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Subject:Soliciting book reviews (amended) From:David Orr <dorr -at- ORRNET -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 17 Dec 1998 12:59:27 -0600
> Orr & Associates is developing a bookstore, in association with
> Amazon.com, that specializes in Technical Communications titles
> including, tech writing, instructional design, performance technology,
> usability, quality assurance, and business process analysis. To give
> added value to the site, we are including an extensive, annotated
> bibliography of articles and books in all theses disciplines, and are
> including book reviews from Orr staff and others. We hope to make this
> a valuable resource for the tech communications community.
>
> We invite TECHWR-L subscribers and others to send us your list of
> favorite books, articles, courses, with bibliographical data and your
> short comments on the material. We will edit these and include a
> credit in the bibliography for the author of the comments and
> bibliographical material used. Also, we will have book reviews of a
> number of hot titles. Again, if you want to contribute a book review
> (100 to 150 words), we will credit it to you. We offer a $100.00 gift
> certificate to Amazon.com to the best review submitted each month. We
> will include your name, email address, and company in the review.
>
> All revenue from this bookstore is earmarked for our employees' 401K
> plan.
>
> ANY MATERIALS SUBMITTED BECOME THE PROPERTY OF ORR &
> ASSOCIATES/USABILITY MANAGEMENT.
>
> Please send submissions to mailto:whitears -at- orrnet -dot- com -dot-
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
> David Orr
> Orr & Associates/Usability Management
> whitears -at- orrnet -dot- com