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Book reviews of popular books about using computers gathered from user group leaders and members all around the world. You are encouraged to submit articles and reviews from your organization.

Business & General

• Absolute Beginner's Guide to Security, Spam, Spyware & Viruses - You, your family, and your personal finances are at risk... get this book
• eBay in a Snap - This is the guide that can launch you confidently into eBay
• Blogging in a Snap - So you want to blog? Here's where to start...
• The eBay Survival Guide: How to Make Money and Avoid Losing Your Shirt - A no-holds-barred guide to safe and successful buying and selling on the popular online auction site
• The Symantec Guide to Home Internet Security - Are you afraid of online crime? You should be... and you should be reading this book
• eBay Photos That Sell - Taking Great Product Shots for eBay and Beyond... hear that cash register ringing?

Desktop Publishing

• Type Rules! : The Designer's Guide to Professional Typography - One of our most recommended and most praised books
• Adobe Creative Suite 2 Classroom in a Book - Step-by-step, project-based lessons walk you through sample real-life projects
• Adobe Creative Suite 2 Workflow : Integrating the Tools, Increasing Your Productivity - This book can help you quickly learn how to take advantage of all that CS2 has to offer
• D.I.Y.: Design It Yourself - provides you with all the tools you'll need to create your own projects
• How to Wow with InDesign - You'll quickly master InDesign basics and advanced techniques
• The InDesign Effects Book - A stunning full-color guide to InDesign Effects
• Understanding Color : An Introduction for Designers - From theory to practice - enhance your skills in working with color
• The Adobe InCopy CS2 Book - how to take control of the copy-fitting process
• InDesign Type : Professional Typography - a comprehensive overview of all of InDesign's type features

Graphics & Art

• Adobe Illustrator CS2 How-Tos - focused on the one-hundred most essential things anyone needs to know to use Illustrator CS2
• Learning Maya 7 Maya Unlimited Features - make complex Maya topics easy to grasp
• 3ds Max 8 Bible - weighs in at more than 1,000 pages
• Maya Techniques: Hyper-Real Creature Creation +DVD - The Industry Expert's Guide to Modeling, Texturing, and Rigging in Maya
• Master Visually 3ds Max 8 - intermediate-to-advanced animation tasks using the latest version of 3ds max

Macintosh & OS X

• Hacking Mac OS X Tiger : Serious Hacks, Mods and Customizations - Here are serious hacks you won't find anywhere else
• Sams Teach Yourself Mac OS X Tiger - all of the exciting features and programs that came with your new Mac
• Mac mini Hacks & Mods For Dummies - Do some very cool stuff with your Mac Mini
• AirPort and Mac Wireless Networks For Dummies - Get your Mac wireless into the fast lane
• Beginning Xcode (Programmer to Programmer) - how to use Xcode and the user interface
• Robin Williams Cool Mac Apps: A guide to iLife 05 - Get an iLife! Robin shows you how...
• Sams Teach Yourself Mac OS X Tiger - This is the learn-all, be-all for beginning Tiger users
• Teach Yourself VISUALLY Mac OS X Tiger - Tired of those heavy bibles with miles of text? Try the visual approach to Tiger
• iPhoto 5 for Mac OS X: VQG - Must for the Apple Mac iPhoto user... for Tiger
• iPhoto 5: Creating a Photo Book & Slideshow - It would seem like child's play... but it's not. You'll need this book

Multimedia, DVD, Video, Music

• Avid Made Easy : Video Editing with Avid FreeDV and the Avid Xpress Family - address the beginner audience and target those using the FreeDV
• Create Your Own Digital Movies - shows you how to get through it all with ease
• Roxio Easy Media Creator 8 For Dummies - Your step-by-step guide to digital media fun
• Adobe Premiere Pro 2 Bible - comprehensive guide to the latest release of Adobe Premiere Pro
• Making a Movie in iMovie HD and iDVD 5 VQG - the real scoop on Apple's awesome movie suite
• Digital Video Hacks - Dispell the novice techniques and get into some really cool video hacks

