The book sounds very helpful for somebody who wants more information about different styles and how to pick one, etc.

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It has links to a couple different blogs about karate. Sometimes students send questions in and they are answered on the site. Again, it seems to be more for advanced students, but there is basic information about different styles as well.

It goes into some depth about picking a dojo and different karate styles.

That site is not extremely helpful to a newcomer, though. It mainly has tournament dates and information for people who already take karate. However, it has links to sites for federations of specific styles of Karate (Central Taekwondo Association, World Kobudokan Federation, US Ju-Jitsu Federation, etc.) and those sites are more detailed.