Computer Mobile and Internet Technology

 

1.       Adobe Photoshop CS3 A-Z : Tools and Features Illustrated Ready Reference

 

The CS3 version is a state-of-the-art image editing program full of the features and functions that digital photographers and desktop image makers desire the most. In fact, the program has become so comprehensive that producing an illustrated A–Z book like this one is not just a nicety, but has become a necessity. The software covers so many areas that Photoshop users needed a quick ready reference guide to all the major tools and features. . This e-book contains 321 pages.

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2.       Adobe Photoshop CS5 One-on-One

 

Adobe Photoshop CS5 One-on-One is designed to supply beginners with all the guidance they need to get started in Photoshop, while giving more advanced users the depth of knowledge that will fortify their expertise. Adobe Photoshop CS5 One-on-One is your chance to master Photoshop under the direction of a professional trainer with more than twenty years of computer design and imaging experience. Adobe Photoshop CS5 One-on-One contains twelve lessons, each made up of three to six step-by-step exercises. This e-book contains 467 pages

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3.       Advanced Google AdWords

 

This is the ultimate guide for those who want to move beyond AdWords basics to learn and apply the advanced techniques and tactics that Google’s expert consultant teaches to Fortune 500 companies in his seminars. Advanced Google AdWords will provide deep insight into AdWords’ functionality and advanced features, explaining how they work and providing tips, tactics, and hands-on tutorials that readers can immediately use on their own PPC campaigns.Improve Your Profits and strategies.While this book gives advanced insight into every aspect of using AdWords to create and manage successful marketing campaigns, this books two mantra words are profits and strategies. Advanced Google AdWords will help you create strategies to improve many aspects of your marketing including:

·                  Choosing and organizing keywords based upon user intent so your ads and landing pages are always relevant to the searcher.

·                  Controlling under which conditions your ad shows so you can save money and increases your conversion rate.

·                  Write ads that increase not just click-through-rates and profits

·                  Understanding quality score so that you can monitor and increase your quality score

·                  Learn how to set bids based upon ROI, time of day, profits, geography, and more

·                  Strategies for organizing your account based upon your goals

·                  Conversion tracking strategies to learn what parts of your account lead to sales

·                  Master testing ad copy and landing pages

·                  Follow step-by-step instructions to create action plans so you can easily monitor and manage your campaigns.

·                  Learn how to tame the content network so you can profitable expand your advertising goals.

Advanced Google AdWords is the ultimate step-by-step guide for developing advanced AdWords expertise. It is detailed, in-depth, and full of insights, techniques, tips, tactics and fascinating real-world case studies. The book will have very high visibility in the PPC community as it will feature a foreword from a Google AdWords insider, an AdWords coupon, and praise quotes from PPC industry notables. This e-book contains 555 pages.

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4.       Android Apps for Absolute Beginners

 

Anybody can start building simple apps for the Android platform, and this book will show you how. Android Apps for Absolute Beginners takes you through the process of getting your first Android applications up and running using plain English and practical examples. It cuts through the fog of jargon and mystery that surrounds Android application development, and gives you simple, step-by-step instructions to get you started. 

·                  Teaches Android application development in language anyone can understand, giving you the best possible start in Android development

·                  Provides simple, step-by-step examples that make learning easy, allowing you to pick up the concepts without fuss

·                  Offers clear code descriptions and layout so that you can get your apps running as soon as possible

What you’ll learn

·                  Get yourself and your computer set up for Android apps development

·                  Use the Eclipse programming environment to make your Android development efficient and straightforward

·                  Follow steps in plain English to build simple apps and get them working immediately

·                  Style your application so that it appeals to potential users

·                  Make use of the Android’s touch screen

·                  Use shortcuts and cheat sheets to create apps the easy way

·                  Use the basics of Java and XML to move onto more advanced apps

This e-book contains 340 pages

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5.       Android Cookbook

 

We assume you know the basics of the Java language. If not, see “Preface” on page xiii. We also assume you know the basics of the Java Standard Edition API (since this forms the basis of Android's runtime libraries) as well as the basics of Android. The terms "activity", "intent", and "content provider", while notnecessarily being what you dream about at night, should at least be familiar to you.

What's in this Book?

Chapter 1, Getting Started, takes you through the steps of setting up the Android development environment and building several simple applications of the well-known "Hello World" type .

