Hypertext handbook; the straight story.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

From: SciTech Book News | Date: December 1, 2006 | Copyright information

082047441X

Hypertext handbook; the straight story.

Kitzmann, Andreas.

Peter Lang Publishing Inc

2006

121 pages

$24.95

Paperback

QA76.76

Kitzman (York U., Canada) provides a brief introduction to the hypertext medium, a medium defined by the originato...

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