O'REILLY RELEASES USER'S GUIDE TO USENET

May 30, 1995 -- SEBASTOPOL, CA--USENET, also called "Netnews" or just
"News," is the world's largest discussion forum. The thousands of USENET
newsgroups offer a sprawling online arena for asking and answering
technical questions, arguing about politics, downloading free software,
images, and sounds, or discussing scientific or artistic disciplines.

New from O'Reilly & Associates, "The USENET Handbook: A User's Guide to
Netnews" unlocks USENET. It's not just a technical book, although it
includes tutorials on the most popular newsreaders for UNIX and Windows
(tin, nn, GNUS, and Trumpet). The book also explains what goes on in
USENET: where to look for information and what to do with it once you get
it. It gives readers an introduction to USENET culture through discussion
of etiquette, language, and history...including some of the more notable
practical jokes and pranks to appear in newsgroups.

From the first ARPANET mailing lists to DOS BBSs to today's USENET, the
ability to hold discussions has been a compelling aspect of electronic
communication. Every day, thousands of people post messages to USENET.
Users are often surprised by who they meet; it's common for a simple
question to be answered by a noted authority. Newsgroups aren't the
fanciest things around--but to many users, they become as important and
ubiquitous as running water. Electronic mail may be the most necessary
application on the Net, and the World Wide Web may be the sexiest, but
newsgroups become obsessions.

This worldwide network of cooperating computer sites is run on a voluntary
and cooperative basis. Although the Internet now carries a lot of USENET's
traffic, USENET was around first, and still reaches many places that
aren't yet connected to the Internet. Anyone with an Internet connection
can read News; those who don't yet have an Internet connection can still
participate by finding someone willing to pass a news feed along.

A timely addition to O'Reilly's Nutshell(TM) series, "The USENET Handbook:
A User's Guide to Netnews" is a thorough guide to the riches and
complexities of USENET.

About the Author

Mark Harrison has been involved in computer networking since 1980, when he
had a college job answering email for Radio Shack's computer service
department. He has worked in several areas of computing, including
multi-lingual human interfaces and compiler design, and now works in the
telecommunications industry as a senior architect for Advanced Intelligent
Network (AIN) products at DSC Communications Corporation. He lives in
Richardson, Texas, with his wife and two children, both of whom have
USENET accounts. His interests include juggling, playing classical music,
and collecting rare books.

About O'Reilly & Associates

O'Reilly & Associates is recognized worldwide for its definitive books on
the Internet, UNIX, and the X Window System. Working closely with
developers of new technologies, O'Reilly's editors are computer people who
use the software they write about. The company's planning and review
cycles link together authors, computer vendors, and technical experts
throughout the industry in a creative collaboration that mirrors the
strengths of the open systems philosophy itself.

The USENET Handbook: A User's Guide to Netnews
By Mark Harrison
1st Edition May 1995
388 pages, ISBN: 1-56592-101-1, $24.95 US

O'Reilly & Associates
103A Morris St., Sebastopol, CA 95472
707/829-0515, Fax 707/829-0104, http://www.ora.com/

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