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Web Commerce Cookbook (Cookbooks)

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Beware of authors who cannot spell "degradation" and beware of programmers who cannot write 6 lines of code that return what they say it will. There must be something better out there.

This book is a good read for managers who want to know what ecommerce entails, not for the grunts who have to get the job done. The author offers a clear overview of all the issues you will encounter in tackling today's ecommerce systems. It does not give you a how-to and it will not get your store online in 12 easy steps. Don't be misled by advertising: there is no quick and easy way to get a credit-card enabled web-store up and running in the blink of an eye. It is a complicated process that requires considerable setup, management, programming and banking.

As I'm buying books to learn about the web technologies I intend to participate in, I have come across many excellent texts. This book, however, is chock full of typos, truncated graphics, and topics that don't add up to teaching me how to implement an eCommerce web site.

After buying some other reference books, I needed a '2nd' reference and pulled out this one. I was even more dismayed than the first time I tried it after having sampled professionally handled texts.

Don't waste your money. I am now leery of Wiley Publishing (if THIS could get past them....)

This book claims to appeal to both novice and expert, but any novice wouldn't get past the first chapter. It is simply too complicated to understand or hold interest. It also doesn't give you a positive outlook on finding a host for your Web pages. And the typos in this book are innumerable! Good thing I know something about computers or I would be really lost!