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********************** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ********************** Opera Web Browser Now Has Ultimate Guide New Book Shows Readers How to Customize the Powerful Opera Browser San Francisco, CA--Tired of sluggish browsers that consume too much memory and offer little control? Opera is the small, powerful, and speedy Web browser that has taken the world by storm. New from No Starch Press, THE OPERA 5.X BOOK: BROWSING THE WEB WITH SPEED AND STYLE (May 2001, 1-886411-47-6, $29.95 paperback w/CD-ROM, 336 pp., http://www.nostarch.com/?opera) shows how to customize Opera and take full advantage of its powerful features. Fast, compact, flexible, and more standards-compliant than other browsers, Opera is the third most popular browser on the market, with over 1.5 million users. In THE OPERA 5.X BOOK, J.S. Lyster shows how to get the most out of the Internet by using the software's advanced browsing techniques and customization features. Readers learn how to: * Browse multiple Web sites simultaneously and organize their searches * Use Opera with other applications, including multimedia plugins and download managers * Configure Opera's mail client, newsreader, and bookmark options * Use the new instant-messaging client to talk to friends and colleagues around the world * Deploy Opera over a network * Use Opera as a presentation tool or an information kiosk The CD-ROM includes trial versions of Opera 5.0 for all platforms (including BeOS, EPOC, Linux, and Windows) and plugins and utilities that help expand Opera's capabilities, including Java, Adobe Acrobat, Shockwave Flash 4, the GetRight download utility, Opera File Explorer, and Opera Windows Controller. Available in bookstores or from No Starch Press (1-800-420-7240, http://www.nostarch.com/), THE OPERA 5.X BOOK is the ultimate guide for the ultimate browser. ABOUT THE AUTHOR J.S. Lyster has been a daily Opera user since 1995, and is an active member of the Opera beta-testing group. He is the owner of Lyster Publications, a desktop publishing and Web design service. He lives in Powell River, British Columbia. To request a review copy or to schedule an interview, contact Amanda Staab at 415-863-9900 or amanda@nostarch.com. Additional contact info: No Starch Press 555 De Haro Street, Ste. 250 San Francisco, CA 94107 http://www.nostarch.com/ fax: 415-863-9950 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4134.600" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>Dear Mr. Corbet,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> <DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I’m writing to follow up on the book I recently sent to you: THE OPERA 5.X BOOK, by J.S. Lyster (May 2001, $29.95, 1-886411-47-6, </FONT><A href="http://www.nostarch.com/?opera)"><FONT size=2>http://www.nostarch.com/?opera)</FONT></A><FONT size=2>. This is the complete guide to the Opera Web browser, the third most popular browser on the market, and it's also available for Linux! This book teaches readers how to get the most out of this small, powerful, and speedy software. If you plan on reviewing this book, or if you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. A press release follows this message.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> <P><FONT size=2>I look forward to hearing from you.</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=2>Best,</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=2>Janet del Mundo<BR>Marketing Assistant<BR>No Starch Press<BR>Tel: (415) 863-9900/Fax: (415) 863-9950<BR><A href="mailto:janet@nostarch.com">janet@nostarch.com</A></FONT></P> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>**********************</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>**********************</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Opera Web Browser Now Has Ultimate Guide</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>New Book Shows Readers How to Customize the Powerful Opera Browser</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>San Francisco, CA--Tired of sluggish browsers that consume too much memory and offer little control? Opera is the small, powerful, and speedy Web browser that has taken the world by storm. New from No Starch Press, THE OPERA 5.X BOOK: BROWSING THE WEB WITH SPEED AND STYLE (May 2001, 1-886411-47-6, $29.95 paperback w/CD-ROM, 336 pp., <A href="http://www.nostarch.com/?opera">http://www.nostarch.com/?opera</A></FONT><FONT size=2>) shows how to customize Opera and take full advantage of its powerful features.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Fast, compact, flexible, and more standards-compliant than other browsers, Opera is the third most popular browser on the market, with over 1.5 million users. In THE OPERA 5.X BOOK, J.S. Lyster shows how to get the most out of the Internet by using the software's advanced browsing techniques and customization features. </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Readers learn how to:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>* Browse multiple Web sites simultaneously and organize their searches</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>* Use Opera with other applications, including multimedia plugins and download managers</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>* Configure Opera's mail client, newsreader, and bookmark options</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>* Use the new instant-messaging client to talk to friends and colleagues around the world</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>* Deploy Opera over a network</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>* Use Opera as a presentation tool or an information kiosk</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>The CD-ROM includes trial versions of Opera 5.0 for all platforms (including BeOS, EPOC, Linux, and Windows) and plugins and utilities that help expand Opera's capabilities, including Java, Adobe Acrobat, Shockwave Flash 4, the GetRight download utility, Opera File Explorer, and Opera Windows Controller.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Available in bookstores or from No Starch Press (1-800-420-7240, <A href="http://www.nostarch.com/"><FONT color=#0000ff>http://www.nostarch.com/</FONT></A><A href="http://www.nostarch.com"></A></FONT><FONT size=2>), THE OPERA 5.X BOOK is the ultimate guide for the ultimate browser.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>ABOUT THE AUTHOR</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>J.S. Lyster has been a daily Opera user since 1995, and is an active member of the Opera beta-testing group. He is the owner of Lyster Publications, a desktop publishing and Web design service. He lives in Powell River, British Columbia. </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>To request a review copy or to schedule an interview, contact Amanda Staab at 415-863-9900 or <A href="mailto:amanda@nostarch.com.">amanda@nostarch.com.</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Additional contact info:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>No Starch Press</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>555 De Haro Street, Ste. 250</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>San Francisco, CA 94107</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><A href="http://www.nostarch.com/"><FONT color=#0000ff>http://www.nostarch.com/</FONT></A><A href="http://www.nostarch.com"></A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>fax: 415-863-9950</FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><A href="mailto:janet@nostarch.com"></A></FONT> </DIV></DIV></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><A href="mailto:janet@nostarch.com"></A></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>