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This book marks a significant improvement in the universiy level texts on the revolution in business practice and orgranizaiton brought on by the Internet. The material is well presented and I use it for an introductory class in e-commerce and e-business marketing. This is a very difficult topic to work in as it changes so quickly, at least that is the politically correct way to phrase this. The reality is that the e-commerce revolution has many more casualties to take before it loses the "e-" and become just the way we do business. Teaching e-commerce to the employees of those future casualties requires a level of sensitivity that most book efforts to date have simply avoided. The usual model is to focus on the technology and to deal with the whole thing as another sales channel in the marketing department. Kleindl goes a good bit farther in suggesting the fundamental orgranizational changes that are inherent in becoming an e-business. I would have been happier if he had gone a little farther and more clearly stated that the camels nose is already in the tent and the whole thing is going to come down sooner than we think. But the fact that he went as far as he has may explain why this book is so hard to purchase. I have to have my students purchase is directly from Amazon as the Unversity of Hawaii Bookstore was told that it has not been published. Interesting.

I loved the set up of this novel but about 2/3s of the way through the story, Hamilton loses site of her characters. Henry's narrative becomes less and less believable as coming from a 20 something male, and sounds instead like Hamilton is speaking in her own voice; this is especially true in the scenes where he is thinking about his girl friend. These scenes of teen angsty love get in the way of the over all theme of the disfunctional family. My favorite character in the family was Elvira but her choice of "Elviron" as an alternative personality was just silly; why didn't she use the name Elvis? I wish Hamilton had spent more time on Elivra's development into her teenage years and less on the unbelievable development of Henry into adulthood.

This is a book about marriage, its strengths and shortcomings; passion, its hunger and excesses; infidelity, its exhilaration and complications; and about achieving some understanding of it all. The story focuses on the seemingly fairly normal Shaw family, seen primarily from the perspective of 17-year-old Henry, a geeky high school senior of long hair and wire-rim glasses. Father Kevin is preoccupied by history, as a teacher and aficionado; 13-year-old daughter Elvira is uncomfortable with her femaleness and insists on participating in Civil War reenactments as Elviron, a drummer boy; and Beth, the mother, is a musician, book club host, excellent cook, etc.

Family stability is undermined when Beth finds herself immensely attracted to violinist Richard Pollico at a family wedding. Her obsession with Richard comes to fruition a year later when she begins an affair. Early on, the story takes a dramatic turn when Henry inadvertently discovers Beth's emails to Richard and her friends concerning the affair. Henry's narrative primarily consists of his attempt to understand his mother's actions and trying to decide what, if anything, he should do about it. His inside knowledge produces strained behavior with his family, although it is never clear as to who knows what about the affair.

Complicating Henry's life is his own fixation on Lily, a girl who he came to know at an out-of-state summer camp. Being the daughter of family friends, she stays with the Shaw's in Chicago while visiting potential colleges to attend. Although later Henry is convinced that his mother orchestrated the entire scenario, he and Lily experience a very intense night of passion.

Unfortunately for both Beth and Henry there are no clear answers for their predicaments, no clear directions to take. Beth's family is her foundation, yet Richard brings seldom-experienced excitement. Interestingly, Beth's musical enthusiasm seems to wane as her affair with Richard progresses. Henry comes to a realization that physical passion is fleeting and may be insufficient for a relationship.

The book is perhaps not without its shortcomings. In a way, Henry remains a bit obscure despite his narrative role. His voice seems overly mature at times despite his profound teenage angst. The Elvira/Elviron saga gets too much attention, including a rather bizarre concluding scene that helps to clarify the Shaw's situation. However, the book is an interesting look at the complexities of family dynamics and personal relationships.

I don't really understand all of the praise that has been heaped onto this book. I picked it up in large part because of the amazing critical praise listed inside the book. While I had enjoyed Hamilton's previous work, I wasn't really compelled to buy this one until seeing the glowing reviews, calling this book an insightful examination of love, loyalty and, of course, the nature of disobedience.

