Dear :

I'm pleased to report that the first all-digital edition of Camtasia Studio 7: The Definitive Guide is complete, and ready to rock your world via instant download. There is no upfront cost for doing so, so you have nothing to lose.

The Guide (now in its fifth iteration) has been an amalgamation of my decade's worth of experience as a pro screencaster, and going digital with it has been able to let me do an amazingly cool stuff that just wasn't possible on paper. To wit:

• Include hundreds of screenshots that are not only in glorious full-color, but can also be blown up to full size with a click.
• Embed a series of screencasts to walk you the more complicated procedures. There are forty of 'em, totaling more than an hour in duration.
• Offer searchability as well as interlink between sections. If there's something in another chapter that's pertinent to what I'm talking about, I provide a link. No endless flipping back and forth. No papercuts.

So here's the deal. The first six chapters of the book are F*REE of cost. Forever. There's no timeout or pageview limit. Even if you opt not to purchase the whole book, you can keep those chapters as my gift to you. How much material is six chapters? Just over 200 pages, roughly 20% of the overall book. What can I say? I'm generous to a fault.

And I'm about to get even more generous. I know that some folks have been waiting a looooong time for this release. Being spoiled in the past by having had an editing and layout staff at my disposal, I was somewhat unprepared for the work involved in turning my musings into something resembling an actual book. As such, we've been slightly behind schedule on the release. But I want to make it up to you...

FOR ONE WEEK ONLY, I'm offering you a special launch price of $34. That's a full 30% its regular cost of $49. But this price is only good until Wednesday, January 19th. At precisely 5pm EST next Wednesday, we'll be back at the regular price, and I don't plan to discount it again.

So, take a good week getting absorbed in screencast preparation, recording, and Recorder-based special effects, and then make up your mind. The reason I'm offering so much content for f*ree is that I'm exceedingly proud of the work we've done here, and I'm confident that once you've devoured the first 200 pages, picking up the full 1,000 will be a no-brainer.