Photography

• Digital SLR Cameras & Photography For Dummies - friendly approach to understanding how an SLR works
• Digital SLR Photography with Photoshop CS2 All-In-One - another superb book on using the SLR
• Color Confidence : The Digital Photographer's Guide to Color Management - how to ensure that the color in an image file is accurately represented and reproduced
• 50 Fast Digital Photo Projects - As always, Gregory has a new basket of digital photo projects
• Nikon D50 Digital Field Guide - MUST have for D50 owners!
• Into Your Digital Darkroom Step by Step - Another in the unique trilogy for photographers by photographers
• Spring Into Digital Photography - This book will get you off to the right start
• Hacking Digital Cameras - All the jiucy, tricks and tips real photographers have known for years... revealed in style
• Shooting for Dollars : Simple Photo Techniques for Greater eBay Profits - Photos really sell the product. You want sales? Then shoot the right photos!

Photoshop

• Adobe Photoshop CS2 Studio Techniques - gain the deep understanding needed to master Photoshop's most essential features
• Adobe Photoshop Restoration & Retouching (3rd Edition) (Voices That Matter) - you can't afford to miss the third edition of the classic Photoshop book
• Commercial Photoshop Retouching: In the Studio - Photoshop CS 2 in a real world commercial environment
• Photoshop CS2 : Top 100 Simplified Tips & Tricks - Providing timesaving tips, cool secrets, and productivity tricks
• Photoshop CS2 Savvy - concentrates on helping you master the specific, practical tools and techniques
• Photoshop CS2 Visual Encyclopedia - A-to-Z reference covers hundreds of Photoshop cs2 tools and techniques
• Photoshop Elements 4 Solutions : The Art of Digital Photography - Now bargain-priced at under $30 -- $10 less than the previous edition!
• Photoshop for Nature Photographers : A Workshop in a Book - gorgeous photography, tips and techniques
• Photoshop for Right-Brainers : The Art of Photomanipulation - explores the artistic creation process, demonstrating how Photoshop can open pathways for originality
• Teach Yourself Photoshop Elements 4 - tackle more than 150 Photoshop Elements 4 tasks
• Photoshop CS2 Before & After Makeovers - Even the most discriminating Photoshop user will be blown away
• The Photoshop CS2 Speed Clinic : Automating Photoshop to Get Twice the Work Done in Half the Time - use the power of automation to instantly save time
• The Photoshop Channels Book - step-by-step project-based book that will teach you exactly how to the pros use channels
• The Future of Memories : Sharing Moments with Photoshop Elements and Digital Cameras - create a compelling narrative through digital images
• Understanding Adobe Photoshop - Digital Imaging Concepts and Techniques
• Photoshop CS2 RAW : Using Adobe Camera Raw, Bridge, and Photoshop to Get the Most out of Your Digital Camera - An important book dedicated to working with RAW in Photoshop

Web Design

• Teach Yourself HTML and CSS in 24 Hours - includes updates to introduce Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) in concert with HTML
• Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML - The first turly fresh approach to teaching web construction in a long time
• Sams Teach Yourself HTML and CSS in 24 Hours - Easy, step-by-step learning
• CSS Hacks and Filters : Making Cascading Stylesheets Work - Kick it up a step and dig into these CSS hacks and filters. Not for the beginner!
• Access by Design : A Guide to Usability for Web Designers - Must reading for the serious web designer!
• Hacking Movable Type - An Editor's Choice book... this takes you under the hood of Movable Type
• Spring Into HTML and CSS - We love all the "Spring Into" books and this is one of the best
• Adobe Photoshop CS2 for the Web Hands-On Training - Here comes Tanya with another blockbuster web graphics book
• Web Site Design for Professional Photographers - Uniquely positioned for photography related web sites... a must for photo Galleries

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