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Monthly Memo

A note from the editor

By Peter Meyers, Missing Manuals managing editor

You probably don't follow the bestseller lists as closely as we do, but if you're a Missing Manuals fan you’ll be happy to know we've been having quite a year. Our category-leading champs include books on Mac OS X Leopard, Photoshop Elements 6, iPhone, Dreamweaver CS3, and FileMaker Pro 9. (We measure these feats using data from the publishing industry’s scorekeeper, Nielsen BookScan, but you can get a similar sense by checking out Amazon’s top-selling computer books list—the first 25 of which often feature a sea of our distinctive green covers.)

Why the bragging? First, because I'm proud as punch we've been able to maintain series' founder David Pogue's original vision — to free the world from the tyranny of bad how-to writing and to make it fun and even inspiring to read this stuff -- even as we welcome new writers into our family. Second, our growing popularity means more people than ever can enjoy a slew of new offerings we're working on here at Missing Manuals HQ (both new topics and new formats, like videos and online articles). Readers of this newsletter will get first peek at all these developments.

First up, we’re moving beyond software, gadgets, and operating systems with the recently released Facebook: The Missing Manual and Wikipedia: The Missing Manual. Coming next month: Your Brain: The Missing Manual, a captivating tour of your body's most important organ. Coverage includes easy-to-implement advice on topics like memory, nutrition, and interpersonal relations. Sound like science or self-help? Sure, it’s a bit of both, but done the Missing Manual way. That means research grounded in neuroscience and psychology; advice that neither promises the moon nor treats you like a dolt; and sparklingly lucid writing that will keep you engaged from start to finish. See for yourself; we’ve posted the introductory chapter online.

Finally, I'd love to hear what you find helpful in our books and, even more importantly, where you'd like to see us improve. A visual index? More illustrations? Q&A's with our authors? Help us help you — use the email address at the bottom of this newsletter to share your ideas.

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Leopard Secrets Revealed

By David Pogue at Macworld 2008

Link to Leopard Video

David Pogue was at O'Reilly's booth at Macworld and covered a lot of ground while highlighting new features in Mac OS X, Leopard. View videos or read the transcripts on the following topics:

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10 Tips for Photoshop Elements 6

By Barbara Brundage

1. Always back up your photos as soon as you get them out of your camera. You can use the Organizer's backup or disc-burning feature (File->Backup Catalog to CD, DVD or Hard Drive) for this, or you can use your computer's built-in disc-burning utility. For really important photos (wedding and baby pix, for example), it's not a bad idea to burn a disc and keep that someplace else, like your safe deposit box or with a friend or relative. Then, no matter what happens, you won't have to worry about losing your photos.

> Read all ten tips!

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