Post by veggietalesdude9613 on Jan 7, 2024 4:45:46 GMT
So recently i was browsing the web and found a reddit post on r/internethistory about someone asking if anyone knew where to find a book called "Internet White Pages". And i read the post and few comments and decided to come here to get help to find this. Apparently the book is unavailable and not even known about online. According to the reddit post comments, the book apparently exists in the memory of 2 people. the person who made the post and a commenter. There are two stores that we can know that this book was sold at: Barnes and Noble, and B. Dalton's (i dont know if thats a book store or a regular store or not a store at all). The Reddit Post: www.reddit.com/r/InternetHistory/comments/163s1rv/looking_for_internet_white_pages_hard_copy/
These links provide information about the book, but unfortunately any links that at least originally offered it for sale no longer have any copies of it. But, we now know the authors, James S. McBride and Seth Godin, that it was originally published in 1993 and continued publishing with updated versions until 2006, 19 versions in all. The publisher was John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated (John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated Website), headquartered in Hoboken, New Jersey, for the first edition, and subsequent editions were published by IDG Books Worldwide out of Foster City, California. IDG was acquired by two other book companies, MIS:Press and M&T Books, in 1997, so they no longer exist as their own entity and were merely an imprint of the other two companies but is the imprint on the famous "... For Dummies" series of book. I could only find an official website, through the Wayback Machine, for MIS:Press, but it unfortunately had no mention of the book on any capture I looked through, and exists today as a Japanese website for health and beauty-related things. MIS:Press and M&T seem to no longer be around, as far as I can tell.
It does seem that some libraries carry copies of the book, but as far as I can tell from what Google provides, no public libraries have it, just college and university libraries that aren't open to the general public. A list of what libraries are said to have the book is here:
Like with the other libraries, if someone with access to the NLA could possibly check to see if they can get ahold of a copy from them, it would be great for this search, obviously.
I also did look through various online e-book distributors, including the Gutenberg Project, but none of them even had a listing, much less a download link or any other way to access the book online. Searching the ISBN also proved fruitless, unfortunately. Internet Archive also provided nothing even close to what we're looking for here. Right now, it looks like getting a copy is going to be difficult at best, and it seems right now the best bet is the libraries and somebody being able to get into one.
Last Edit: Jan 8, 2024 0:11:33 GMT by jbosco1982: Updating And Clarifying Information
Post by veggietalesdude9613 on Jan 8, 2024 23:04:41 GMT
Thanks. This is helpful, however if scanning the book is illegal, then all hope is lost. I used the Wayback Machine on a Amazon Listing (which is currently stating that the book is forever unavailable) and the price was about.... well the page wasn't archived so the price is unknown for now.