By Bruce McKinney

AE is a complex site that includes many useful services and when you have the interest or the need you can master any of them quickly. We have issued an Operator's Manual to efficiently answer your questions. It's posted on the AE home page in the upper right corner as a link and can always be accessed there. We recognize the dual personality of a reference site. You may be using a single feature extensively and not quickly move beyond that specific function. But we offer extensive additional services as part of your subscription and want to make experimentation with these features easy and rewarding. How and when someone will be open to using new tools is uncertain. Our solution is an easily accessible, quickly read document that relies heavily on links and images. When a service or feature explanation is needed it's immediately found.

The Operator's Manual is deceptively short. It's only about three pages but contains 28 links to visual presentations and brief explanations that elaborate specific features. On the web images more effectively than words explain function because page layout varies from screen to screen according to the individual's operating system, internet browser and personal settings. When we look at the same book we all see the same book. When we look at something online it varies from computer to computer so seeing the explanation saves time. On line words divide, images unite.

The OM is divided into three services sections

• Free Service
• Research Subscription
• Premium Subscription

Free Service	Research Subscription	Premium Subscription
AEMonthly	AEMonthly	AEMonthly
Current Issues	Current Issues	Current Issues
Back Issues	Back Issues	Back Issues
Books for Sale	Books for Sale	Books for Sale
Traditional Auctions	Traditional Auctions	Traditional Auctions
Free unlimited searches	Free unlimited searches	Free unlimited searches
Messages Boards	Messages Boards	Messages Boards
Show Calendars	Show Calendars	Show Calendars
	AED full access	AED full access
	Keyword Search	Keyword Search
	Advanced Search	Advanced Search
	Estimated Current Value	Estimated Current Value
	Keyword Identification	Keyword Identification
	IBSD Listing Previlege	IBSD Listing Previlege
	Displayed Advertising	Displayed Advertising
		Books for Sale
		Listing Privileges
		AE Footnotes
		Attached to Books for Sale Listings
		As Email-able Files
		MatchMaker
		Firefly Searches