Item    0263810                 93/09/02        05:21
From:   CONRAD_GEIGER@NEXT.COM@INET#    Internet Gateway
Subject: Announcing "Complete Guide to NEXTSTEP User Environment" -  new book
from Telos

News


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


Contact:

TELOS, The Electronic Library of Science
3600 Pruneridge Avenue, Suite 200
Santa Clara, CA 95051
Phone: (408) 249-9314
Fax: (408) 249-2595
Email: c.peterson@applelink.apple.com




TELOS Publishes Complete Guide to NEXTSTEP


Santa Clara, California, September 3, 1993 - TELOS (The Electronic
Library of Science) announces the release of "The Complete Guide to
the NEXTSTEP User Environment" (ISBN 0-387-97956-5) by Michael B.
Shebanek, a book/diskette package describing the advanced,
object-oriented NEXTSTEP User Environment for NeXT and Intel-based
computers.


Priced at $42.95, this product contains a 480 page softbound book
with over 275 illustrations, plus a NEXTSTEP diskette containing
popular public domain NEXTSTEP applications, fonts, sample sounds
and images so you can immediately practice what you learn in the
book.


This resource is useful for those who are considering the purchase
of NEXTSTEP, but want to learn more about how it works before
making an investment. Those who already have NEXTSTEP will find it
useful as it goes beyond the NeXT reference manual by including new
topics such as using the Internet and the use of UNIX (user)
commands not provided in NeXT's own reference.



ABOUT THE BOOK

This is not just a "getting started" manual, but a book that
describes how to make NEXTSTEP work for you. It provides numerous
tips and tricks, shortcuts and commentary, and is written to make
you feel as if you are sitting next to a veteran who can guide you
through the NEXTSTEP user environment and steer you away from
common pitfalls. Inside you not only learn about the NEXTSTEP user
environment, but also about the many applications bundled with it
such as Draw, Edit, PrintManager, FaxReader, Digital Librarian, and
more!  There's even descriptions of popular public domain and
shareware applications and how to find hidden treasures buried
within NEXTSTEP that most users overlook. Some of the more advanced
topics discussed include:


o How to take advantage of networked resources
o How to use UNIX(r) commands within NEXTSTEP
o How to recover from application and system crashes
o How to customize NEXTSTEP to meet your needs
o How to find related NEXTSTEP information


ABOUT THE DISKETTE

The 3.5" NEXTSTEP diskette included with the book contains over 2.5
MB of compressed NEXTSTEP applications, fonts, sample sounds and
images to quickly speed you on your way to understanding and making
great use of the most elegant system software available today. An
electronic version of the popular public domain document,
"Incomplete Guide to the Internet" (over 280 pages!), is also
included.  The diskette is formatted for NEXTSTEP, and works with
both NeXT and Intel-based computer systems.


ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Michael Shebanek is a computing consultant in the department of
Computing and Communications at the University of California,
Riverside. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer
Science from California State University, Fullerton and is
President of the UC Riverside Macintosh User Group and
Vice-President of the UC Riverside NeXT User Group. Mike's years of
experience in instructional computing include instruction,
consulting, support assistance, network planning and installation,
and equipment maintenance.


ABOUT TELOS

TELOS is an imprint of Springer-Verlag New York, with publishing
facilities at 3600 Pruneridge Avenue, Suite 200, Santa Clara,
Calif. 95051. Its publishing program encompasses the natural and
physical sciences, computer science, economics, mathematics, and
engineering. TELOS strives to wed the traditional print medium with
the emerging electronic media to provide the reader with a truly
interactive multimedia information environment. All TELOS
publications delivered on paper come with an associated electronic
component.


HOW TO GET THIS BOOK/DISKETTE

To order this product, please visit your local bookstore or contact
Springer-Verlag directly at (800) 777-4643 (in NJ, call
201-348-4033). Fax orders to (201) 348-4505. International
customers should contact their nearest Springer-Verlag office.


For information on corporate sales, please contact Marc Puma at
(800)777-4643 ext. 675. For 30-day examination copies for course
adoption, please call (800)777-4643 ext. 660. For book review
copies, please contact TELOS directly at (408) 249-9314.


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