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Subject:Re: new newsgroup - alt.publish.books From:Bob Morrisette <robert -dot- morrisette -at- EBAY -dot- SUN -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 3 Jan 1997 08:16:08 -0800
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> From: Indera <queen-1 -at- IX -dot- NETCOM -dot- COM>
> Subject: new newsgroup - alt.publish.books
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> Hi,
>
> I saw on post on a news group but can't remember which one. The message
> said that a new newsgroup called alt.publish.books was out there. I tried
> to get to it several times, but always got the message "No such
> Newsgroup". Do I have the name wrong or has it not started yet?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
> Indera
>
I haven't seen that one, but here are some <publish> newsgroups:
comp.publish.cdrom.hardw 9524 Hardware used in publishing with CD-ROM.
comp.publish.cdrom.multi 125 Software for multimedia authoring & publishing.
comp.publish.cdrom.softw 4756 Software used in publishing with CD-ROM.
comp.publish.prepress 6397 Electronic prepress.
comp.publish.electronic. 18 General electronic publishing issues.
comp.publish.electronic. 467 Electronic publishing developer tools.
comp.publish.electronic. 10 Electronic publishing end-user tools.
There is a very active list for computer book publishers, agents, and writers.
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