This is THE recommended text from the CIM for their e-marketing students. It has some good basic info about e-marketing, e-commerce etc. It is also well produced and very well presented.
BUT (and it is a big but)... it was published a few years ago in 2007 and many many of the concepts and case studies discussed date back to even earlier (1999-2006)... which of course makes them very out of date and in lots of cases no longer relevant today.
This is simply due to the date of publication.
So....if you want a basic intro to e-marketing, and a good account of the early growth of the WWW and commercial use of the Internet it's ok. Some of the ideas such as online market research are still current.
But if you want the latest thinking either wait for an updated reprint or look elsewhere.