Preston Gralla - Motorola Xoom: The Missing Manual

Copyright 2011 Preston Gralla

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Preston Gralla (author) is the author of 40 books that have been translated into 20 languages, including Droid X: The Missing Manual, Droid 2: The Missing Manual, Big Book of Windows Hacks, Windows Vista in a Nutshell, How the Internet Works, and How Wireless Works. He is a contributing editor to Computerworld, a founder and editor-in-chief of Case Study Forum, and was a founding editor and then editorial director of PC/Computing , executive editor for CNet/ZDNet , and the founding managing editor of PC Week .

He has written about technology for many national newspapers and magazines, including USA Today , Los Angeles Times, Dallas Morning News (for whom he wrote a technology column), PC World , and numerous others. As a widely recognized technology expert, he has made many television and radio appearances, including on the CBS Early Show, MSNBC, ABC World News Now, and National Public Radio. Under his editorship, PC/Computing was a finalist for General Excellent in the National Magazine Awards. He has also won the Best Feature in a Computing Publication award from the Computer Press Association.

Gralla is also the recipient of a 20102011 Fiction Fellowship from the Massachusetts Cultural Council. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with his wife (his two children have flown the coop). He welcomes feedback about his books by email at .

Nan Barber (editor) has worked with the Missing Manual series since its inceptionlong enough to remember booting up her computer from a floppy disk. Email: .

Adam Zaremba (production editor) has a masters degree from the Editorial Institute at Boston University. He lives in Chestnut Hill, Mass., and wants to let Executus know that it is too soon.

Julie Hawks (indexer) is an indexer for the Missing Manual series. She is currently pursuing a masters degree in Religious Studies while discovering the joys of warm winters in the Carolinas. Email: .

Sohaila Abdulali (proofreader) is a freelance writer and editor. She has published a novel, several childrens books, and an ethnography of an aboriginal Indian woman. She lives in New York City with her husband Tom and their daughter Samara. She can be reached through her website at www.sohailaink.com.