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Frequently Asked Questions

  1. How is IBIC linked to Amazon.com Books?
  2. How do I find online information about a particular author or book that does not appear in Bookviews, the IBIC Authors list or in the IBIC Virtual Review of Books?
  3. I am a publisher or bookseller and I want to get my Web site additional visibility. What should I do?

    You have a number of options.
    • Send an e-mail message to ibic@bookviews.com, subject line "What's New: [descriptive phrase]" Tell me what book-lovers will find new and interesting about your site. Remember to let me know when you add significant new information or new services to your existing site.
    • Be sure to register your site at major Internet directories such as the W3 Consortium's Virtual Library: Publishers and Yahoo. I no longer maintain my own laundry lists of publishers and booksellers, but simply point to theirs.
    • You might wish to consider sponsoring the IBIC pages.

  4. I am an author looking for Net publicity for my book(s). What should I do?
    • Do you have a Web, gopher, or ftp site? If so, send an e-mail message to ibic@bookviews.com, subject line "What's New: [descriptive phrase]" Tell me what book-lovers will find new and interesting about your site. Remember to let me know when you add significant new information to your existing site.
    • If you don't have a Web site, feel free to ask your publisher to send me a review copy of your book. I may write about it in Bookviews.
    • You might also consider setting up your own Web site. Many Internet access providers offer their users public Web serverspace for a reasonable fee (typically < $50/month); ask your sysadmin. HTML is easy to learn.

  5. Is there an IBIC mailing list?
    • No. Watch the IBIC homepage for announcements of new services.

  6. Is Books In Print available on the Internet?
    • No. Try the on-line catalog at Amazon.com Books. They don't have all of Books In Print, but they have most of it. You might also try visiting or calling your local bookseller. They should be happy to look up a title for you.


Editor's Recommendations, Summer 1996

In this inaugural edition of IBIC's Featured Books, I'd like to draw your attention to several titles which have helped to shape my life and thinking.

  • When I was around fifteen, I came across Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle's science fiction novel, INFERNO. This '70s remake of Dante's classic describes science fiction writer Allen Carpentier's descent into Hell. It's still a very fresh, accessible take on the classic. What a great movie it would make!
  • The Niven/Pournelle INFERNO immediately inspired me to read the original Divine Comedy. I've read a number of translations over the years, but my favorite is the one by Dorothy Sayers (INFERNO; PURGATORY; PARADISE). The notes are excellent, and Sayers had such a knowledgeable and witty mind that reading her prose is a pleasure in itself. (For those interested in a more contemporary translation, I should mention that Robert Pinsky received excellent notices for his 1995 THE INFERNO OF DANTE : A NEW VERSE TRANSLATION; it's a very handsome book.)
  • I also want to tell you about the late Henry Fairlie's THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS TODAY, which probably did more than any other single book to galvanize me into a lifetime interest in Christianity that led me, eventually, to faith. Ironic, because Fairlie was a self-proclaimed agnostic socialist! But reading between the lines of this insightful and deeply feeling book, one realizes that the love of God cannot have been far from Fairlie's heart.
  • Finally, I should draw to your attention a more recent acquisition, the very handsome NIV STUDY BIBLE (10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) from Zondervan, indexed and bonded in leather in IBIC's theme color, burgundy (black and brown are also available). The notes to this Bible are amazing. They appear to provide you with a very substantial portion of what you need to know to have an intelligent layman's appreciation of the linguistic and historical issues involved in understanding Scripture.

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