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- From: emv@msen.com (Edward Vielmetti)
- Newsgroups: rec.arts.books,misc.books.technical
- Subject: bookstores on the net
- Date: 28 Dec 1992 03:47:47 GMT
- Organization: Msen, Inc. -- Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- I am looking for some reasons to recommend that a local used book shop
- get a connection to the net. The obvious things that come to mind
- are the on-line library catalogs, the sparkling conversation in
- rec.arts.books and the science fiction groups, the good sized
- collection of academic librarians on the net, and a general sense
- that more literate people on the net is a good thing. A couple of
- FAQs on a floppy and some general guidelines as to where they might
- start browsing is the plan of action.
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- The one obvious thing that I'd like to tell them is that there are already
- a number of used and rare book shops on the net, and that they would
- have a very straightforward and already existing group of their peers
- on line with which they could talk shop.
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- Any hints, suggestions, recommendations etc. much welcomed. I know of
- a few technical book stores (Quantum, Cucumber) who take orders over the
- net, but the idea is to try to locate something other than strictly
- technical materials.
-
- Edward Vielmetti, vice president for research, Msen Inc. emv@Msen.com
- Msen Inc., 628 Brooks, Ann Arbor MI 48103 +1 313 998 GLOB
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