What a disappointment! The writing is dull and detached. The characters are all unlikable (particularly the absentee father and the civil-war obsessed daughter...what was the point of that?). And insights into the workings of the heart and the motivations for acting disobediently? This just struck me as a melodrama whipped up on a gimmick. Hamilton is a talented writer, but this is plain and simply not a good book. Most people equate writing about relationships and the nature of love and fidelity to be "simple" literary topics, but it is actually a very difficult subject to write about articulately. Unfortunately, this book fails at that task. Skip it.

I absolutely loved The Book of Ruth and was very surprised to find such a difference in this book. I found the obsession the son (narrator) has with his mother's affair to be overdone at times. It was difficult to keep reading his continual questions and concerns about the affair. Without the background story of his sister, there would not be much excitement at all.

If you aren't expecting suspense or too much excitement, you'll enjoy this one. If you come off the high of The Book of Ruth expecting the same, you'll be disappointed.

I've always enjoyed Jane Hamilton's books and still think she's a gifted writer, but had to force myself to finish this book. The main character's voice isn't remotely believable for a 17-year-old, then 20-something-year-old young man. His use of "Mrs. Shaw," "my mother," "Liza," "Beth," etc. etc. etc. for his mother is likely a metaphor for a life lesson, but I found it extremely mannered and annoying. Why change her name 8 times in one paragraph?

Absolutely detested the Elvira character--also totally unbelievable for a 13-year-old. I never found myself warming to her and was quite unmoved by her "ordeal." His father was never anything more than a vague presence, which is possibly the point.

The basic premise is a great one and could've been a thought-provoking, insightful, more enjoyable read without the self-conscience intellectualizing and the Civil War obsession.

This was not one of ST's best novels. It tried to mix law with mystery. The "Limitation" refers to whether a crime can still be successfully prosecuted after a certain period of time has passed i.e. whether the limitation period has passed. There was a little bit of philosophical posturing around the subject but not enough to warrant much interest or excitement.

This is a concept, which might be marginally interesting to lawyers, and I am one - so it was slightly interesting. But to all non-lawyers? I doubt it.

The mystery story line centred on a spate of evil sounding emails to a Judge -and the hero of our story. There were some half arsed attempts to track down the sender - but it hardly got a head of steam. Quite honestly it was an incredibly weak story line.

When the perpetrator was revealed it went off like a damp squib.

That is it folks: the total sum of this book.

It was a lazy and uninspired effort from a great writer. ST needs to have a holiday and return to writing some great novels.

But this one? Forget it

This is the "serial" that was published in the NY Times Magazine a few months back, and being a big Turow fan, I was interested in reading it. I started reading it in the Times and then had to quit after I missed a few chapters. This is definitely not Turow's best work, but it was a good and easy read. Held my interest until the end, though the conclusion was a tad weak. It's less than 200 pages long too, it can easily be read in one day. Fans will recognize some characters from Turow's fictional Kindle County setting that he uses in most books. Recommended reading, but don't expect to be blown away.

The book's tepid story line doesn't rise to the level of its eager melodrama.

If you are looking for what the commercial reviews have billed as yet another classy "legal thriller" in vintage Turow style, then you'll be disappointed. "Limitations" is unlike any of his previous work, and delightfully so.

Not a grave departure, mind you. Not like John Grisham doing a Pavlovian swerve into Italian vistas or football towns. It is still couched in a legal setting: a judge receiving threatening emails from an unknown spammer. The techie stuff is pretty accurate and the plot is, well, conspicuously devoid of your usual twists and turns.

Instead, it is atmospheric and mulling, almost like a suave noir version of The Practice directed by, say, Sophia Coppola. Expect to find similarly gritty themes on the issues of crime and forgiveness (inter-racial rape, juvenile gangs) argued with an educated balance that calls our more fundamental prejudices into question.

The novel is written in a present continuous tense. I found this distracting at first, but soon warmed up to it. In a way it lent a delicate immediacy to the proceedings. The spotlight is not so much on the police procedural bits as on coping with the dusk of one's career and having that introspection exacerbated by threats to all that one holds dear. In this case, for example, the precarious health of his wife dwells more in our judge's mind than his own imminent death. The couple's grown-in sense of love was one of the highlights for me.

If you savor Turow's prescient style of writing, of which there are ambrosial dollops in exhibition here, and don't necessarily need courtroom showdowns or grandstanding villains to take to a story, then buy this fast and fantastic read. It'll keep you on tenterhooks for reasons not usually found in books of its "genre".

