LOVE BYTES: The Online Dating Handbook

David Fox

350pp.
ISBN: 1-878739-88-3
U.S. $18.95 Can. $37.95
Category: Relationships/Telecomm

Electronic romance is very real--people are meeting, courting, falling in love, and getting married, just as people always have, except some of the initial steps take place online. With over 30 million users on the Net, there's a pretty good chance of meeting that special someone online, if you know how to go about it. Love Bytes shows you how. Everything from buying a modem and hooking everything up to exploring the "date-iest" nooks and crannies of BBSs, the Internet, America Online, CompuServe, and other major online services.

Love Bytes is also filled with dozens of inspiring true stories involving online lust, intrigue, sex, marriage, divorce, and even a one-month old cyberbaby.

Featured on or in MTV News, CNN, Mutual Broadcasting, CBS Radio, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Atlanta Constitution, The San Francisco Chronicle, The New Jersey Star-Ledger, Computer Reseller News, The College Press Service, and other radio stations and newspapers.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: The Electronic Pub

  • Welcome To The Pub, A Place They Call Cyberspace, Who Is This Book For?, What You'll Need, How It Works

    Chapter 2: The Blindest Date

  • Why To Meet Online, Love Can Hurt

    Chapter 3: The Meet Market

  • Manners, Nettiquette, Catching Someone's Virtual Eye, Asking Someone Out, Sex, Falling In Love, The Date, Now What?

    Chapter 4: The Datemobile

  • Buying and installing a modem and communications software

    Chapter 5: Buckling Up

  • Password, Call Waiting, Public Data Networks, Online Bargains, Long Distance Bargains

    Chapter 6: Bulletin Board Systems

    Chapter 7: The Internet

    Chapter 8: America Online

    Chapter 9: CompuServe

    Chapter 10: PRODIGY

    Chapter 11: GEnie

    Chapter 12: Delphi

    Chapter 13: Shouting Over The Wall

  • Communication from one online service to another.

    Appendix A: Eclectic BBS List

    Appendix B: Internet Public Access Providers


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