Richard Seltzer, author of Shop Online the Lazy Way
by Richard Seltzer, seltzer@samizdat.com,
www.samizdat.com
Copyright 1999 by Richard Seltzer. All rights are reserved.
The following article is based on the introduction from Shop Online
the Lazy Way, a book written by Richard Seltzer, which was published
in August 1999 by Macmillan. It is available in paperback directly from
our online store at http://store.yahoo.com/samizdat
or
from Amazon.com.
It is also available in a Braille edition from National Braille Press (www.nbp.org).
Now that the rights have reverted to the author, he is free to update
and revise this online version. Please send email to alert him of changes
and interesting new sites that you have encountered.
Call me an evangelist--an "Internet evangelist." I love this stuff--anything
and everything about how people connect to people over the Internet. When
I'm not tinkering with my Web site (www.samizdat.com) and answering email
(seltzer@samizdat.com), I'm probably talking about what I've learned--spreading
the "gospel." And--miracle of miracles--that's how I make my living. In
fact, the title on my business card at Digital Equipment (where I worked
for 19 years) was "Internet Evangelist." Now I'm an independent consultant
(www.samizdat.com/consult.html), doing the same thing.
Take a look at my Web site to get a sense of the variety of interests
and experiences that I bring to this book. There you'll find:
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Transcripts of my weekly chat sessions about "Business on the World Wide
Web," which I've held since the summer of 1996.
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The complete text of my book on how to build a successful personal or business
Web site on a shoestring budget.
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Dozens of articles and speeches about how to use the Internet effectively.
(I wrote the book the "AltaVista Search Revolution," published by McGraw-Hill,
and often emphasize the importance of search engines and text content for
attracting traffic to Web sites.)
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A catalog of hundreds of books (mostly in the public domain), which I make
available on diskette. (I've been selling electronic books over the Internet
since 1993.)
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My Online Shopping Directory at www.samizdat.com/shopping.html, which links
to all the sites mentioned in this book.
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All the fiction I've written, including my novels, The Name of Hero, and
Sandcastles; my fantasy, The Lizard of Oz; my screenplay, Spit and Polish;
as well as several additional plays and stories.
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Ethiopia Through Russian Eyes, my translation of two books by the Russian
explorer, Alexander Bulatovich, from the 1890s (published in print by Red
Sea Press).
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A list of every book I've read for the last 41 years.
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Online resources for the blind.
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Articles and links for parents of children with cleft-lip/cleft-palate.
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My parents' jewelry business.
When the Lazy Way editors asked me to write a book about online shopping,
I jumped at the chance, because online "shopping" involves a variety of
tasks--not just clicking to well-known sites, throwing some items in a
"shopping cart," and making a credit card transaction. Online shopping
also involves auctions, newsgroups, chats, and forums. It involves making
your own Web pages, and selling items, as well as buying. Online Shopping
The Lazy Way is yet another way to spread the Internet "gospel"--that anyone
can become an active player, not just a passive consumer--that anyone--including
you--can learn to take advantage of the Internet's full power.
This site is Published by B&R Samizdat Express, 33 Gould St., West Roxbury, MA 02132. (617) 469-2269. seltzer@samizdat.com
Please visit our online store at http://store.yahoo.com/samizdat
You may also want to check Richard's Online Shopping Directory
www.samizdat.com/shopping.html,
which has links to all the sites mentioned in the entire book, plus sites
he has learned of since the book went into production.
Return to B&R Samizdat Express
For a thorough discussion of this topic, buy Richard's book Web Business
Bootcamp (published by Wiley) http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471164194/brsamizdatexpres
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