>If the author posts
>the notice every other day or for some reason dozens of authors
>start writing similar books and posting announcements, I reserve
>the right to change my mind. ;-)
Exactly! I have a new or updated book come out three or four times a year,
and I'd never dream of announcing to this list, because they aren't about
mailing list management. There may be a spate of online community books,
but most of the new ones seem to be about ways to trick people into
spending more time on your Web site, viewing banner ads, by offering
message boards. John and I refused to limit our book to coverage of
Web-based stuff, since we feel that real online community happens in
mailings and newsgroups.
Margy Levine Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Coauthor of "The Internet For Dummies" <http://net.gurus.com> and "Poor
Richard's Building Online Communities" <http://www.topfloor.com>. Looking
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