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- 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.
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- 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.
- Is there an IBIC mailing list?
- No. Watch the IBIC homepage for announcements of new services.
- 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 1996In 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.
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