Date: Mon, 03 Apr 1995 18:02:51 EST From: "Rob Slade, Social Convener to the Net" BKLTLONL.RVW 950306 "The Little Online Book", Alfred Glossbrenner, 1994, 1-56609-130-6, U$17.95 %A Alfred Glossbrenner aglossbrenner@mcimail.com 70065,745 alfred@delphi.com %C 2414 6th St., Berkeley, CA 94710 %D 1994 %G 1-56609-130-6 %I Peachpit Press %O U$17.95 510-548-4393 fax: 510-548-5991 800-283-9444 trish@peachpit.com %P 400 %T "The Little Online Book" This book offers expert assistance on buying, installing and using a modem and communications software, right up to the point at which someone might need help. Then it tells you to go ask a friend. This book recommends the "right" online service for you. There are a number of "right" services. They are all commercial. This book says that there are bulletin boards. This book says you can send email. This book says that people with common interests can use online services for communications. This book says you can play games online. This book says there is shareware available online. This book says there is information available online. This book reiterates its advice to buy a commercial service. Then, it tells you that you can use email, Usenet news, archie, ftp, telnet and gopher on the Internet. Then it tells you to use a commercial service provider as access to the Internet. This book has used its industry contacts to collect the same "money-saving coupons" that every other online book has. This book suggests that you buy a bunch of disks from the author giving you the information and resources which he was unable or unwilling to give you in the book. copyright Robert M. Slade, 1995 BKLTLONL.RVW 950306 ============== Vancouver ROBERTS@decus.ca | Nam tua res agitur, paries Institute for Robert_Slade@sfu.ca | cum proximus ardet. Research into Rob_Slade@mindlink.bc.ca | - For it is your User rslade@vanisl.decus.ca | business, when the wall Security Canada V7K 2G6 | next door catches fire.