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Publisher: SAMS Publishing
ISBN: 0-672-30530-5
Price: $25.00 US, $34.95 CAN
Pages: 418
Published: September, 1994
For more information: taylor@netcom.com or (800) 428-5331
Notes: Of the various books on doing business on the Internet, this is the
best one I've seen. By reading this book, you'll find out how to use the
Internet to build market share, track down business leads, communicate with
colleagues and search online databases, all through extensive examples and
detailed case studies. The authors also explain how you can offer cost-
effective customer support, and access critical information using the net.
Explores the many opportunities available on the Internet, and get tips on
shipping for the best deal on Internet access. For leading edge marketing
strategies and bottom-line information.
~Title: The Internet by E-mail
Author: Clay Shirky
Publisher: Ziff-Davis Press
ISBN: 1-56276-240-0
Price: $19.95
Pages: 256
Published: July 1994
For more information: ?
Thanks for the info: Michael Crestohl
Notes: This book is for the thousands of people who have "only E-mail"
access to the Internet and think all they're going to get is mail. I get
the impression this book is intended for people who have just been "given"
an account and perhaps a cursory description of how to send and read
messages. But we all can learn from it. It's amazing what you can do with
Internet mail if you know how to do it. Clay Shirky shows you how in this
very easy-to-absorb, non-overpowering title.
~Title: Internet CD
Author: Vivian Neou
Publisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN: 0-13-123852-3
Price: $49.95 US, $64.95 CAN
Pages: 260
Goodies: CD-ROM for Windows
Published: 1994
For more information: ?
Notes:
~Title: The Internet Companion, A Beginner's Guide To Global Networking
Author: Tracy LaQuey with Jeanne C. Ryer
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Publishing
ISBN: 0-201-62224-6
Price: $10.95
Pages: 196
Published: 1993
For more information: internet-companion@world.std.com
Thanks for the info: Robert Slade <ROBERTS@decus.ca>
Notes: The Companion includes a detailed history of the Internet, a
discussion on "netiquette" (network etiquette), and how to find resources
on the net. It is difficult to know what is supposed to be "companionable"
about this volume. Physically, it would be easy to carry it along with you.
You probably wouldn't want to, though. This is not a guide for
explorations, either. It does give one some background on the Internet, but
it is not in a step-by-step fashion. (How to access the Internet is the
*last* topic to be covered.) The newcomer to the Internet will more likely
want to read it all (possibly at one sitting; it's small enough) and look
at the network gestalt. This work is somewhat less technical than the UNIX
biased "Whole Internet Guide". However, it goes too far in the opposite
direction. The authors boast that it was finished in less than two months.
It shows. Companies which are getting into the Internet in a big way might
make this the introductory volume for new users: it is generally upbeat and
non-threatening. However, help should be on hand when people actually start
using the net.
~Title: The Internet Companion Plus
Author: Tracy LaQuey & Jeanne Ryer
Publisher: Addison Wesley
ISBN: 0-201-62719-1
Price: $19.95
Pages: 196
Goodies: DOS disk
Published: 1993
For more information: $19.95
Notes: The Internet Companion (above) plus a disk.
~Title: The Internet Complete Reference
Author: Harley Hahn & Rick Stout
Publisher: Osborne McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 0-07-881980-6
Price: $29.95
Pages: 818
Published: 1994
For more information: ?
Notes: A grassroots guide to learning about the Internet. It takes the
clueless newbie and leads him from the fundamentals - like understanding
what the Internet is, how to connect and how addressing works - and through
the Internet's most important tools. This book doesn't cover any ground
that hadn't been trod dozens of times before by other everything-you-need-
to-know-about-the-Internet book ever written, but it delivers the
information in a lively, always interesting manner. No topics are glossed
over and the authors never get mired in the dirty technical details. This
book is intended for folks who will be accessing the Internet using a UNIX
command line prompt. If you are just trying to get started on the Internet,
but don't know which of 50 step-by-step hold-your-hand books in your