Welcome to the Wiley Technology Newsletter January 2008 – Happy New Year!
In this newsletter you will find details of our exciting forthcoming titles for Computing. To order a review copy of any of the books featured please contact Alicia Barker: Media Request Form
Titles highlighted in this newsletter:
Out February:
• Second Life: The Official Guide 2nd Edition by Michael Rymaszewski
• Changing Software Development by Allan Kelly
• Second Life For Dummies® by Sarah Robbins and Mark Bell
Out March:
• Create a Web Site Do-It-Yourself For Dummies® by Janine Warner
• Visual Basic 2008 Programmer's Reference by Rod Stephens
• Teach Yourself VISUALLYTM Windows® Home Server by Paul McFedries
Sneak Preview – Out April:
• TechKnow: An exciting new series from Wiley and the Science Museum’s Dana Centre
Titles include:
• Powering Up: Are Computer Games Changing Our Lives? by Rebecca Mileham
• Being Virtual: Who You Really Are Online by Davey Winder
• Enhancing Me: The Hope and Hype of Human Enhancement by Pete Moore
Read on for more details...
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Out February:
Second Life®: The Official Guide 2nd Edition
Michael Rymaszewski
Second Life: The Official Guide is one of three official books from Wiley on Second Life, an incredible virtual world that boasts more than 7 million residents - with more joining every day! Completely updated to reflect the latest in-world features, it explores in detail every aspect of Second Life’s rich and multilayered virtual world, explains how it works, and offers a wealth of information and practical advice for all Second Life residents.
Paperback Original; £18.99/26.40 EUR; ISBN: 978-0-470-22775-6
Changing Software Development: Learning to Become Agile
Allan Kelly
Changing Software Development is peppered with practical advice and case studies to explain how and why knowledge, learning and change are important in the development process. Today, managers are pre-occupied with knowledge management, organization learning and change management; while software developers are often unaware of the bigger issues embedded in their work. This innovative book bridges this divide by linking the software world of technology and processes to the business world of knowledge, learning and change.
Paperback Original; £29.99/45.00 EUR; ISBN: 978-0-470-51504-4
Second Life® For Dummies®
Sarah Robbins and Mark Bell
In jargon-free accessible language, this book will tell you just what you need to know and nothing you don't!
Topics covered include:
• what to do once you get off Orientation Island and how to get around
• customising your avatar to get the look you want
• exchange rates from real world dollars to Linden dollars
• managing your finances and making purchases
• meeting the people you want to meet and deflecting those you don't
• developing a home base for yourself in-world
• helping create the world in which you want to reside by literally designing the things you want--clothing, transportation, art pieces, etc
Paperback Original; £15.99/20.00 EUR; ISBN: 978-0-470-18025-9
Out March:
Web Sites Do-It-Yourself For Dummies®
Janine Warner
This is a hands-on guide that delivers the illustrated step-by-step directions that Web design newcomers need to create their first site. Illustrated with hundreds of screen shots, including 16 pages in full colour, this oversized tutorial guide offers self-motivated do-it-yourselfers a structured, project-based approach to creating a basic Web site. Like the other books in the new Dummies Do-It-Yourself series, it provides readers with a detailed road map for getting the job done, with each chapter taking them one step closer toward the final goal. Readers move from setting priorities, establishing a budget, visualizing the site, registering a domain name, and choosing a Web hosting service to creating Web pages, editing images for the Web, adding multimedia, and testing and publishing the site.
Paperback Original; £15.99/20.00 EUR; ISBN: 978-0-470-16903-2
Visual Basic 2008 Programmer's Reference
Rod Stephens
Visual Basic 2008 Programmer's Reference is a language tutorial and a reference guide to the upcoming Orcas release of Visual Basic. The tutorial provides basic material suitable for beginners but also includes in-depth content for more advanced developers. The second part of the book is a reference that quickly allows programmers to locate information for specific language features. The entries in these appendices allow the reader to quickly review the details of important programming, objects, properties, methods, and events.
Paperback Original; £26.99/32.00 EUR; ISBN: 978-0-470-18262-8
Teach Yourself VISUALLYTM Windows® Home Server
Paul McFedries
Technology enthusiasts and home users around the globe are buzzing about the latest product from Microsoft, Windows Home Server. This book features step-by-step instructions and hundreds of full colour screenshots to provide readers with robust topic coverage. Succinct explanations walk readers through over 150 Windows Home Server tasks from Windows Home Server basics and configurations to working with WHS settings, restoring data, and making a remote connection to WHS.
Paperback Original; £15.99/22.60 EUR; ISBN: 978-0-470-22639-1
Sneak Preview – Out April:
TechKnow: An exciting new series from Wiley and the Science Museum’s Dana Centre
Curious about technology? Want to join the discussion on how it will affect our futures? Then watch out for the TechKnow series, launching in April 2008, in conjunction with the Dana Centre.
Titles include:
Powering Up: Are Computer Games Changing Our Lives?
Rebecca Mileham – ISBN: 978-0-470-72310-4
Being Virtual: Who You Really Are Online
Davey Winder – ISBN: 978-0-470-72362-3
Enhancing Me: The Hope and Hype of Human Enhancement
Pete Moore – ISBN: 978-0-470-72409-5
Paperback Original; £12.9919.50 EUR
Click here for more information about the new TechKnow series.
I hope you have enjoyed this newsletter. For a review copy of any of the above titles please contact Alicia Barker: Media Request Form
