June 2010
Beginner to intermediate
317 pages
9h 56m
English
Content preview from iPad: The Missing Manual
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The Missing Credits
About the Author
J.D. Biersdorfer is the author of iPod: The Missing Manual, Netbooks: The Missing Manual and co-author of The Internet: The Missing Manual, iPhoto ’09: The Missing Manual, and the second edition of Google: The Missing Manual. She’s been writing the weekly computer Q&A column for The New York Times since 1998 and has covered everything from 17th-century Indian art to the world of female hackers for the newspaper. She’s also written articles for the AIGA Journal of Graphic Design, Budget Travel, The New York Times Book Review, and Rolling Stone. She studied in the Theater & Drama program at Indiana University and spends her spare moments playing the banjo and watching BBC World News. Email: jd.biersdorfer@gmail.com.
About the Creative Team
Peter McKie (editor), who still has his second-generation iPhone, edited this book with a keen sense of iPad envy. He has a master’s degree in journalism from Boston University and lives in New York City, where he researches the history of old houses and, every once in a while, sneaks into abandoned buildings. Email: pmckie@oreilly.com.
Nellie McKesson (production editor) is a graduate of St. John’s College in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She lives in Brockton, Mass., and spends her spare time studying graphic design and making t-shirts (www.endplasticdesigns.com). Email: nellie@oreilly.com.
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