BKFRBUST.RVW 960527 "Free Business Stuff From the Internet", Vince Emery/Patrick Vincent, 1996, 1- 883577-82-9, U$19.99/C$27.99 %A Vince Emery vince@emery.com %A Patrick Vincent pjvincent@coriolis.com %C 7339 East Acoma Drive, #7, Scottsdale, AZ 85260 %D 1996 %G 1-883577-82-9 %I Coriolis %O U$19.99/C$27.99 800-410-0192 +1-602-483-0192 fax: +1-602-483-0193 %P 512 %S Free Stuff %T "Free Business Stuff From the Internet" A great many "Internet business" books seem to concentrate on a few sites from which you can obtain service, or from which you can order supplies, or of companies which do business online. Emery and Vincent have compiled a tremendous repository of services, information and programs which are directly of *use* to businesses. News, tools, startup info, marketing aids, tools for sales reps, tools for retailers, accounting, tax info, investing, international contacts, law, purchasing, transport, manufacturing, economics, and even a special chapter for businesswomen. This "stuff" really is oriented to business. An extremely useful addition is chapter two, on the tools for finding information, people and files on the net. The book is up to date enough to cover Alta Vista, although the authors' lack of familiarity shows. Not as complete, perhaps, as "Finding it on the Internet" (cf. BKFNDINT.RVW), but, hey, it's only one chapter. Another helpful characteristic is the use of flags to denote items that would be of interest only to those in a particular country (or state). These save time by eliminating those entries which would *not* be of use to everyone. (This is a very welcome development: all too many American writers assume that if it is useful in the US, *everyone* must be interested!) Definitely a resource I can recommend to any businessperson. copyright Robert M. Slade, 1996 BKFRBUST.RVW 960527 ====================== roberts@decus.ca rslade@vcn.bc.ca rslade@vanisl.decus.ca Ceterum censeo Wiley delendam esse Author "Robert Slade's Guide to Computer Viruses" 0-387-94663-2 (800-SPRINGER)