help you!