For Dummies Authors All Bunched Together

A cool article from The Bulletin in Bend, Oregon, a small community which is home to several of our authors: Jim Schell, Bill Chiaravalle, Suzanne Schlosberg, Dirk Zeller, and Barbara Findlay Schenck.
 Some highlights, and insight into the For Dummies brand, from the article:
‘… Deschutes County’s concentration of “Dummies” authors is about 8.6 times higher than the [...]

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Print is Dead, Nobody Reads Anymore, Blah Blah Blah

If either or both of these oh-so-bold (-generic, -flippant, - ignorant, , -inflammatory, -statistically untrue) comments are true, then why are Amazon.com, Penguin Group, and HP bothering with this contest?

Nice collaboration and co-marketing by Amazon, Penguin Group, and Hewlett-Packard, and a bright opportunity for authors.

Quick question for Amazon: Isn’t the word Kindle a bit too [...]

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Wiley Author Rick Sammon’s Lighting Kit

This cool kit comes from one of Wiley’s own authors. He’s the mind, and the name, behind Rick Sammon’s Canon EOS Digital Rebel Personal Training Photo Workshop.  Long name, cool DVD. 

Apparently he’s a clever guy, as now he has a new lighting kit for outdoor photographers.  My sister’s a photographer — I’ve seen her car packed to the [...]

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