How Publishers and Booksellers Can Build a Home Page at IBIC A. What is a home page? Home page (n.): a hypermedia information resource which resides on the IBIC WorldWideWeb server, accessible for free to any Internet user with a WWW browser. If you already have a WWW browser, some good examples are at http://sunsite.unc.edu/ibic/Tor-homepage.html and http://sunsite.unc.edu/ibic/Moeshome.html. Printed versions are available on request from IBIC. The Moe's Books homepage contains about 500 words about Moe's plus live links to more than 20 Moe's catalogs on various themes. The Tor Books homepage contains a description of Tor Books; links to lists of and sample chapters of forthcoming Tor books; links to other sf resources on the Internet; and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about Tor, including how to obtain Tor books. B. What IBIC Needs to Know The first step towards building a home page at IBIC is to answer the following questionnaire so that we can give you an estimate of the cost and turn-around time. 1. To which of the following Internet "switchboards" would you like IBIC to announce the availability of your completed home page? [ x ] IBIC homepage (the most comprehensive collection of book-related Internet resources available anywhere on the Internet) [ ] NCSA Mosaic What's New (220,003 transactions/month in May 1994, according to a personal communication from Alan Braverman at NCSA) [ ] rec.arts.book Usenet newsgroup (estimated readership 140,000, according to June 1994 Usenet readership survey posted to news.lists by reid@decwrl.com) [ ] comp.infosystems.www Usenet newsgroup and its successor, comp. infosystems.www.misc (estimated readership 77,000, according to June 1994 Usenet readership survey): key resources for sysadmins who implement links to your home page [ ] selected topical Usenet newsgroups and mailing lists related to your product line, such as misc.books.technical (readership 63,000) and rec.arts.sf.written (readership 63,000), identified by [ ] you and/or [ ] IBIC. 2. Please provide a list of the main topics and product lines about which you would like your home page to provide information to Internet users. Examples: About Tor Books; Moe's Catalogs for Art History, Graphic Design, etc.; sample chapters of Tor books; list of forthcoming releases; information for booksellers on how to contact publisher; reader's companion online; interviews with authors; and so on. 3. How often do you want to update your home page? [ ] monthly [ ] quarterly [ ] semiannually [ ] yearly 4. What types of resources would you like users to access via your home page? [ ] digital text (via e-mail or via US mail on 3.5" floppy with accompanying printout of desired format) [ ] digital images (.GIF or JPEG format, e.g. scans of book jackets, photos of authors, etc.) supplied on 3.5" floppy or by ftp to sunsite.unc.edu/uploads. [ ] digital audio in .au format [ ] links to existing home page, Gopher, or ftp site [ ] links to selected Internet resources relevant to your product line, identified by you and/or IBIC 5. Approximately how many such resources? [ ] words of text [ ] images and audio files [ ] Internet resources URLs of existing www, Gopher, and ftp resources: 6. If you have sample materials available in electronic form, by all means send them along. C. What Next? Send this questionnaire to IBIC and we will respond to you asap with an estimated price and turn-around time.