E-mail Books

Like father like son! If you remember Bill Adler's Letters from Camp you will enjoy this delightfully humorous, audacious & cute collection of missives from your munchkins! Lot of 21st century rainy days, bunk rot, virtual trips, falling down mountains, strange new camp customs, computer comedy, counsellor shenanigans, ahhas! about peanut butter & chewing gum, skunks & lightning.

Often it's what is NOT said that is hair-raising!

Summer is around the corner, parents why don't you wise-up & pack a copy in your campers' luggage - that way you might get some inspired & funny messages while they are gone!

This book is a remake of the famous and huge best-seller, "Kids Letters from Camp" written more than 40 years ago. In this modern version, "Kids E-Mail and Letters from Camp" Bill Adler Jr., son of Bill Adler, has captured the sweetness, poignancy and side-splitting humor of what kids send home via the internet as well as through written letters and postcards. Just as the original reflected the 1950s, this book reflects our current life. (Read both and you'll see some amazing changes in our society.) For example, yesterday's asked for 'CARE" packages with candy. Today's kids are asking for their parents to send them new and interesting fonts for their computers at camp. Some things are the same, though. Kids still won't eat their vegetables.

great little guide packed full of useful information, but the best part in my opinion is all the discussion of the future of the Kindle, easy to follow writting style

**FLASH 10/16 ** As an EXTRA, This book now includes FOUR TOTALLY Amazing Free Bonus Items. The new description is still in process of posting, but you can grab the free sample to see what they are. For you who already bought this, just re-download and you'll get them free. (If you don't know how to delete and get a newest copy, it's in the book, or, read the descriptions of some of my other updated books, where it's also explained)
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The Kindlefrog does it again! Here's a Kindle guide that's quite, quite different:
It's a VERY quick guide for new Kindle owners that absolutely won't drag you through long-winded writings. Much more concise than Amazon's own guide, it still covers most ALL the "best ways", tricks and extras that you need, or want to know.

These days, you'll see about 7 or 8 Kindle "guides", unexpurgators, decryptors, etc. in the Kindle store. Look for guides that are rated above 1000 in Kindle store sales - there are exactly two - Windwalker's and mine. Both are quite long reads; his covering the well known basics, plus extensive treatment on publishing your ebooks; mine doesn't focus on commercial publishing, but deeply explains every other thing you can do with, to, on, or about your Kindle, while being a little more humorous about it..

If you think you'll mostly buy and read books with your Kindle, maybe those aren't exactly your need, wondrous friendly books though they are. What could be handier for you is something that covers most, but not all of the key topics and best tips, but is precisely arranged for a quick scan or quick lookup. This one does that.

Even better, it's not just a book, but a joyfully effective live browser aid, too - you can check a date, even make notes for that month; AND use built-in Kindle Click links to instantly visit websites you need - like your email, online calendar, or to get directions. And you don't have to mess around typing things in. Try the free sample (- you can't jump to the back detail in it, because samples are the first 3 pages only - but you'll get a good idea of the style and how it works.) Here are all the topics covered:

TABLE OF CONTENTS -Chapter Order
CHARGE YOUR KINDLE
HOW YOU HOLD IT
READING
PAGE LOCATIONS AND FONTSIZE
ANNOTATIONS by NOTES, HIGHLIGHTS, AND BOOKMARKS
Printing your Annotations
Whispernet
BUY A BOOK
Buy a subscription
Buy a blog
INDEX YOUR KINDLE
SPECIAL FOLDERS
PICTURES ON KINDLE
READ AUTOMATICALLY AT THE GYM
MAKE YOUR OWN EBOOK FROM WORD OR PDF FILES
EBOOKS FOR FREE
KINDLE SOUND
KINDLE NOW NOW
ONLINE AND EMAIL
--jumplinks to more about:
Page Buttons
Use Kindle's Cover the Right Way
More About Font Sizes And Knowing What You've Already Read
Special Folders On The Kindle
Free Amazon Items, Backups, Book Returns
Get Content Onto Kindle Without Charges
Managing Old Content And Home Menu Files
Storage Used
Your Own Picture Show
Your Own Screensavers
All About The Browser
All About DRM
The Details Of Using Gmail
All About The Battery

