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From: woodsb@helios.ecn.purdue.edu (Brent L. Woods)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: A beginner's guide:  suggestions requested...
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Date: 14 Apr 91 07:34:53 GMT
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     The following originally appeared in comp.sys.amiga, but I'm
told that it has faded into the mists of history, so I'm reposting it
here.  Please bear with me, eh?  ;-)


     I have a question for anyone who cares to answer it.  Actually,
several questions.

     If someone were to write a general beginner's reference-type book
for the Amiga, would you be interested in having one (assuming that you
were a beginner, that is)?  What would you like to see included in the
book?  Is there anything that, as a part of the book, would really
enhance its value to you?

     Any comments, ideas, or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

     Actually, I'm posting this for a friend without net access.  She's
a writer/editor with an Amiga, and she's currently rather annoyed with
a perceived lack of general books for the beginning and intermediate
user (not programmers, *users*).  So, unlike a lot of people, she wants
to *do* something about it.  Before the starts, though, she thought that
asking her market what it wants would be a good idea.  I agreed with
this, :-) so I said, "Sure, I'll post a question for you."  Thus, this
posting.

     Again, any help anyone would care to give would be appreciated.

     Thanks in advance,


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     Brent Woods

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