Re: Dummies books and more on "Idiot Audience"

["Parks, Beverly" <ParksB -at- EMH1 -dot- HQISEC -dot- ARMY -dot- MIL>]

This is getting slightly off topic, but I just want to say that what is
being said about the Dummies books also applies to the Idiot's Guide
series of books published by Que. They are written in the same vein for
the same audiences as the Dummies books. I own several of both (though
more Dummies) and it was an Idiot's Guide that first taught me HTML.

I know Deborah and Eric write Dummies books, so may be biased toward
them. The Idiot's Guides fill the same niche.

I don't know why I felt compelled to say all this, but I did.  :)

Bev Parks
parksb -at- emh1 -dot- hqisec -dot- army -dot- mil

>-----Original Message-----
>From:  Eric J. Ray [SMTP:ejray -at- RAYCOMM -dot- COM]
>Sent:  Monday, November 17, 1997 11:25 AM
>To:    TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
>Subject:       Dummies books and more on "Idiot Audience"
>
>Since Deborah and I have our names on several of the
>bright black and yellow books (and have won some
>nice international STC awards with them), I'm going to kick in
>two cents again.
>
>Title notwithstanding (and I'll confess to posting EXACTLY what
>Dave just said only a few years ago), Dummies books aren't
>for dummies. They're for people who want basic, step by step
>instructions in a specific area--domain, if you will--in which they
>have little or no experience.
><SNIP>
>

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