I am new to Turow, having read "Ordinary Heroes" just recently. I liked "Heroes" and was in need of a book for a long flight so I picked up "Limitations." I was really disappointed. I completely agree with the reviewer who commented on the lack of suspense. This was a book with a few loosely pulled together subplots: the threatening emails/text messages, the ailing wife, the current court case and the past incident from college might have worked in a different context, but they didn't really build on one another here. I am usually easy to please, but this book was uninspiring and lackluster.

I finished this book in less than a week and learned some lessons that I have often overlooked. That's the premise of the book, why make everything so complicated, just work on the simple issues and that will usually resolve most of the complicated issues. Since it was a quick read I was happy to complete the book even though it is directed at the Construction industry instead of the general contracting term that I was expecting. With that said, it was still well written and didn't waste a lot of time getting to the point.

Michael Gerber does a very good job outlining a basic approach to small business development. His approach may give some readers an enlightened perspective on their current small business dilemas. He has an insightful understanding of how typical contractors think and the challenges we all deal with everyday. This book won't solve your problems - you have to do that - but it will give you the basic groundwork needed to change the way you think about your business and how you run it.

This is another in the series of E-myth books. While focused on (building) contractors, it is very applicable for any business owner. It breaks down the different ways to look at money related to business. A quick read, especially if you have read the e-myth Revisited. I usually go purchase a bunch for each new client to get them on the same page of understanding that running your business by the checkbook or float is a recipe for disaster. I recommend reading this after e-myth revisited and before e-myth mastery.

Absolutley essential book. He shares some great business ideas that you might have otherwise overlooked.

This is, at best the beginning part of a working business solution. Yes, Gerber makes a valid point about the E-myth concept (read other reviews if you don't know the concept) but it's really for beginners (newbs). All his books are really just advertisements,for his E-Myth Academy consulting business in the back of all his books. There is nearly no practical information. He makes his point about the E-Myth, then masterbates it endlesly, re-making that point six ways to Sunday, add nausium and leaves you wondering, well, but what should I do? Well, little lost lamb (newb), go to E-Myth web site or call the 800 number where they have a fast talking sales crew and sign up for 2 years of 700 plus a month (I haven't checked lately) consultation/classes.

After you get the point that to make your technical skill pay/function as a business you need to have business skills/know how. You can sign up for the 700 plus per month for 2 years advertised in the back of his books. Start looking elsewhere for actual practical information. Because there are no E-myth books or tapes that have that information. You can do a lot for your business with that kind of money. I'm always shocked at how newbs starting businesses throw money around. Something to buy and a place to buy it, no matter how pretty it all is, doesn't make a successful business, In my observations, it's the major reason new businesses fail. I'm sure some of you with deep pockets or You corperate types who have never had to find the guts or earn the money to build a small business without Sugar Daddy Warbucks help will think I'm wrong. This E-Myth stuff is valid but it it's grade school lessons made to look like some kind of super-profound truth/solution. Well, it is, grade school true, now what Mr. Gerber, where's the solutions, spend, what, nearly 17,000 Sign up for what I thought I was getting when I bought the Books and tapes? What a greedy little tight wad! When are you going to write a book with substance? Hey Newbs! Trust me, yes you need real business skills, there are plenty of great business books out there, take some of that 17,000 and buy some and be careful with the rest you're going to need it.

I found the excessive number of typos, punctuation and grammatical errors in this book very distracting. I am astounded this book publisher has not even bothered to do the simplest of spell-checks before sending this book to print. There seemed to be an average of AT LEAST one grammatical or spelling error A PAGE. A simple software program would have caught the majority of these errors. Here are some actual examples: "managemenet, mangement, a advisor, an physically, lucreative, conscentrate" (the list goes on, and on, and on).

Maybe I'm being a bit too hard on the author and publisher, but these mistakes, combined with major content omissions and the amount of fluff found in this book, give me the impression that it was written in about a week and a half. As some of the other readers pointed out, I'm not even convinced this guy has REALLY sold on eBay. Something tells me he's just studied it.

