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Irish Times: Bringing the Net to book

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 13, 1999

“Tim O’Reilly is Irish, born if not reared; and the quiet
delivery the fact that his publishing has informed, shaped and
sometimes driven the way the Internet has grown as a mass medium.
No other Irishman has as big a say in cyberspace.”

“O’Reilly & Associates has over 200 books in print and sales
figures that other technical publishers would die for. Almost by
the way are other interests in software publishing, and travel and
medical publishing.

“This is impressive – but it is only half the story. The company
has built up a pre-eminent place in books about the Internet and
related topics.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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