This link may help. As Dan Quayle said, "What a waste it is to lose
one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is." *
So remember, it's your brain, work it out! If stagnation has already set it in and you are
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* Dan spells potato with an E so don't be too impressed with his acumen.
"Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers." - T. S. Eliot (1888-1965)
New York Times on the Web:
Personally, I think
this is one of the most comprehensive literature resources on the web. Definitely check it
out: http://www.nytimes.com/books
Here are the subject currently listed on that page:
| More on John Wayne, from The New York Times Archives. |
| "Susie Bright's Sexual State of the Union": Essays on sexual subjects, from abortion to gay marriage to pornography. |
| More on Sex: Kinsey, Masters and Johnson, Shere Hite, and the Sexual State of the Union in days gone by |
| Reynolds Price on "James Dickey, Size XL." |
Internet Bookstore Features Dean Koontz January 23, 1997, 3:43 PM EST
CLEVELAND, Jan. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Book Stacks Unlimited announced that, available today, it will feature an on-line bookstore exclusive excerpt of the forthcoming Dean Koontz novel, Sole Survivor (www.books.com).
In addition, the first two hurdred customers ordering the book will receive a book plate signed by Mr. Koontz. Book Stacks will also feature an interview of the author on a forthcoming segment of it's Internet radio show, "Audio Update," which features literary news, author interviews and readings.
Customers visiting Book Stacks will be able to read the first chapter of this novel about a man who loses his wife and two small daughters in an airline crash. He discovers that there is a chance that one woman survived the crash, and his search for her takes him to a world where government and scientific forces have taken genetic engineering to a diabolical conclusion. Sole Survivor, published by Knopf, is scheduled to be released on February 5. Book Stacks is selling the title at 30% off the retail price.
Established in 1991, Book Stacks Unlimited is an Internet bookstore and readers' forum located at www.books.com. Customers can browse through more than 425,000 titles -- most discounted between 15-30% -- and quickly search for books by author, title, ISBN, keyword, and subject. They may choose their titles and order their books online; books are shipped directly to customers in a matter of days. SOURCE Book Stacks Unlimited, Inc.
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****Web Site Review - Amazon.com 01/24/97 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, U.S.A., 1997 JAN 24 (NB) -- By Bob Woods. I am now hooked on what seems to be a trend, a fad, whatever you want to call it: hanging out at bookstores on nights I used to saunter over to the neighborhood pub. Now, I've found a place where I can do some cyber- bookworm hunting: Amazon.com, on the World Wide Web.
While it may not have the smell of espresso in the air, the sight of goatee-chinned men trying to look intellectual as they move in on female prey, many bookshelves filled with books from authors I've never read, or the lines in front of two staffed cash registers out of six total machines, Amazon.com does offer a major advantage over retail stores: a search function.
We're not talking just "any" kind of search function, either. A Web surfer can look for book titles, authors, subjects, keywords, and even publication dates.
Probably the best part of Amazon.com is that it claims to have one million titles. I believe it, too, because when I searched for Tom Clancy books, the search engine came up with quite a lot of his paperbacks, hard covers, and even audio tapes. Similar searches for other authors -- blockbusters and undiscovered talents alike -- brought up other treasures.
A separate book of the day section I saw last Sunday probably best demonstrates Amazon.com's wide range of books. I only need to mention the title: "The Compleat Cockroach: A Comprehensive Guide to the Most Despised (And Least Understood) Creature on Earth." Just in case you want to know who would take the time to write about creatures most people would rather see dead than crawling, his name is David George Gordon.
Besides searching for books, Amazon.com provides a synopsis, a place for the author to write their thoughts, and even a way for readers to place their own "reviews" of the work into its main listing.
So then I decided to put the site to the ultimate test -- I ordered a book (a note to Web merchants: just because I review a site doesn't mean I'm going to automatically order from it). I couldn't find a particular book I needed in three stores close to me in the real world, so I bought it online.
The process is pretty painless, actually. A prospective customer is given plenty of chances to "opt out" of the purchase before the order is finally placed. A secure transaction system takes credit card information. Besides asking for shipping and billing information, Amazon.com doesn't intrude into your life with demographic questions. All in all, a pretty nice experience.
After I placed my order, I immediately went to bed -- try doing that at a bookstore. The next morning, I found an order confirmation waiting in my personal e-mail box. Later that day Amazon.com e-mailed me a shipping confirmation note, with news that I received a complimentary shipping upgrade to US Priority mail (and they didn't know I was reviewing their site).
Two days later the work was in my hands, after removing it from a well-insulated, shrink-wrapped cardboard envelope. The book's condition was perfect. I was a happy netizen.
I also received a discount on the tome: thirty percent off of $17.95, or $12.57. Shipping was $3.95, and I didn't pay a sales tax. A pretty good deal, I thought -- no gas guzzled, no parking wars to go through, no heavy coats to put on or high winds to brave (yes, I live in Chicago), and so on.
One thing I did miss at Amazon.com that I can do at some of the stores in my area is listen to (and buy, of course) CDs. But unlike the real world, when you usually have to walk or drive from store to store to find the stuff you need, all it takes to switch "storefronts" on the Web is a different URL (uniform resource locator).
Now, if I could only get a good cup of java out of my screen as I'm browsing. . . and not Sun Microsystems' Java, either.
Amazon.com is located on the Web at http://www.amazon.com .
By the way the book I bought is one I'll be reviewing in two weeks, called "Wired Style: Principles of English Usage in the Digital Age," from our friends at Wired Ventures, publishers of Wired Magazine and the HotWired Web site, and its new Hardwired book division.