What I found most helpful about this book were the numerous internet links Sinclair has included, as wells as many of his small business-related recommendations, such as his suggestion to hire an independent contractor, rather than an employee for tax & liability purposes. He did a good job filtering out the eBay basics that would have bored seasoned eBay retailers.

My thanks to Sinclair for reinforcing the idea of customer service. Far too many eBay sellers are seriously lacking in this department these days, making a bad impression that hurts the rest of us.

A good book to read if you are going to run a full-time eBay business. It does not help much for the average seller or buyer. A lot of white space greatly expands the size of this book.

After reading the top eBay books, below are my recommendations:
---Beginner with eBay and computers---
1. The Official eBay Bible

---eBay Seller---
1. Sell it on eBay
2. eBay Hacks

---Full-Time eBay Business (not for the casual seller)---
1. eBay Strategies
2. eBay Business the Smart Way

I received this as a gift. Being that I've been an eBay PowerSeller on several different accounts, I honestly didn't think I'd learn much from this.

I might have simply put the book down after the first chapter, but one thing I can say about Joseph Sinclair is that he is very easy to read. I ended up reading nearly everything in there. And even though I already knew most of what's in there, I did end up learning quite a bit, and was able to take a new perspective on everything that I already knew.

Overall, I'd say this book is best for those new to selling on eBay, but even the most hardened eBay vets will be able to grab scraps of goodness from it.

I learned quite a few tips from this book. I took his advice on photographs for auctions. I researched some of the close out web sites he listed. I am also doing some market research on my own right now. I am now what he calls a "picker". Learning as I grow my store. I took his advice on whether or not to start a website. Got my store going like he said. This is my new store. I have grossed over $300 in less than 2 weeks, and I am hoping to add a few zeros to that number.

Critics welcomed:

www.stores.ebay.com/NYC-Trend-Setters-Outlet

Wish me luck!

Plain useless, nothing useful for those who are serious about selling on eBay. Take it from some one who is Power Seller in Gold Tier and is serious about listening to those who know anything about eBay. Lets see what this book does right and wrong.
Pros:
1. Author has captured lot of diverse ideas on what to do. Unfortunately most of these are common knowledge and appears to be captures from common discussion forums on eBay (in fact since the book has been written if you look you will find more ideas) and expanded simple one liner ideas into chapters for this book.
Cons:
1. There are no examples on how to implement different common sense ideas. This points to either lack of author's knowledge or reluctance to share his experience. Take a simple example - author states how to write CVS file and how important these files are in big words but there is no explanation of where these files are used or how! (ofcourse all pro knows how and you can search more it in discuss forums). Every chapter is full of such words with no examples.
2. Full of references to author's other books. Why do you write a book if you just want others to buy other books from you!
3. This book is at best collection of tactics with no attention to any strategic model for a business. In my opinion, eBay business can't run without a strategic business model. There is a book by Wingo which does a good job of presenting how an eBay business can be built around a few solid models. Unfortunately I doubt author of this book has any idea of what a business model means.
4. Author thinks he is an expert just because he knows a few tricks.

I feel like I wasted my money and time on this book. There are better books out there than this one. I have learnt my lesson. You should always read at least one or two sections of a book before buying it. There are plenty of folks out there who think they know a lot and would waste their and your time by writing a book.

This was a great book. It gave insight to an individual's experiences and how the events changed his life. Highly recommended.

Keller's book details how the Army had ordered soldiers to disregard our own laws set for handling prisoners or detainees. Perhaps the Army's callous disregard for the Geneva Convention is part of the reason so many American soldiers have endured lasting psycological problems. American soldiers know that abuse is wrong so when returning home, have trouble living with the knowledge that they were a part of it. This book shows how he helped not only detainees, but American soldiers by making a stand against the orders at Abu Ghraib. Hopefully Keller has helped US soldiers that have followed him to Iraq by fighting the system and changing the status quo. This book shows that one person can make a difference.

"There is no God higher than truth." Mahatma Gandhi
This is a damn good read and very important content for any conscientious citizen of the US as well as worldwide.

