Corey Sandler - Nook eReaders for Dummies

NOOK eReaders For Dummies, Portable Edition

by Corey Sandler

NOOK eReaders For Dummies, Portable Edition

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ISBN 978-1-118-44044-5 (pbk); ISBN 978-1-118-44043-8 (ebk); ISBN 978-1-118-44041-4 (ebk); ISBN 978-1-118-44042-1 (ebk)

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About the Author

Corey Sandler is a voracious reader and also an indefatigable author of books. Also magazines and, back in the days between Gutenberg and the arrival of the first eReader, newspapers.

He has written more than 200 books at last count, about computers, technology, history, sports, and business. Sandler travels all over the world conducting research and lecturing; he has zoomed past the century mark of countries visited: watch out Moldova, Kaliningrad, and Bolivia youre up next.

Okay, so sometimes he is fatigable. That happens when you carry 150 pounds of luggage including a laptop, three cameras and lenses, a dozen books to read and consult, and a hogshead of lecture notes printed out and neatly bound to sit on a lectern. And thats why hes a fan of electronic books. Theyre good for his back.

Sandler studied journalism (and took some courses to program a gigantic mainframe computer) at Syracuse University. He began his career as a daily newspaper reporter in Ohio and then New York, moving on to a post as a correspondent for The Associated Press. From there he joined Ziff-Davis Publishing as the first executive editor of PC Magazine . He wrote his first book about computers in 1983 and hasnt come close to stopping.

When hes not on the road and living on his smartphone and computer, hes at home on Nantucket Island thirty miles out to sea off the coast of Massachusetts. He shares his life with his wife Janice; their two grown children have their own careers elsewhere on the continent.

You can see Sandlers current list of books on his website at www.sandlerbooks.com and send an e-mail through the links you find there. He promises to respond to courteous inquiries as quickly as he can. Spam, on the other hand, will be dumped into the Atlantic Ocean.

Dedication

This book, like all Ive written, is dedicated to my family. They are the first to know when Dad has a new book to write: first the excitement, then the dread, then the weeks of silent solitude interspersed with the occasional screams of Eureka! and finally the thrill of victory or at least satisfaction when the electronic file leaves my computer and heads over the Internet to the publisher and eventually to you.

As always, to Janice, who has put up with me for more than 30 years and still laughs at most of my jokes, and to my children William and Tessa, who have progressed from our laptops to careers and lives of their own. I am proud to be husband, father, and personal computer and electronic device consultant to the clan.

Authors Acknowledgments

This book bears just one name on the cover, but thats only part of the story.

Thanks to the smart and capable crew at Wiley, including Katie Mohr and the rest of the editorial and production staff who turned the taps of my keyboard into the book you hold in the electronic device in the palm of your hand.

Also, my appreciation to long-time publishing collaborator Tonya Maddox Cupp who, once again, managed the process (and me) with grace and humor.

And as always, thanks to you for buying this book. I hope you enjoy your NOOK Color or NOOK Simple Touch eReader and proceed to support your favorite authors and publishers by filling them up with many, many books.

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