The Internet : The Rough Guide 2000 - Softcover

Kennedy, Angus; Rough Guides

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1858284422 ISBN 13: 9781858284422

Publisher: Rough Guides, 1999

Synopsis

Updated and revised, this text presents step-by-step instructions and trouble-shooting tips, showing how to get the most from email, search engines, building a web site, downloading free software, online gaming, usernet newsgroups, internet relay chat and more.

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Review

The Internet moves at lightening speed and if you are new to the online world it can be a touch intimidating. However, as Angus Kennedy makes clear in The Rough Guide to the Internet 2001, you don't need to know much before you can find your way around all the different sites.

The first half of this pocket-sized book covers the basics, with step-by-step instructions on everything you will need to know from choosing an Internet service provider to building your own Web site and the second part is a condensed listing of Web sites to get you going.

The style of this smart book is very refreshing. Kennedy does not mince his words and his guide is likely to turn you into a net guru in next to no time. This updated edition is packed with practical advice including the latest on MP3s, information on how to log on while you are on the road and also includes a concise potted history of the Web.

If Tony Blair was serious about getting the UK online he would insist that everyone got a copy of this book in their Christmas stockings. --Justin Hunt

Review

A little, pocket treasure. -- Amateur Photographer, UK

A pocket miracle. -- Personal Computer World, UK

A rare, if not unique, instance of a net guide I can recommend without embarrassment to the unwired. -- Marek Kohn, Independent on Sunday, London, UK

Anyone who isn't ordering and selling this title by the lorry load shouldn't be running a bookshop. -- Andrew Hatton, he Bookseller, 17 July 1998, UK

Best beginner's guide to the internet. -- The Express, 18 December 1999, London, UK

Crammed with practical advice, trouble-shooting tips, step-by-step tuition and loads of website addresses...best thing is that it cuts through the jargon. -- Woman's Day, 18 January 1999, Australia

Guarantees to make the average cyberspace traveller a net guru in the shortest possible time. -- Times Educational Supplement, London, UK

Hip and compelling...reflects all the latest changes and fads...a perfect balance of serious, tech-heavy background tutorial and cutting edge yellow-page guide for the 21st century. -- Amazon.com

If you missed out on the first two editions, buy this one today. -- Business Computer World

No. 1 bestselling classic. Stock by the lorry load. -- The Bookseller, UK

Edition details

• Publisher: Rough Guides
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1858284422
• ISBN 13: 9781858284422
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 512