BKTIBTBD.RVW   960613
 
"The Internet Business to Business Directory", Sandra E. Eddy/Michael M.
Swertfager/Margaret M. E. Cusick, 1996, 0-7821-1751-1, U$29.99
%A   Sandra E. Eddy 73510.3154@compuserve.com eddygrp@sover.net
%A   Michael M. Swertfager
%A   Margaret M. E. Cusick
%C   2021 Challenger Drive, Alameda, CA   94501
%D   1996
%G   0-7821-1751-1
%I   Sybex Computer Books
%O   U$29.99 510-523-8233 800-227-2346 Fax: 510-523-2373 info@sybex.com
%P   689
%T   "The Internet Business to Business Directory"
 
In the same vein as the various "yellow pages" books (Hahn/Stout's "Internet
Yellow Pages", cf. BKINTYLP.RVW, and "New Rider's Official Internet Yellow
Pages", cf. BKNRYLPG.RVW) and the various "catalogues" from Krol on up
(particularly Emery/Vincent's "Free Business Stuff From the Internet", cf.
BKFRBUST.RVW), this is a collection of listings of business related resources,
mostly Web sites, on the net.
 
The Introduction makes a point of noting the distinctive that the book lists
entries in two ways: as short descriptions and in tables.  This is less helpful
than it might otherwise be.  There is no cross-reference between the types of
entries, and not all listings in one format are included in the other.  In
fact, the tables are not included very consistently.  There are large tables
for organizations, economics, and US governmental agencies, but relatively few
and small tables otherwise.  (Two exceptions are the massive tables for
newspapers and US travel.)
 
The information is not particularly complete, nor are the entries necessarily
the best in a given area.  Although there is a section on computers, the only
mention of viruses in the index points to Symantec's home page.  A tabular
entry under the title "Virus Checkers" points to one specific directory that
contains F-PROT.  The index is large but not, as noted, complete.  The
organization also leaves something to be desired.  The various subsections are
not "intuitively obvious", and it is often difficult to figure out what section
you are in.  In addition, it is hard to tell what entries like "Learning
Japanese" are doing in categories such as "Shareware and Freeware".
 
copyright Robert M. Slade, 1996   BKTIBTBD.RVW   960613

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                          even worse - Bill Watterson
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