-- 12 month calendar (annotatable) starting October 2008
-- Kindle Click jumplinks to:
KINDLE CLICK E-MAIL
GMAIL Initial login
GMAIL Mobile
Google Calendar
iGoogle
Yahoo Initial login
Yahoo e-mail
Yahoo Calendar
Yahoo Driving Directions
Comcast Initial login
Comcast Email-News-Weather


If you DO want the longer books mentioned, click here to compare:
The Complete User's Guide to the Amazing Amazon Kindle (Take advantage of this terrific price to get the most out of your Kindle now!)
I Got My Kindle! Now What Can I Do? (090208) EVERYTHING For Email PDFs Free eBooks Graphics Audio & Fun

Regards,
Don

I received my Kindle as a gift in August and have throroughly enjoyed it but couldn't have as much without the Windwalker guide. I, of course, downloaded it right after getting the Kindle and was so impressed I ordered the hard copy so I would be easier able to reference something as I was reading or surfing. As I indicated, the Kindle and the guide go with me together as a pair.

The Complete User's Guide to the Amazing Amazon Kindle

I found this book to be interesting, helpful and an easy read. I purchased a "Kindle" and was looking for information to make my experience with the Kindle a good one. Steve's book not only met all my needs but he personally went the extra step to direct me to other helpful sites to help me in my own search to self-publish.

If you have purchased a "Kindle" and need a few pointers this is the book for you. And as an extra bonus you'll find some really good bargains inside.

Thank you Steve for a wonderful read.

Mr. Windwalker's enthusiasm for the Kindle shines through in the enthusiasm of his writing as well as in the range of tips, advice, and thoughts he provides on the Kindle.

Obviously, as with any book of this type, Kindle users will have discovered some or many of the ideas presented for themselves. However, even I, a true Kindle lover and gadget geek, mined valuable information that I had not discovered on my own. The tips range from the merely fun (how to find Minesweeper) to the extremely useful (where to find free content, keyboard shortcuts, how to use the Kindle during travel, how to manage photos and audio files).

To me, the most fun and interesting part of the book were the author's speculations on the possible future of the Kindle and how it might be a paradigm-changing device.

Everyone who owns a Kindle should also own this book.

This book will help you understand your new Kindle. It is a "How to" book for the Kindle. Do not pass up this book. The Kindle is an amazing piece of technology and this book makes understanding it so easy. I give this book 10 stars.

This is a complete waste of digital space. Improperly described, it is more of an advertisement for the author's other books. .1 star would have been my choice were it available.

If you are naturally good at writing good e-mails, how do you teach someone else to compose better e-mails? It's like being a native speaker and trying to teach someone your language without knowing anything about grammar. You would need a textbook and here it comes!

I actually got this book because I receive bad e-mails way too often. Time after time I'm shocked by how many people do this -- customers, colleagues, you name it! So in order to understand these offenders better I bought this book -- just as the subtitle of the book suggests.

How would they not know these obvious things, I ask myself? This book helps you to get back to basics. It lays out things that sound trivial in a way which is never boring or dull. And as much as you think you know all this stuff already, you will certainly find a couple of useful advices from it.

In these days of constant email, anything that helps educate about good email use and etiquette is a good idea in my book.

We immediately implemented some of the suggestions made in this book. But as with anything, rules are meant to be broken, so take it for what it's worth.

This was so hot in my office that it made all the rounds - and I never got it back! It's a good, quick read and very actionable.

... perhaps itself a bit like an email! I personally prefer email for most of my communications, and I think my kind don't get a totally fair shake in this book. Email can have its advantages in charged situations. Like a letter, you have time to think about exactly what you want to say, and if necessary, you have time to calm down. If you're struggling with strong emotions, your face and/or voice will probably show them; if necessary, you can keep these to yourself in an email.

Email also has the advantage of keeping a record of a long-past agreement. There's a reason most contracts aren't verbal. If you're like me and need to establish complex agreements with large groups of people, email is invaluable. When that pesky IT guy comes back and swears that we promised him 100 hours of free service, we can say sweetly, no, if you look at the meeting notes we sent last month, there's no mention of it. And, unfortunately, here's another email indicating that you signed off.

