This beginner′s guide in the usual "Dummies" format shows how to set up, acquire, and manage media content; how to play with the iPod, hook it up to other components, and take it on the road; how to use advanced techniques; and how to troubleshoot common problems. Online bonus chapters (available at http://www.dummies.com/go/ipod4e/) cover MusicMatch Jukebox and online resources. Clear, with just enough background information; recommended for all libraries. ( Library Journal, January 15, 2007)
Tony Bove (www.tonybove.com) has written more than two dozen books on computing, desktop publishing, and multimedia, including
iLife ’04 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies (Wiley),
The GarageBand Book (Wiley),
The Art of Desktop Publishing (Bantam), and a series of books about Macromedia Director, Adobe Illustrator, and PageMaker. Tony also founded
Publish magazine and the
Inside Report on New Media newsletter
, and he wrote the weekly Macintosh column for
Computer Currents for a decade, as well as articles for
NeXTWORLD, the
Chicago Tribune Sunday Technology Section, and
NewMedia. Tracing the personal computer revolution back to the 1960s counterculture, Tony produced a CD-ROM interactive documentary in 1996,
Haight-Ashbury in the Sixties (featuring music from the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, and the Jefferson Airplane). He also developed the Rockument music site, www.rockument.com, with commentary and radio programs focused on rock music history. As a founding member of the Flying Other Brothers (www.flyingotherbros.com), which tours professionally and has released two commercial CDs (
52-Week High and
San Francisco Sounds), Tony has performed with Hall-of-Fame rock musicians and uses his iPod to store extensive concert recordings. Tony has also worked as a director of enterprise marketing for a large software company, and as a communications director and technical publications manager.
Cheryl Rhodes has co-authored more than a dozen books on computing, desktop publishing, and multimedia, includingiLife ’04 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies (Wiley), The Art of Desktop Publishing (Bantam), and a series of books about Macromedia Director, Adobe Illustrator, and PageMaker. Cheryl contributed to the influentialInside Report on New Media newsletter and wrote articles for NeXTWORLD, Computer Currents, theChicago Tribune Sunday Technology Section, and NewMedia. Cheryl also co-founded and editedDesktop Publishing/Publish magazine. Cheryl recently founded and served as director of a charter school and has worked as a professional courseware designer and an instructor in computer courses at elementary and high schools.