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Spotify For Dummies

by Kim Gilmour

Spotify For Dummies

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About the Author

Kim Gilmour is a freelance journalist and author with more than 13 years of experience. As senior researcher/writer at Which? Computing, the U.K.s biggest computing magazine, she conducted high-profile news investigations, product reviews, and tutorials; and she is still a regular contributor. She was also features editor at Internet Magazine, where she extensively covered early developments in the digital music revolution. Prior to this, she was assistant editor at an Australian business technology title.

Kims articles have appeared in the U.K.s Web User, PC Pro, and Computer Shopper, among others. She is the author of Digital Photography for the Older and Wiser (Wiley) and co-author of eBay.co.uk for Business All-in-One For Dummies and Starting and Running an Online Business For Dummies (U.K. edition) .

Dedication

For Audrey, who loves music.

Author's Acknowledgments

Writing this book from Australia a country that doesnt even have Spotify yet was far from the lonely task I thought it might be. Ive had countless advice from the Spotify community all around the world; and despite the late nights and time differences, it worked! This book would not exist without you all. Thank you so much; I hope our paths cross one day.

Massive thanks to my patient project editor Laura Miller, who was an absolute pleasure to work with. Laura knows the For Dummies style inside-out, and Im grateful for her expert eye. Thank you also to my technical editor, Jer White. Few people on Earth know Spotify and the Spotify community as well as Jer. He was always there to give my words a sense-check and answer my random Android-related questions!

Spotify For Dummies has been an epic process, so thanks to Chris Webb at Wiley, who had faith in the project from the very beginning (even before Spotify finally arrived in the States) and the rest of the editorial team at Wiley, including Jodi Jensen, Ellie Scott, and Sara Shlaer.

Thank you to my agent, Isabel Atherton, for her dedication and support. And thanks to the folks at Spotify who were totally behind the project, including James Duffett-Smith for suggesting the idea; and Carl-Axel Larsen, Andres Sehr, and Angela Watts for being on hand to answer my queries.

Last but by no means least I cant thank my lovely parents enough for all their support, motivation, and encouragement; and my daughter Audrey for being such an inspiration.

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Cartoons: Rich Tennant (www.the5thwave.com)

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