LevelItem
Ref NoGUA/7/2/1/2/5
TitleBooks site research
Datend, [c1997-c1998]
Extent1 file
Creator NameGuardian Newspapers Limited
DescriptionFile on research and content of a books website for the Guardian. The documents in this file are undated and largely unattributed but are believed to be largely from c1997-1998.

The file includes: a document of research into other book websites and possible partners, nd; notes on or ideas for the Guardian and Observer books site, nd; two pages of ideas for the Guardian booksite by Imogen Tilden, nd; a heavily annotated site map attached to a production project management plan, nd [c1997].
Admin HistoryThe selling of books reviewed or mentioned on the Guardian website had been one of the Guardian's earliest commercial online activities. Introduced by Ian Katz shortly after he took over as Internet editor in 1997 books were sold and dispatched directly from the New Media Department offices in Ray Street, London.
Access StatusOpen
FormatManuscript
Typescript
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