For the dissenting reviewers:
All of you self proclaimed patriots who serve blind to truth in the name of the flag should read the Magna Carta, Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights just once before you possibly could be qualified for editorial judgment on Torture Central.... then read Torture Central since it's apparent you haven't. By the way, editorial judgment doesn't mean espousing your self protective, personal paradigm distorted, disregard of reality. P.S. basic working knowledge of the Geneva Convention is recommended too. P.S.S. Yes, this is an condescending intellectual insult for all of you who are insulted but did not know why.

This book is a must read for all Americans. Those who read it get it. Mr. Keller is a true American hero. He went to Iraq as a patriot. He came home as a patriot. He lives today as a patriot. There is no American more proud of his country, and BECAUSE he is so proud of his country he speaks out against what is wrong. He has been called a leftist by others here. He voted for George Bush in 2004. He is supporting John McCain in 2008. He supports the war in Iraq. A leftist, he is not. When he speaks on torture he speaks from the soul. Read the book and judge for yourself.

This book was a fantastic read. I have bought many copies for family and friends. It proves that one person can make a difference. I am proud to support our troops knowing that soldiers like Mr. Keller are representing our Country. I have seen and heard several interviews that Mr. Keller has done. He is not trying to profit or exploit anyone in any way. He just wants people to know what happened. Before anyone forms an opinion about the book they should read it first. That is really the only way an intelligent opinion can be made. There is no way you could find this book anything but riveting once you read it. I hope if I am ever placed in a situation where I can stand up and make a difference I will show the courage that Mr. Keller did.

Small or large, the tasks and responsibilities every organization must complete to be successful are pretty much the same. But employees of smaller businesses have a wider range of responsibilities than the more specialized staff of larger firms. Small business employees--and their owners--continually are confronted by many more types of tasks requiring attention. Additionally, smaller businesses tend to "run lean" with limited back up if someone is absent. These factors tend to foster an unfocused and inefficient workplace.

This book offers employees in such situations with insights and strategies that show them how to be more productive and efficient. If done well, it will also result in better work life balance and a less stressful workplace.

Two caveats, particularly for management and business owners:
1. Woefully inadequate attention (in this book) to the value of planning as the most effective way to minimize "fires" and "the tyranny of the urgent";
2. No apparent consideration for time and attention necessary for maintaining the culture and values of the company (e.g., customers always come first, or great performance every time or measure twice, cut once, etc.)

Lets start with the bad. The book is mostly stuff you've already heard or is completely obvious to you. Morgenstern's advice for organizing information is to 'do what works best for you'. Gee, thanks for the hot tip.

The book starts with an address to those who work far too many hours. I work an average number of hours but if I can be more efficient I'd like to see if I can make that number smaller. So I read the first part and didn't really get anything from it. As the book progresses she gets into how time is wasted and how to avoid the things and people that waste your time. This is the heart of the book's message because time is our most precious commodity. That's why I found it counterintuitive that the author's language was... far from concise; I was surprised by the amount of text devoted to the biographies of her clients. When you say something like, "meetings can be a large waste of time," we understand what you mean. You don't need to illustrate that point by telling us about someone who worked a lot of hours and attended many pointless meetings. Remember, our time is precious and this isn't exactly Literature; you would think Morgenstern would be more conscious of how much of our time she's taking.

Toward the latter half of the book Morgenstern meanders into a topic that begins to contradict her earlier ideas. When she was describing situations that waste your time she hit on the idea of other employees wasting your time. But towards the end she gives us examples of people who don't make enough time for other employees and so one can only conclude that the unifying message is don't give too much time but also not too little. This is in all capacities the same advice for how to organize your data: 'do what works best'. So in the end Morgenstern hasn't really come up with solutions. She addresses a variety of different problems people have but her advice in the end is always the same: pick your head up, figure out what's important and do it without wasting your time. Again, not a very profound message and not one that should take 272 pages to explain.

Now on to the slightly more positive. The title of the book is quite provocative and an excellent advertising scheme. Sorry to those of you who didn't realize it's the same book and now own two. The title can be explained as follows: If the first thing you do in the morning is check your email then there are any number of ways that you'll be diverted from your critical tasks to deal with all the little things your inbox has for you. Email creates a false sense of accomplishment for people because in the span of an hour or so you're likely to deal with a large number of different issues (likely half of them are personal) and so you feel like you've accomplished quite a bit but now that it's almost time for lunch you really haven't done much at all (including writing a review for this book on amazon). You've been in the office but you probably haven't done anything that makes money for your company - anything worth telling your boss about.