However, I give this book four stars, because it offered up some surprise insights, even for a hardened emailer like me. Most people have had at least one experience of unintentionally offending (or taking offense to) their fellow emailers. My approach has always been to take extra care when writing about a potentially difficult subject. However, this book explains the fundmental cause of such difficulties. It's not that email is a bad medium; it's a medium with no underlying context, which means even a neutral email serves as a screen onto which the reader projects his or her own anxieties. I believe that's why most of us try hard to make our messages friendly, and I, unlike the book, have no trouble with judicious use of smilies. A message can't be mean if it's got a smiley! (-:

I do have a specific contradiction to one piece of advice in this book: if you send a message you didn't intend to, do NOT use Outlook's message recall service. (1) All your recipients will receive the message anyway; (2) If they make the mistake of clicking on your recall message, it will tie up the host email program; (3) it will leave the original message in its place, just waiting to do damage, and (4) you have now called special attention to it with your futile attempts undo your mistake. Treat it like it's US mail. Once the message is out of your inbox, you ain't never taking it back.

My office keeps a copy in the bathrooms, because we're uncultured that way. I must admit, this is a perfect book to dip into during a visit to the office loo.

This breezy tome will do an excellent job of making a savvy writer from even the most oblivious Luddite. It is to internet communication what The Elements of Style is to the written word: clear, concise instruction that elaborates not only on what should be done, but explains why.

Email was thrust upon an unsuspecting populace years ago; unlike English grammar and composition, the proper use of email in not learned in most classrooms, and this witty book feels a much needed gap. If--like FEMA director Michael Brown--you have learned the hard way that sarcasm and humor often don't translate into email, this book is for you. If you've inadvertently cringed exactly one second after you clicked send, then you are the target audience for this book. IF YOU SEND EMAILS IN ALL CAPS AND DON'T REALIZE YOU ARE SCREAMING, BUY THE BOOK NOW.

From subject lines to salutations, flames to bcc's, Send should be required reading at any company that provides email to its employees: It should be given to all employees at orientation, along with their timecard and name badge. The easy guidelines in this book--kindly illustrated with laugh-out-loud examples--might well save businesses hours of time and trouble that are often caused when emails are misdirected or misinterpreted.

"Do you know someone who drives you crazy with their email? Then rush out and buy this book immediately. Give them a copy of Send, which should be required reading for anyone who uses email."

"Salmon Fishing In The Yemen (SFIY)" is an unusually eye-catching title for a book. If your curiosity is piqued and you feel tempted to check it out, my advice is to go ahead and succumb unreservedly, especially if you enjoy English humour of the tongue-in-cheek variety for Paul Torday's debut novel is intelligent, funny and gloriously entertaining.

Presented as a tapestry of letters, emails, memos, diary entries, interviews, etc, SFIY satirizes, indeed lampoons the current state of English politics, exposing it as a non-stop circus stage managed by spin doctors out to ensure the popularity of the prime minister, regardless of the truth and whatever the cost. There is undoubtedly an element of farce in a storyline such as this - the introduction of salmon fishing under the desert conditions of Yemen is as absurd as the title suggests - yet in his storytelling, Torday maintains as straight a face as he can manage without any serious lapses and that's strong testimony to his developing craft.

Poor Dr Alfred Jones - the man at the center of this ludicrous project - is as hapless as a scientist untutored in the ways of dirty politics is expected to be...but there's more. Not only is he kicked around like a football by David Sugden, his two-faced evil master and Peter Maxwell, the public relations chief from the PM's office, - Sugden is surely the face of the devil - he is the poodle of his wife, Mary, who must be the most dreadful, self righteous and self absorbed woman to walk the face of this earth. Her non-stop volley of sanctimonious diatribes against poor Alfred - mostly via email 'cos she sees him as an unreliable provider so needs to secure her own independence elsewhere by working her own career (are feminists supposed to be sympathetic ?) - makes one want to give her a mighty tight slap across the face but ironically also provide some of the most wince-inducingly funny lines in the novel. The attempt at injecting a hint of romance in the story is nevertheless a little tentative and shaky. Harriet, Alfred's partner in the fishing project, is the potential love interest but when she dissolves into floods of tears once her boyfriend goes missing in action and never recovers from it, becomes a lost hope for Alfred. Elsewhere, as the fishing project escalates, the tide of memo, email and phone call exchanges between Maxwell and Sugden also gathers pace as the plot spins relentlessly towards its own inevitable tragic conclusion. It's like an episode from the "Yes Prime Minister" TV series but with real consequences.

