Pogue - iPad: the missing manual

The Missing Manual series is a joint venture between the dream team introduced on these pages and OReilly Media. Im grateful to all of them, especially to designer Phil Simpson, prose queen Julie Van Keuren, and the astonishingly knowledgeable Rich Koster. He served as the technical editor of iPhone: The Missing Manual, from which much of this book was adapted.

As the sun began to set on this books deadline, I appealed to my followers on Twitter to help beta-read this book. My new best friends Tim Allen, Richard Wemberley, Adriana Belotti, Bill Groll, Clark Averill, Elizabeth Howell, Gilbert Tang, Grace Suarez, Lew Piper, Robert Ameeti, Jeff Hagedon, Logan Buren, Ken Falk, Tom Kerber, Matt Hausmann, and Skip Dodson cheerfully answered the call. They enthusiastically found all kinds of little things (and big ones) that needed fixing, and Im deeply grateful.

A few other friends did massive favors for this book. Apples Trudy Muller and Andy Bowman were incredibly generous in chasing down elusive technical answers. Philip Michaels did the original Game Center writeup. OReillys Brian Sawyer accommodated my chaotic schedule without once threatening to break my kneecaps. And my incredible assistant Jan Carpenter kept me from falling apart like wet Kleenex.

Im supremely grateful to my former New York Times colleague Jude Biersdorfer. iPad: The Missing Manual was her book for six editions; this year, an intensified schedule at The Times forced her to give up her baby. She was spectacularly cool about letting me take it over.

Thanks to David Rogelberg and Tim OReilly for believing in the idea, and above all, to Nicki, Kell, Tia, and Jeffrey. They make these booksand everything elsepossible.

David Pogue