Grandma's Guide to the Internet
PRESS RELEASE: 22nd September 2000a 'simple guide to get you started sending e-mail and surfing the World Wide Web (or paddling in it, at least)'
a new book by Linda Ingham
OVER 65s make up 20% of the population, but so far only one in fifty of them has gone online*. For those who do, there is plenty of interest; older people with access to the Internet tend to spend more time online than younger people; ten hours a week compared with seven.Nine out of ten older people have a family member or close friend who is an active computer user.
'a jargon-busting guide for beginners'
Wakefield Express
'get . . . on to the Internet with the least amount of pain and hassle.'
East Lothian Courier
Grandma goes online
Joan Bell, 82, the Grandma who inspired the book, is pictured (above) with her daughter Linda Ingham, the author. It was Joan's family tree project that first tempted her to accept the offer of a spare computer from her daughter.'My son-in-law came and set it up,' says Joan, 'but I couldn't make head nor tail of all the jargon that went with it. But when Linda wrote the guide, which explains things in words of not more than two syllables, it really took the terror away.'
*For more statistics on 'silver surfers', photographs and pre-launch reviews, please contact Richard Bell.
Grandma's Guide to the Internet, paperback, ISBN 1-902467-07-8, 36 pages (14.3 x 10.3 cm), 38 black and white cartoons by Richard Bell. Price £2.95. Available at all branches of Ottakar's and at selected Waterstone's. It can be ordered via Amazon and should soon be available at www.uk.bol.com.
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