SFIY is an impressive debut by the undoubtedly talented Torday. He's since written another book which should be worth checking out on the strength of this highly enjoyable debut.

I got used to the story being in the form of letters, e-mails, interviews and diary entries and it seemed to get easier to read as the story moved along. However there were sections I skim read that I found plain boring.

Although I could see the political satire in the story I would have to question the description that it's a `...feelgood comedy...' as suggested on the back cover.

The intelligent conversation and observation came mainly from Sheikh Muhammad who was a likable and respected figure. I liked his observations on the class snobbery in Britain...maybe that WAS the comedy ;)

When we first meet Dr Jones (Fred) he has `...moved on from religion...' and gives talks on 'Why God cannot exist'. As the story develops he learns about faith from both the Sheikh and the Yemen project. However, although I appreciated his personal journey, I never got to really like him, I just felt sorry for him.

All in all it was 'okay'. A little dull, but readable.
Thankfully though, there are plenty more books on the shelf ;)

This book delivers a writing style which is both new and rejuvenating.

Classically loyal to the concept of bureaucratic ploy, the plot of the book delivers a contradictory premise: evidencing a government bureaucracy becoming involved and fulfilling a "dead at arrival" concept of infusing salmon (a cold water fish) to the hot arid lands of Yemen.

Conscripted by his government to aid in the development of a sheikh's passion to deliver fish of the northern hemisphere to his equatorial land, the protagonist, Dr. Alfred Jones, initially eschews the requests demanded of him. It is preposterous, he thinks -as does anyone else. To be called upon to deliver an act which would ordinarily be deemed an exclusive right for the almighty, Dr. Jones understands that he needs to keep his job and thereupon surveys the concept and architects the impossible dream. And, does it become realty? You will have to read it to find out.

The writing style is what makes this book both comical and seemingly relevant. It includes: numerous e-mails between Jones and his career-driven Oxford educated (he is too) wife who leaves his home for an opportunity to make even more money than he does (a fact she too often reminds him about in their e-mail correspondence); journal entries by the protagonist; articles from various newspapers; transcripts of television accounts; transcripts of interrogations relating to criminal and other acts; intergovernmental memoranda; intergovernmental e-mails; and (my favorite), transcripts of Parliamentary sessions which involve the salmon issue as well as lost soldier Robert - whose betrothed works with Dr. Jones.

The prose often delivers other delicious items. The dialogue of the rogue fishing-bitten sheikh displays enormously talented diplomatic statements which only trained diplomats or monarchs would recite - flawlessly and seemingly effortlessly.

As the book evolves, the characters dive deeper and deeper into bitter sweet alliances, trysts and victories. And, you just have to continue as the writer lures you to see "if it all works out."

For anyone wanting a quick and delightful read, I recommend this book.

As I read the previous reviews, I find that I share some of the criticisms of the people who hated the book. And from the reviews, it appears you either love or hate this book. I was intially put off by the style, that is that the book is told in emails, diary entries, etc. I find that unnerving and disjointed, and it causes the reader to have to constantly switch gears, so to speak, and I find that much more difficult to read than a straight narrative. By opening the book with emails, with all that to/from/what time information, I think the writer violated that first of all literary commands: Hook 'em from the beginning. ("It was a dark and stormy night...")
However, there is a point at which you do get hooked, if you can slog through the beginning. So it seems to me that the people who hated the book do so on issues of style. The people who love the book, including me, do so on issues of content.
There is a great deal of humor in the book, not always subtle as one reviewer suggested. The Quiz Show scenario, in which a Yemeni citizen wins a dishwasher to take to his non-existent, bombed-out, electricity-free village, is an example. But the rest of the humor is the kind that makes you smile, rather than laugh out loud.
Ultimately, the book does a stunning job of bringing home the point that none of us know what will happen tomorrow. We live, love, dream, and make plans based on hope that we will be there to see the dreams and plans come to pass. But if we don't, the life lived with those hopes and dreams is reward in itself. The book has an unexpected climax that is quite shattering. And uplifting at the same time. So...read this book. Go for content. Style is the author's perogative.

