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- First Comprehensive World Wide Web Book Announced:
- 1,100-Page Guide Covers Web Tools, Web Exploration and Web Development
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- INDIANAPOLIS, October 18, 1994 -- Sams Publishing announces the publication
- of the first comprehensive book on the World Wide Web. "The World Wide Web
- Unleashed," by John December, Neil Randall and a team of Web experts,
- provides readers with everything they need to master the World Wide Web --
- the most dynamic, fastest-growing segment of the Internet today. The book
- will be available on October 26, 1994.
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- "The World Wide Web Unleashed" provides users of all experience levels with
- an all-in-one guide to the Web's uses, tools and resources. The 1,100-page
- book covers everything from the basics to the most sophisticated Web
- exploration and development techniques.
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- Readers will first learn how to install and use one of the several popular
- Web browsers -- software tools like Lynx, Mosaic, MacWeb and Cello. Then
- they'll be instructed on how to effectively browse and navigate the Web,
- using its search tools to find and retrieve the information they need. The
- book's readers will also be taken on a guided tour of the most interesting
- Web sites from around globe, and they'll learn how to build their own Web
- sites, designing and creating new Web pages with Hypertext Markup Language
- (HTML). The book then wraps up with a section that explores current issues
- surrounding the World Wide Web, while speculating on where the Web is
- headed.
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- The book's two lead authors, John December and Neil Randall, are well-known
- on the Internet and the World Wide Web. December is known for his list of
- information sources about the Internet and Computer-Mediated Communication.
- Neil Randall is the author of "Teach Yourself the Internet: Around the World
- in 21 Days," also from Sams Publishing. Other contributors include Thomas
- Boutell, maintainer of the WWW FAQ, Andrew Dinsdale, Laura Lemay, Carrie
- Pascal and David Woolley.
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- Sams Publishing's "Unleashed" books are comprehensive tutorial and reference
- guides for intermediate- and advanced-level users. Written by teams of
- experts, these books provide the most up-to-date information on the latest
- technologies. Each book is divided into sections, allowing the most
- qualified person to write the most timely and technically accurate
- information on a particular subject.
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- "The World Wide Web Unleashed," the latest in the "Unleashed" series, is the
- first title in a complete lineup of World Wide Web-oriented books from Sams
- Publishing. "Plug-N-Play Mosaic," an instant-install kit for Windows users,
- will be published in November, and "Teach Yourself HTML Web Publishing in a
- Week" will follow in December.
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- Book Information Ordering Information
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- The World Wide Web Unleashed Sams Publishing
- John December & Neil Randall 201 West 103rd Street
- $35.00 USA Indianapolis, IN 46290
- ISBN: 0-672-30617-4 1-800-428-5331
- 1,100 pages (317-581-3500)
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- More information about the book and its authors is also available on
- the World Wide Web at the URL http://www.rpi.edu/~decemj/works/wwwu.html
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- Media Contact: Christopher Bias
- Macmillan Computer Publishing
- (317) 581-3575
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