Lets face it. For a number of jobs not checking your email in the morning is absurd. The underlying idea, however, is that at work you spend too much time multitasking and not enough time getting that really important job done. Multitasking slows total productivity and it hurts the quality of each individual piece of work. The real skill to learn is to avoid clicking that forwarded link for a youtube video.

So Morgenstern recommends that you do one thing at a time and that you plan when to do these things based on when you have energy during the day. She also tells you to let others know your schedule so they'll be more accommodating. This again, depending on the job may be totally unrealistic but I guess if you're in charge you can set whatever rules you like.

If anything in this review is unclear to you then perhaps you should buy the book but if it all makes sense to you then you're better off looking elsewhere. You're welcome.

Ironically a book on time management and organization takes 72 pages to get to the first time management tip, "focus on tasks that are closest to the revenue line". The first chapters are wordy cliché discussions such as work life balance, develop an entrepreneur mindset...blah blah blah. I found myself skimming the paragraphs looking for any specific original material. She has endless bullet points and numbered lists that are shallow random thoughts that read like a collection of Oprah magazine articles. Even worse are the self indulgent verbose romance novel examples, including this gem from page 165 "A news writer for a national trade magazine, Claire was a five-foot-one dynamo transforming her industry. Working alone, she was a one-women wonder, churning out cutting edge stories from an office as wild as her mane of curly black hair. Claire's eyes sparkled with a sense of adventure, and her face was always on the verge of a huge, warm smile....." This dribble goes on for 3 more long paragraphs. Morgenstern undermines her credibility with these exaggerated fairy tale descriptions. She should purchase a copy of Strunk and White Elements of Style, save us the sophomoric prose and write a 50 page concise, focused time management and office organization book. A terrific alternative is 4 hour workweek by Timothy Ferris which covers many of the same points in a more compelling, concise and convincing manner.

"Never Check E-Mail In the Morning" is not about e-mail, it is about time management, self-discipline and productivity in general. The book helps you in self-assessment, helps to embrace your work/life balance, to develop entrepreneurial mindset, to choose the most important tasks, to create the time to get things done, to control the nibblers, to organize at the speed of change, to master delegation, to work well with others and to leverage your value.

Like other popular self-help books, "Never Check E-Mail In the Morning" has no "references" section, which I don't like. Once you have completed this book, you have no direction what to read next. Julie Morgenstern, the author of many time management books and a monthly columnist for O, The Oprah Magazine, and a guest on television and radio programs, probably supposes that you will continue with her further publications.

When the author writes about e-mail and the productivity issues that relate to e-mail, I fully agree with the author. She offers to break counterproductive habits and stereotypes related to our way of emailing. She covers the problems related to e-mail much better that "Hamster Revolution" by Mike Song.

I highly recommend "Getting Things Done" by David Allen and "Time Drive" by Gleb Arkhangelsky in addition to this book.

Nearly a year ago, I bought Never Check E-mail in the Morning and implemented the practices prescribed throughout the book into our busy real estate office. We were drowning in in our crazy workloads, and struggling under the pressure of always being available to our clients. With e-mail and BBs you can never turn off, especially in real estate where it's completely client-based. Morgenstern's techniques really revolutionized the way we did business and helped us to better manage clients' needs and our own sanity. Her strategies are so practical and address all the problems of working in a 24/7 global market. I definitely recommend it!

This is one of the worst books on list building I've read. The writing is bad, the ideas are re-hashes of well-known information marketing ideas, and all I kept thinking as I read was "How can I get my 2 hours back?"

If you're interested in building an email list, read "Email Marketing by the Num8ers" or "The Complete Guide to E-mail Marketing." You will be better off.

This is another of my favorite reference books specific to generating website traffic and repeat business. I've accumulated several books of generalized content that have helped me to put together a marketing campaign for my new business--this is one of them. Any book that gives me at least two bits of valuable advice (that I didn't possess prior to reading it) is well worth the price.

If you want to get started selling ANYTHING through the internet, you need to know how to generate traffic and close a sale. This book will point you in the right direction.

