A great book for photographers and digital artists about inkjet printing and printers. 301 Inkjet Tips and TechniquesAn Essential Printing Resource for PhotographersBy Andrew DarlowThomson Course Technology PTR, 2008ISBN-10: 1-59863-204-3ISBM-13: 978-1-59863-204-0 This amazing book is aimed squarely at helping photographers with all those issues we have with inkjet printers and getting the results we want. Divided into sixteen chapters, the first eight contain tips by Andrew and guest artists and photographers write the second eight chapters. Each chapter has a short introduction before getting into the tips. Some chapters are broken up into sections with their own introductions. Contents are: Getting Started Decide Whether Inkjet Is Right For You Using Outside Print Companies File Preparation: An Overview Choosing an Inkjet Printer Color Management Black and White Inkjet Paper, Canvas and Coating Portfolio and Presentation Specific Printer Tips and More Inkjet Paper Tips Using Hahnemuhle’s Photo Rag … Read entire article »

Scott Kelby is Top-Selling U.S. Computer Book Author for 2007, According to Nielsen BookScan Data Press Release For the fourth consecutive year, Peachpit author Scott Kelby hasbeen recognized as the top-selling computer book author in the U.S.according to Nielsen BookScan data. Kelby’s Peachpit titles continue to lead the pack with the numberone iPod(R) book, The iPod Book: Doing Cool Stuff with the iPod andthe iTunes Music Store, Fourth Edition; the number one digitalphotography book, The Digital Photography Book; and the number onePhotoshop Lightroom book, The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book forDigital Photographers. The Adobe Photoshop CS3 Book for Digital Photographers wasrecently honored with a Hot One Award from Professional Photographermagazine, and was the #4 Pick among Amazon customers for 2007 computerand Internet books. The iPhone Book was also honored … Read entire article »

If you are thinking about podcasting and want to read a small, yet authorative book, this is the one. Podcasting Pocket GuideBy Kirk McElhearn, Richard Giles & Jack D. HerringtonO’Reilly Media, 2006ISBN: 0-596-10230-5 Tempted by podcasting but don’t know what you need to know to do it? Not ready to dive into a heavy but fantastic book, like Podcast Solutions, then this could be the book for you. Truly pocket sized and all of 100 pages in size, it manages to be authoritative and yet concise. Chapters include:*    Finding, Subscribing to and Listening to Podcasts*    Starting Out in Podcasting*    Formats for Your Podcast*    Editing Your Podcast*    30 Great Podcasts Don’t expect all the answers in such a small book, for example there is no coverage of the hardware side of things. But there is … Read entire article »

A pocket sized guide to teambuilding and making teams work right. The Teamworking PocketbookBy Ian FlemingManagement Pocket Books, 1999ISBN: 190377621X This little 94-page book manages to pack a huge amount of sensible advice into a tiny package. It is organized as single pages on a single topic, with related topics gathered together into chapters. The chapters are:*    What is a team?*    Challenges facing teams*    How to build a team*    Leading the team*    Potential team problems*    Successful teams*    Reading listCute illustrations also fill the book and add to the message. Because of its size, this is a book that stands a good chance of being read. Plus because of its arrangement you can dive into individual pages or read it through in one sitting, whatever suits. If you have to either work in or, more … Read entire article »

The E Myth Revisited is a classic and must read book for people in business or considering getting started in business. The E Myth RevisitedWhy Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About ItBy Michael E. GerberHarperCollins, 1995ISBN: 0-88730-728-0 This is a classic book, even as a revised edition of the original The E-Myth. This book takes you through a completely revised way of thinking about business and your role in it. Chapters include:*    The Entrepreneurial Myth*    The Entrepreneur, the Manager and the Technician*    Infancy: The Technician’s Phase*    Adolescence: Getting Some Help*    Beyond the Comfort Zone*    Maturity and the Entrepreneurial Perspective*    The Turn-Key Revolution*    The Franchise Prototype*    Working On Your Business, Not In It*    The Business Development Process*    Your Business Development Program*    Your Primary Aim*    Your Strategic Objective*    Your Organizational Strategy*   … Read entire article »

rnA book that argues that there is a better way than the ruthless, cut throat and self-absorbed approach to work and relationships that is often pushed as the best way to get ahead. The Power of NiceHow to conquer the world with kindnessBy Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin KovalInspired Living, 2007ISBN: 9781741750959 This seems to be an Australian printing of the ideas in The Power of Nice: How to conquer the business world with kindness audio cd, published by Oasis Audio, 2006 by the authors and Jay Leno, or the authors’ book The Power of Nice : Eight Ways to Kill the Business World with Kindness, published by Doubleday in 2006. Based on the Nice People Finish First principle, the book sets out to show that the way to success is to be … Read entire article »

iPhoto is a great piece of software and this latest version covers lot of the bases a digital photographer needs. This book examines it all. iPhoto 6The Missing ManualBy David Pogue and Derrick StoryO’Reilly Media, 2006ISBN: 0-596-52725-X iPhoto comes with new Macs and is part of the iLife collection. But there is no written manual so you are stuck with reading online and electronic documentation. This book helps you to get the most out of it. Chapters include:*    Welcome to Digital Photography*    Composing Brilliant Photos*    Beyond the Simple Snapshot*    Camera Meets Mac*    The Digital Shoebox*    Editing Your Shots*    The iPhoto Slideshow*    Making Prints*    iWeb, Photocasting & Network Sharing*    Books, Calendars and Cards*    iPhoto Goes to the Movies*    Screensavers, Applescript & Automator*    iPhoto File Management*    Troubleshooting*    iPhoto, Menu by Menu The first part on photography … Read entire article »

For the increasing numbers of Windows users who are switching over to the Mac, there lies a different way of working. They need help with that transition and this book provides it. Switching to the Mac – Tiger EditionThe Missing ManualBy David Pogue & Adam GoldsteinO’Reilly Media, 2005ISBN: 0-596-00660-8 With so many people making the switch to Macs from Windows, accelerated by the ability to run Windows via BootCamp and Parallels. Now this book does not cover BootCamp and Parallels, I’d expect that in the next edition I would guess, but it does cover everything else a Windows person needs to know. Organised into fifteen chapters, the book walks you through not only the system differences but also the user interface and issues with common Windows software. Chapters include:*    How the Mac is … Read entire article »