An information supply system comprising a base subsystem and at least one remote user device:
- A. the base subsystem being configured to receive a structured information work directed to a plurality of topics, each topic including a plurality of sections, the base subsystem being further configured to compress the information topic by topic, and provide the compressed topic information to the at least one remote user device;
- B. the at least one remote user device being configured to
- (i) receive and store the compressed topic information from the base subsystem,
- (ii) in response to a request from a user to display information from a particular topic, display at least section selection information associated with the respective sections of the particular topic, and
- (iii) in response to a request from the user to display information from one of the sections identified by the section selection information, enable the information from the requested section of the respective topic to be displayed on the display.