(4.5 stars) One of the most delightful and original satires I've read in ages, this debut novel pokes fun at every aspect of British society, from government spin-meisters and crass politicians to marriages of convenience, TV interview programs, consumerism, and the belief that many of the world's problems would be solved if only other people were "more like us." This satire is particularly refreshing, however, since the author writes it with a smile on his face, preferring to prick balloons with his witty needling, rather than wield a rapier in a slashing attack.

The absurdity begins on the first page, when mild-mannered and unimaginative Dr. Alfred Jones, a fisheries specialist, receives a letter asking for his participation in a project to introduce Scottish salmon and the sport of salmon fishing into the wadis of the Yemen during the yearly rains. Alfred finds the whole idea ludicrous and ignores the letter, until the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and eventually the prime minister weigh in. The PM's office favors this effort for its "environmental message," the new links it will forge to a Middle Eastern country, and not incidentally, the huge, positive news story that may push stories of Iraq, Iran, and Saudi Arabia off the front page.

Through letters, e-mails, memos, diary entries, newspaper articles, records of the House of Commons, interviews, and even intercepted al-Qaeda e-mail traffic, the story of Alfred's efforts to create a suitable environment for salmon in the mountains of western Yemen unfolds. Gradually, Alfred becomes intrigued with the research possibilities of the project, and his contact with His Excellency Sheikh Muhammad ibn Zaidi bani Tihama, an avid salmon-fisherman who lives part of the year on a Scottish estate, broadens his vision and stimulates his imagination.

Within the framework that includes the salmon project, Alfred's love life (or lack of love life, since his wife lives in Geneva), and the sheikh's broad vision of a more peaceful world achieved through fishing, the author pokes fun at modern life--government officials who take credit for all Alfred's work, foreign policy which reflects the belief that the Middle Eastern poor hate the British because they do not have TV and material benefits, and even a communications expert who proposes a "Voice of Britain" TV channel with a quiz show in which poor Iraqi contestants can win dishwashers. Not even the British army's "Bereavement Management Center" escapes the author's sharp eye.

As Alfred accepts the sheikh's "belief in belief," he grows emotionally, and when the prime minister insists on going to the Yemen for the first release of ten thousand young salmon into the wadi, the scene is set for a grand finale. Filled with timely observations, an entertaining cast of characters, and a unique and well-developed story line (though the conclusion is a bit weak), this novel breaks new ground. There are not many satires that can be called "charming," and there may be even fewer novels about salmon fishing that can completely captivate those of us who have never climbed into a set of waders. Mary Whipple

I loved this book. Whether you have a passion for outdoor adventures or just reading about them, this is a must read! Pat has outlined his adventure in a very unique way which not only makes you feel like you are on the trail but leaves you longing to obtain such an achievement yourself. I found the author's self-accomplishment, humor and honesty so refreshing. This book is an inspiration to anyone like myself who would love to attain status as a thru-hiker.

I loved this book and the way in which it was written. It made you feel like you were there experiencing the wonderful as well as the challanges with him. And to the dork reviewer that has no sympathy with regard to the dog that Mr. Pittard lost while on the trail, it was these very personal life experiences that made this book so very special. Life still goes on even when you are hiking the AT. My guess is that that reviewer would do this journey with little regard to his family. It was one of the most touching parts in the book for me and gave this book a multi dimentional aspect. It touches every emotion. I enjoyed reading about the personal growth he experienced with such new and different challenges.

I agree with the previous review. A poorly constructed story that focuses on one mans'accomplishment and misses the spiritual transformation of the AT experience.

AN ALLURING CHALLENGE!!! If I had been in the room with Pat Pittard
the day that he mentioned he had decided to "thru-hike" the
Appalachian Trail, I would have thrown my southern upbringing of
properly waiting for an invitation ... to the wind.

