This is a very general overview of Web publishing. It begins with a primer on the Web, then briefly touches on such topics as Java, chat, VRML, Shockwave, streaming audio/video, Web editors (both HTML and WYSIWYG), and other tools and techniques. Site design issues, document standards, and multimedia are also covered.
September 17, 1997
Several case studies are included, as well as a pretty good list of Web-related resources for further study.
I'm afraid "for further study" is the key phrase here. Although The Art of Electronic Publishing covers many Web-related topics, it doesn't delve very deep into any, and as such appeals mostly to those who know nothing of the Web, and seek an introduction and overview.
The book contains a lot of non-original material, with many lengthy passages quoted verbatim from other sources, many of them online. Also worth noting is that, although the book is printed in a large format, and is fairly thick, the page layout is such that half or more of every page is margin. This 440-page book would probably boil down to about half that with a more conventional page layout. I'm also sorry to say that the book is very badly edited, and is replete with errors in spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
The CD-ROM contains the full text of the book in searchable format, as well as a few useful software tools and a bookmark file of useful URLs.