Gail Strumberger
Author, "Shock Therapy: Planaphobic"

I was thinking whether to give 3 or 4 stars, and decided to give 3 since this book info wasn't that surprisingly new to me. If you are quite new to email marketing, it's ok purchase - and I have no regrets making the purchase.

The book is based on offerings. How to create them, how to communicate them and how to share them as internet driven information. The author does deliver in this regard. What is disappointing is that the special offer links published inside the book for free audio and software and content like salesletters do not work.

With all the hype I was really looking forward to this book. If your looking for a general overview of list building, it's worth a look. If you want detail and how-to, you won't find as much here. I was really interested in co-registration, but the chapter contained one paragraph about the subject, and told you to try out his service. The rest of that chapter talked about list size and quality. What happened to information about co-reg? Guess I have to pay more to get it.

For the price I can't complain, I did learn a couple things, though there were no "wow" ideas. Much of the book I've already learned on article sites. I dont mind being pitched in a book, as long as the book is useful, but it seemed the book is pretty much a pitch for other higher priced products. Guess that's marketing nowdays.

I'm sure glen knows his stuff, he's had some big success, just wish he would have shared more in the book.

Information rich quide for the internet. Needs to be updated from fron to back. This is after all 1998

I felt that The Online Business Atlas was very helpful to me mostly because I am new to the internet and it helped direct me to sites that are helpful. I used it in a Internet Strategies Class at DBU and I plan to keep the book for future reference. The book is divided into categories and from there you can find an address and a reveiw of each webpage at that address. m.rojas

As a novice, I especially enjoyed Part 1: Gaining Knowledge through Online Resources. It is practical and easy to follow. The review of the best websites will quickly be outdated but it is helpful to see what the experts are doing.

The World Wide Web is changing so rapidly that no book is going to be able to keep up. Even though things are changing rapidly this book still provides top online sites, resources and services. The book will give you a perspective of what others are doing on the Web and how to utilize the resources available.

Most of the sites had new addresses which made this book a hindrance for this newbie. I could have searched using trial and error and not invested so much time looking for one address.

I found this book fascinating. It makes it easy for those uninitiated in the online world to glimpse what it's like (I don't think being more graphic would have added anything); it shows us both the good and the bad. It's a fun place to play, but watch out. It can backfire on you. This book illustrates that wonderfully. I think the author did a great job here.

Although a bit outdated; E-Mail will give the reader a good view of what really goes on on the inernet. If you are cybersex curious, this is a must read.

I gave this book 4 stars instead of 3 mostly because it was such a pleasant surprise. I wasn't sure about purchasing this book--I do a lot of emailing myself, and so why would I want to immerse myself in a book about an activity I immerse myself in on a daily basis? Wouldn't that be redundant? But...I needed a quick read, a between-books book, and so I got it. First, this is the first book I have read in one day for a long time (this is an indication of how engaging it is, not its length), and second, it's a good book! In response to the reviewer who was disgusted because this wasn't a romance novel in the classic sense... with all due respect, I think you missed the point entirely.

If you are on the fence about whether or not to bother with this book, I suggest you go ahead and get it. It's entertaining and makes a good and valid case for being wary of online relationships.

I love the way this book is written entirely in board posts and e-mail messages. I couldn't wait to find out what would happen between Katie, Buck, and Jack. I do wish Ms. Fletcher would write another book

E-MAIL: A LOVE STORY is not a "love story" or a "romance" novel in the classical sense. It is, in fact, a story of how technology interacts with basic human feelings.

Several points about this novel can be made. First, it is well written. The entire book is e-mail correspondence - a very creative and difficult approach to story development. Second, considering the fact that the author limited the telling of this story to e-mail transition, the character development and evolution is quite remarkable. Third, people who are not perpetual users of email will NOT understand the content.

I have some relevant side issues. First, the quality of the writing doesn't seem fabricated. It seems too real to be fiction. If the text came out of the author's head, she has a marvelously creative head on her shoulders. Frankly, it seems more like something like this happened to the author. Second, I think the book was published prematurely. In 1996, when the book was first published, less than half Americans had email. Only those who were experienced with the Internet would have an inclination to read it.

Bottomline: This is a GREAT story. It is well written and creative.