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This week we catch up with several new arrivals in the bookshelf. Tiger is the big topic as are the iLife applications. With the holiday "gift" season just around the corner, we've also highlighted two wonderful books on preparing your photos of products to sell on eBay...
Most of us reading this column have grown up in our Mac experience with the gentle wisdom of Robin Williams. Her latest book Cool Mac Apps: A Guide to iLife 05, .Mac, and More is a companion volume to her excellent Mac OS X Book, Tiger Edition. Together they continue the tradition of Robin's classic guide to the Mac OS, The Little Mac Book. Because Apple now provides a long list of useful applications with Mac OS X, its state-of-the art operating system, it's impractical to cover all of the Mac OS in one volume. This book gives you detailed explanations and tutorials of the main applications that Mac OS X installs on your computer. In addition, you'll learn how subscribing to a .Mac account can enhance your digital lifestyle. John and Robin cover each application in detail in the clear and friendly style for which their award-winning books are known.
Robin Williams Cool Mac Apps, Second Edition : A guide to iLife 05 by John Tollett, Robin Williams... Price: $16.49 You Save: $8.50 (34%) Paperback: 560 pages; Publisher: Peachpit Press; 2 edition. Click to see more Apple iLife recommendations
If you're working with your first Mac, then you must get Robin's Little Mac Book, Tiger Edition. Robin has helped thousands of Mac "faithfuls" learn the fascinating inner workings of the Macintosh system. In the gentle, friendly, funny style that generations of computer users have come to know and love, author Robin Williams shows readers how to dive in and start working with the Mac and OS X 10.4 Tiger. Readers will learn how to find their way around the interface; use the desktop, Dock, Finder, and icons; control the mouse; manipulate windows; search with Tiger's new Spotlight feature; save and print documents; and more. Little Mac Book, Tiger Edition is a real bargain as a gift at just $10.19. If this is too simple, you'll find just what you need in our TIGER Library
Okay, you've got a digital camera and a whole attic or garage full of stuff, why not have an eBay yard sale? It's a simple fact of selling on eBay: better product shots directly translate into higher bids and greater profits. Shooting for Dollars: Simple Photo Techniques for More Profitable eBay Auctions provides detailed, comprehensive, easy-to-understand advice, guidelines, and instruction that will assist both new and experienced eBayers through every step necessary to produce consistent, accurate, appealing and effective visual listings.
Here's everything you need to know
* Buying the right digital camera
* making a shooting studio out of commonly available household items
* Getting the right exposure, focus and color without fuss
* use a flatbed scanner instead of a digital camera
* How to shoot great shots of typical products
* Effective photographic lighting the easy way
* and more
Daniel Grotta and Sally Wiener Grotta, two of the top experts of digital photography and "PC Magazine's" digital camera gurus, have been buying and selling on eBay since 1998.
Shooting for Dollars : Simple Photo Techniques for Greater eBay Profits (Paperback) by Sally Wiener Grotta, Daniel Grotta Price: $16.49.
Successful online sellers know that a product photo can make or break a sale. But taking a good product shot is not easy. Here's a second book we recommend -- actually you should get BOTH, if you want to take the kind of photos that attract customers and increase profits
John C. Dvorak, columnist, PC Magazine says:
* "I've been an admirer of Dan Gookin since he wrote DOS For Dummies and spawned the For Dummies phenomenon. He takes things to a new level with this amazing and much needed book on practical product photography. Use his advice and you'll simply make more money. Highly recommended."
With eBay Photos That Sell, anyone who wants to make money online can take great shots without spending a fortune on equipment. Plus, you'll get tips for using Photoshop Elements to enhance photos; an entertaining approach that makes even the advanced techniques easy to absorb; and page after page of inspiring full-color photos. Price: $19.79 Taking Great Product Shots for eBay and Beyond
If you're really into making money on eBay, check the library for books that will help get the most out of eBay
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