================================================================================ RED CIENTIFICA PERUANA NOTIRED ================================================================================ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For further information, contact: Diane Lennox 919/942-0220 dilennox@aol.com AT LAST, THE INTERNET PUTS ON A MAC FACE! Chapel Hill, NC--On the Internet, there's a hardware and an easy way to do almost anything. Most users view the Internet though a murky maze of obscure UNIX commands and frequent error messages. But with The Mac Internet Tour Guide, new from Ventana Press, Mac users--the pioneer spirits of the electronic universe--can explore the infinite reaches of the Internet the easy way: by pointing, clicking, dragging and dropping. The Mac Internet Tour Guide--the first Internet book/disk package exclusively for Mac users--comes with everything needed to navigate the Internet with the ease of a Mac, including: * A helping hand for newcomers: the inside scoop on the Internet's offerings, getting connected, information "surfing" tips and more. * A road map to the Internet's vast information resources for beginning and experienced "cybernauts" alike. * File transfer software that lets users visit remote sites quickly and easily and download valuable programs, files and more. * E-mail software that converts the Internet's boring UNIX features to a face any Mac user will love. * Decompression software that decodes files from practically any kind of computer in the world. Book purchasers become members of The Mac Internet Tour Guide "Visitors Center," an online waystation where they'll stay up-to-the-minute on the Internet's latest developments and receive two free electronic updates by the author. Michael Fraase is proprietor of Arts & Farces, a communications services business based in St. Paul, MN. A noted Macintosh author, Fraase has written The Macintosh Hypermedia Series (ScottForesman), Farallon's MediaTracks, Groupware for the Macintosh, Structured Publishing From the Desktop: Frame Technology's FrameMaker, and The Rapid Reference Series (all Business One Irwin). The Mac Internet Tour Guide is softcover, 290 pages, illustrated and accompanied by an 800K disk containing a variety of utilities. Suggested retail price: $27.95. ISBN: 1-56604-062-0 Ventana Press publishes books that help computer users make the most of their hardware and software. Bestselling titles include Looking Good in Print, Third Edition, Voodoo Mac, The System 7 Book, Second Edition, The Official America Online Membership Kit & Tour Guide and The Mac Shareware 500. All titles are available in bookstores and through Ventana Press, P.O. Box 2468, Chapel Hill, NC 27515. For further information, contact Diane Lennox, 919/942- 0220; 919/942-1140 (Fax); e-mail: dilennox@aol.com -- Michael Fraase, proprietor | Voice: 612/698-0741 Arts & Farces | Fax: 612/698-5106 2285 Stewart Avenue | E-Mail: mfraase@farces.com Suite 1315 |----------------------------- St. Paul, MN 55116 USA | Writing and document design .