The Book Hug book holder is a wonderful, small invention
that was made for people just like me.
Made of hammered steel (think sturdy, not bulky), it measures about 6" wide
x 6" deep and is just over 2" high. Its black and silver design resembles a
small wave on the ocean coming at you - with a half-inch lip in front.
Holding both hard and soft-covered books up to an inch and a half in
thickness, it's much smaller than a copy stand and 'hugs' the book, hence
the appropriate name.
I often refer to books when working and this is the perfect solution for
having my information at the perfect viewing angle. No more pages turning
unexpectedly, either.
I bought mine at a large bookseller for $15. I use it every day for work and
for pleasure reading.
This is a great little holiday gift you can feel great about giving to any
book lover or solopreneur.
Because most businesses today boast a website – and many include interactivity such as a blog – this might be a book you’ll want to consider purchasing and keeping around as you not only build your site – but every step along the way while maintaining it.
Although I feel this book is probably geared more to the website developer or programmer, a novice like me will still find this useful.
My copy of this softcover measures 7 x 8.5 inches and is less than 200 pages, and comes complete with color pictures.
As the title suggests, it has everything to do with what TO do, and what NOT to do, to get ranked higher in the search engines, specifically Google.
It covers topics such as the following (but believe me, there’s a whole lot more in there):
Google Basics
SEO (search engine optimization)
Keywords
Links – inbound and outbound
Your competition – how to discover, learn from, and even develop as allies
Setting up your website
Analytics – measuring your success
AdWords
I found it to be comprehensive. I especially appreciated the Glossary of Terms at the back of the book just before the Index.
I did feel that this book would be primarily of interest to, as I mentioned at the start, your webmaster or the person actually putting up your site, simply because it’s technical in nature. Stating as much on the back cover would have been a good idea.
But there was much that I learned from reading this book and if you write the content for a website, there’s a lot of great info to be gleaned from it for the writer.
I liked the fact that much of the information was actually shown in screen shots. I also felt it was well laid out and easy on the eyes with a clear and nicely sized font.
I found particularly useful the number of times the author refers to a specific website that would be of help to the reader – and gave the actual web address (as opposed to just referring to a certain type of site).
Depending on your programming abilities, I would conditionally recommend this book.
I award it four out of five pushpins.
If you look for it at the book store, its cover is mostly lime green with a purple spine. It sells at one of the large retail chains for $14.99.
Hi there, and welcome to my first book review.
I recently upgraded to Microsoft Office 2007 as my ezine readers know. It’s one thing to have used MS Office for years, and then buy the upgrade and install it. It’s quite another to instantly adapt to its brand new look with the 2007 “ribbon”. It was frustrating to not find options and drop-downs where expected.
I purchased a reference book to keep in my home office next to my computer - Microsoft Press’ Plain & Simple – 2007 Microsoft Office System. The subhead reads ‘Your easy, colorful, SEE-HOW guide!” and is written by Jerry Joyce and Marianne Moon.
This is a user guide for these Microsoft Office programs:
• Word
• Excel
• PowerPoint
• Outlook
• Publisher
• Access
It also teaches how to integrate, customize, and protect these programs and your files.
After having used it now for over a month and countless times, I feel quite comfortable recommending this book to my readers. Let me explain what I like about it.
• First of all, the size is quite nice. At 9” wide by 7.5” high, it’s easier
to handle than many computer reference books.
• Even though it appears to be conventionally bound (as opposed to a
spiral), the back cover states: “Stays Open! Hands Free!” – both of which
are true. It lays flat.
• Every page – and I’m being literal here with the exception of the index
and those sorts of pages – has color pictures or screenshots. Seeing things
in color helps me learn. Even the sections of the Table of Contents are
color-coded, and then the corresponding pages within the book have a colored
ribbon running across the tops of those particular pages. Works for me.
• For the most part, all the teaching steps for any particular function are
on just one or two pages. Steps are brightly numbered with corresponding
numbers on the picture. The directions are very clear.
I’ve used this book most every day since getting it. I haven’t found anything that doesn’t work. Like many of these types of teaching books, this one has balloons in the margins screaming Tip!, Try This!, Caution!, or See Also.
This might not answer every question that any person might ever have but I do believe it will answer all of mine since it seems to cover everything that I do in the programs I work in.
For the basic MS Office user, I think this is a winner and I give it my recommendation. I award it 5 push pins.
