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Issue 9, 20 May 1999

ISSN 1442-8652
Editor: Jean Hollis Weber
jean@jeanweber.com
http://www.jeanweber.com

In this issue...

Feature article: Editing tables
Resource of the week: Internet marketing and promotions
Tip of the week: English as a second language
Follow up: How long does editing take?
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Feature article: Editing tables

Moved to http://www.jeanweber.com/howto/tabledit.htm.


Resource of the week: Internet marketing and promotions

If you have a Web site, or are thinking of setting up a Web site, I strongly recommend you get two books:

"Poor Richard's Web Site" by Peter Kent, 1998. My review of this book is at http://www.jeanweber.com/books/kentrevs.htm#prws

"Poor Richard's Internet Marketing and Promotions" by Peter Kent and Tara Calishain, Top Floor Publishing, 1999. My review is at: http://www.jeanweber.com/books/primap.htm

Another book in the series is due out later this year: "Poor Richard's E-mail Publishing." I'm reading a pre-release copy and can report that it looks good (and I'm happy to note that I seem to be doing most of the right things... so far).


Tip of the week: English as a second language

Moved to http://www.jeanweber.com/howto/internat.htm.


Follow up 7: How long does editing take?

Chris Graillat ChrisG@bsa.ca.gov wrote:

"I more or less agree with your ranges for pages per hour, but I consider one page to be 250 words in length! Additionally, when I am asked to do a light edit on something that needs at least a medium edit, I find it can take even longer than a medium edit to try to improve the text in the best way possible with the fewest changes. I'm also curious to know what others' experiences are."


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