Who understands what is in "the DNA composition" .. when the call
comes, you go. There are practical matters to consider and reassuring
thoughtful gestures to demonstrate to those who think you have lost
your mind.

Pay attention, because your next step finds you ... "on down the
trail!" Bearfoot, Mr. Pittard's trail name, engages his audience
moment by moment through his heroic example in lessons of mental and
physical presence. Sure, it is courageous to scale the treacherous
"true Whites" - yet, is the courage of hearing and listening to your
own dragons of fear and impending resolution equally as ambitious?

I encourage any reader who wants to peel off a crusty scale of dead
skin that protects one's soul, examine an unforeseen mental obstacle
or perhaps to simply relish in an alluring style of writing to
immediately buy this book. I continue to savor sign-post to sign-post
tales at a pace that allows me an opportunity to hear myself through
the author's spirited sense of living life in this moment.

A great adventure. Couldn't put it down. Enjoyed the experiences, transformations and characters. Inspiring tale of setting a goal and seeing it through. Recommend this for anyone considering hiking the AT or for those who appreciate a challenge.

Has more info than a lot of books but not as good a book for advanced Internet users, more for beginners and intermediate. It's extensive index was helpful.

I was fortunate to get the most updated edition and learned a lot from the book.

I found this book to be informative and interesting. I am a neophyte at all of this and it was easy to read and gave me great ideas and practical tips for what I want to learn and do. I highly recommend it no matter what your experience level is.

As search engines list less and less now a days, books like this with lots of different Web addresses can be handy. It does have a few typos though.

I found it really helpful, at least I knew what I was talking about when I started talking to e-commerce providers.

I'm so glad that I came across THE ART OF FRIENDSHIP by Roger Horchow and Sally Horchow before
my upcoming move to Asheville, North Carolina.

Knowing virtually nobody there, I'm somewhat apprehensive about
how to go about meeting new folks . . . yet the authors seem
to have made it simple for me by presenting--to quote the subtitle--70
SIMPLE RULES FOR MAKING MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS.

For example, here's one idea that I had never thought about:

* Host a party for your good friends and ask each of your guests to bring
one person that you don't know.

I then got a kick out of this suggestion for dealing with the problem
of forgetting somebody's name:

* Say, "Nice to see you" rather than "Nice to meet you." No one wants
to think they were so completely forgettable that you've blanked out
the first meeting.

Lastly, there was this useful suggestion for avoiding banalities that
get you nowhere in a conversation:

* Unless you are a meteorologist or a farmer, there is usually nothing
vitally interesting in a discussion of the weather. . . . Your goal is
to learn about the person you are talking to, not make empty noise.

I strongly recommend THE ART OF FRIENDSHIP to anybody
interested in making or meeting new friends--even if you think
you already have more than enough . . . by chance, even if you fall into the
latter category, you'll be pleasantly surprised to pick up some new
techniques that will help you strengthen existing friendships.

Half through the book, I stopped reading. I felt that this book was written by someone who wanted to share opinions on who to make lasting friendships. I believe a spiritual book on how to better oneself is enough to make light bulbs go off in one's head about how to proceed in life with or without friends. Overall, I didn't like the book. Nice cover though.

By nature, I'm not very friendly. This book has helped me to understand some of the things that are expected of people and to let people see that part of me that wants to reach out. I wish I had a real pro like the Horchows in my life so I could see someone who is by nature friendly. It would help me to learn much more.The lessons the Horchows teach are a good base.

The subject material and content of this audio CD (book) is good, but somewhat outdated reference material. I also didn't like the sound of Mr. Harowich's voice, which made it difficult to listen to. The other nararator's voice was pleasant though.

This is a really dumb book, that only the idle rich could write.
Unless you are one of them, don't waste your money.

I bought this book for a class at Strayer University-it's the textbook for an e-commerce class. The book gives a good overview of the current state of e-commerce and gives quite a bit of introductory information on putting together an e-commerce site; hardware requirements for hosting your own; security and payment systems. It's not in-depth, but that would require a much larger volume.

