Internet Starter Kit for Windows 95

Publisher: Hayden Books
Co-authors: Cory Low, Stan Orchard
ISBN:1568302606
Price: $35
Publication Date: 12-95
514 pages
Translations: Czech
Status: Current, but aging fast
Purchase From: Amazon
Related Web Pages: Amazon, Macmillan SuperLibrary, Resource page

Although our schedule for the second edition of Internet Starter Kit for Windows was foiled by Microsoft's August, 1995 release of Windows 95, we did get a Windows 95 version of the book out. It finally came out in December, which was quite a bit too late to benefit fully from the added marketing push that accompanied basically every Windows 95 book that tried to come out simultaneously with Windows 95.

Nonetheless, Internet Starter Kit for Windows 95 sold well, if not up to the levels of the first edition of Internet Starter Kit for Windows. Again, there was a glut of Windows Internet books on the market, and it was simply too hard to break through.

Because it was based on the third edition of Internet Starter Kit for Macintosh, this book has aged a bit better than the second edition of Internet Starter Kit for Windows. Even still, it isn't anywhere near up to date, especially considering the massive rewrite I did for the fourth edition of Internet Starter Kit for Macintosh that was never reflected in a Windows version.

I doubt there will ever be an updated version of Internet Starter Kit for Windows 95 or a box version - by the time this came out, the staff at Hayden had completely turned over and the sales weren't up to previous levels, making additional work and investment seem less than worthwhile.