Individual Software, Inc.
A non-fiction publishing company targeted for individuals and home/small business consumers.
“Individual Software, Inc. is a U.S.-based software development and publishing company founded in 1981 and headquartered in Pleasanton, California.
The company specializes in consumer and small-business productivity, education, and utility software, with a particular emphasis on:
Resume and career-development tools (e.g., ResumeMaker Professional, one of its flagship products for over 30 years)
Personal and business letter-writing software
Typing instructors and keyboarding training programs
Small-business management tools (bookkeeping, business plans, etc.)
Educational titles for children and adults
Utility software (system optimization, photo editing, PDF tools, etc.)
Individual Software traditionally has distributed its products both as physical retail boxed software (common in the 1990s and 2000s) as well as later through digital downloads” ( xAI, Grok 4, 2025).
Reader’s note: Individual Software, Inc. https://www.individualsoftware.com is an “oldie-but-a-goodie” long-established publisher with an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau (see https://www.bbb.org/us/ca/livermore/profile/computer-software-developers/individual-software-inc-1116-15885/#sealclick) best known for affordable productivity and educational software targeted at home and small-office users.
Some of the products are no longer updated, and this type of marketing model is rapidly changing, but what remains is worth a look as will be any new offerings from this vendor so they are included on this website for readers to review.
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