Schneider's seventh edition of "Electronic Commerce" graciously takes the user through many of the major topics that relate to electronic commerce and online business initiatives. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and it is packed full of real-life sites and examples to support the material being taught. Likewise, I found the "Learning From Failures" section within each chapter to be fascinating to read. There are many colored graphics and screenshots to help illustrate points and each chapter concludes with a thorough review along with dozens of additional resources that can be explored if further knowledge is desired.

It is worth noting that, with an average of 50 pages per chapter and 12 chapters in all, the wide range of material taught can be difficult to digest and at times topics seem to be brushed over far too quickly. Also, this book teaches the business concepts, evolution, trends, and terminology involving e-commerce but does not walk the reader through the actual process of designing and deploying such a site. So, people looking for a book that will directly assist them in setting up their own online store may wish to look elsewhere, since only a few chapters in the book even touch upon the subject of hardware and software options available for e-commerce design, although the book as a whole teaches the underlining concepts and knowledge useful in setting up such sites.

This book kept my interest from start to finish, and was written in a more leisurely and personable fashion than many other technical books I have read in the past. For this reason, I recommend this book to anyone majoring in an IT/Web-related field.

This book serves as an introduction to e-commerce terms and principles. To me, it reads like a shallow glossary of a large number of e-commerce terms.

Do not get the impression that this will teach you how to carry out e-commerce. Instead, this book merely introduces you to e-commerce terminology. For that, the book serves its purposes, but for anything else, you may be better off looking elsewhere.

I thought it was very expensive considering the fact that all of the information could be found in e-commerce summaries for free on the internet.

First let me disclose that I have been a programmer for years (and for some of the businesses described in the book).

In general the book is good.

Pros:
It summarizes the business end of ecommerce very well.
The book covers most of the technical aspects of ecommerce from a high level.
The book is not about abstract, useless business theory that is common in many university business courses; the book is a collection of good case studies of ecommerce.

Cons:
The book chews more than it can swallow given the pace it needs to set for a normal class. Since it needs to stay at certain length, the book doesn't always do a good job explaining the technical aspects of ecommerce with enough detail from a layman's point of view. At times it is more of a review for people already with the knowledge. So unless your technical background is strong and deep (eg you are either a programmer or systems administrator for web servers), there may be a lot of jargon in some areas that will confuse and bore you. Consequently this is probably a senior year book

(The author should take notes from the HeadFirst series of technical books.)

My heart goes out to Ben Matthews (below) who had this thing for a level 4700. That's nuts. I had this book for a level 222 and it was a complete joke. There's a lot of good information and stories about what makes a good e-commerce site, I'll give it that. But there's nothing in here to really give you an edge as far as this stuff goes. The entire point of this book can be summed up in this statement:

"Look at amazon, look at google and look at yahoo. Look for reasons why they're successfull and take note. Do the same practices in your online sites".

This book is an interesting read, but for a bunch of stories and business jargon it's not worth the money.

I have been taking several courses at our technical college and have not had time to use this book yet. It looks like it will be very helpful but I do not know as yet.

The product was not exactly what I expected but I guess it is ok for some people. My husband did not like it very much and still had a hard time with it.

I'm teaching a class at the local UMaine Senior college. This book is BY FAR the best text for introducing seniors to the computer. The authors have thought thru the issues of elder learning and provided workable solutions for most of the problems many seniors have in learning tech subjects. The "Dummies" series book for seniors has much more info, but my seniors are overwhelmed by too much info. Stuur's book has the right amount. It may be a little too basic for people who have a good collection of basic skills already, but this comes with the territory. Some in my class have NEVER sat in front of a computer before. If we skip the absolute basics they'll be left behind (again!) The book is a great tool for the classroom. And when the students get home they have all the info in front of them again. Great for those that have short term memory problems.

Says my mother in law, who has tried classes and a few other books. This was her favorite.

This is a good self-paced training manual, although akward to handle. The step-by-step procedures are fine for XP and Vista, and easy to understand. Just the Internet...Just the facts...simple (few right clicks offered.)
I suggest teaching the E-Mail chapters BEFORE the SEARCH chapters, for that is what the students want.
Poor quality print and paper makes the screen shots a little hard to read, but the procedure is good.