If you're aching to learn more about the Internet and e-mail, Dr. Bob's Painless Guide to the Internet & Amazing Things You Can Do with E-Mail will cure your ailment.
A computer programmer and magazine columnist, Rankin (a.k.a. Dr. Bob) soothingly guides newbies on a tour of the World Wide Web, Internet, e-mail, and more. It's not a headache to understand FTP, Archie, Gopher, and Veronica when you have Dr. Bob to hold your hand.
The book also includes info on mailing lists, Usenet, finger, telnet, Internet relay chat (IRC), and People Finders. In addition to a glossary, Dr. Bob provides the "Internet mini-yellow pages". This section consists of recommended sites, inexpensive Internet software, and Internet providers.
Bookworms, attention! Get your nose out of that heavy tome and pick up a copy of The Book Lover's Guide to the Internet.
Morris doesn't claim that printed documents have gone to the graveyard, but he does offer such a tempting array of online books, magazines, newspapers, and related publishing details that any book lover not online will want to get connected pronto. Although we assume that you're connected if you're reading this review, Morris does include details on how to get hooked up to the Internet. (So if you have a book-loving friend who you think should join the information age, try handing them this little guide.)
Wish you could write books in addition to reading them? Morris also includes a section on "How to Be Your Own Publisher." He includes valuable information on the writing-related Usenet newsgroups, and also discusses the potential in developing an electronic newsletter. The majority of the book, however, is devoted to listing online resources for everything from dictionaries to diaries.
So you want to learn HTML but you don't have a lot of time. Well, you might want to try to Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML 3.2 in a Week. We're not promising that mastering this book will guarantee you a great-paying job as a Webmaster, but at least it will teach you some skills that you can use in your job search.
Worried about your lack of knowledge regarding life on the Web? Stop fretting. Lemay succeeds in describing all the hows, whens, and whys of HTML clearly, albeit not condescendingly. You'll learn everything from the Web's capabilities to basic text formatting to such intricacies as sound and animation.
Lemay also includes details on "Putting it All Online," a chapter that gives you different methods of strutting your creations on the Web. In addition, you'll get information on the latest HTML converter tools and editors, CGI scripting, and more.