Chapter 2, Designing a successful Application, covers some of the differences in mobile computing that will hit developers coming from desktop and enterprise software environments, and talks about how mobile design (in particular Android design) differs from those other environments.

Testing is often an afterthought for some developers, so we put this early on, in Chapter 3, Testing. Not so you'll skip it, but so you'll read and heed. We talk about unit testing individual components as well as testing out your entire application in a wellcontrolled way.

In Chapter 4, Content Providers, we show you how to make an application that can be used by other applications through something as simple but ubiquitous (in Android) as the URL.

Chapter 5, Graphics, covers a range of topics related to graphics, including use of the graphical drawing and compositing facilities in Android as well as using desktop tools to develop graphical images, textures, icons, and so on that will be incorporated into your finished application.

Every mobile app needs a GUI, so Chapter 6, Graphical User Interface, covers all the ins and outs of GUI development for Android. Examples are given both in XML and in hard-coded GUI development.

Chapter 7, GUI: ListView, focuses on one of the most important Graphical User Interfaces in Android, the ListView. Android is rich in multimedia capabilities.

Chapter 8, Multimedia, shows how.

Chapter 9, Data Persistence, shows how to save data into files, databases and so on. And how to retreive it later, of course. Android started out as an operating system for mobile telephones.

Chapter 10, Telephone Applications, shows how to control and react to the telephone device that is in most mobile devices nowadays. Mobile devices are, for the most part, always-on and always-connected. This has a major impact on how people use them and think about them.

Chapter 11, Networked Applications, shows the coding for traditional networked applications.

This is followed by Chapter 12, Gaming and Animation,

and Chapter 13, Social Networking.The now-ubiquitous Global Positioning System has also had major implications on
how mobile applications work.

Chapter 14, Location and Map Applications, discusses how to find your location, how to get map data from Google and OpenStreetMap, and
how applications can be location-aware in ways that are just now being explored.

Chapter 15, Accellerometer, talks about the sensors built into most Android devices and how to use them.

There may be a Chapter 16, Bluetooth, if there's enough to say about it, going way beyond connecting your Bluetooth(TM) headset to your phone. This is followed by

Chapter 17, System and Device Control.

In Chapter 18, Other Programming Languages, we explore the use of other programming languages to write all or part of your Android application. Examples include C, Perl, Python, Lisp, and other languages.

This e-book contains 688 pages.

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6.       Android Programming Tutorials, 3rd Edition

Android Programming Tutorials show you what you can do with Android, through a series of 40 individual exercises. Android Programming Tutorials gives you hands-on instruction in how to build sophisticated Android applications, using many of the technologies outlined in CommonsWare’s other Android books. These exercises lead you through the basics of creating Android applications, all the way through many fun Android features like Internet access, location tracking, maps, integrated WebKit browsers, cameras, accelerometers, home screen widgets, and much more. Full source code to all the exercise answers is available, to help you if you get stuck. Android Programming Tutorials makes an excellent companion volume to more traditional Android books that merely tell you what is possible. This e-book contains 334 pages.

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7.       App Inventor

 

Google App Inventor for Android is the complete guide to App Inventor for Android, Google\'s new visual language for building mobile apps. With App Inventor, you program by piecing together blocks that represent the phone\'s functionality. Because it\'s like putting together a puzzle, even non-technical people can use App Inventor to create mobile apps. With App Inventor you don\'t need to write a single line of programming code, and can still create apps that take advantage of all of an Android smart phone\'s features including the accelerometer, GPS, messaging, contacts, the web and more.

This book provides you with a series of fully worked out apps that you can create, download and use on your Android phone. Best of all, the apps come with complete \"source blocks,\" fully explained in easy to understand terms, which you can customize for your own use or use as a model for building the next \"killer app.\" The sample apps are accompanied by a section on App Inventor Designs Patterns that serves as an invaluable reference and explains computer science concepts in simple terms. Google App Inventor for Android is the perfect companion for your app exploration, and will have you creating your own Android apps in no time. This e-book contains 385 pages

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8.       Artificial Intelligence: Structures and Strategies for Complex Problem Solving

 

Artificial Intelligence: Structures and Strategies for Complex Problem Solving is ideal for a one- or two-semester undergraduate course on AI.

In this accessible, comprehensive text, George Luger captures the essence of artificial intelligence–solving the complex problems that arise wherever computer technology is applied. Ideal for an undergraduate course in AI, the Sixth Edition presents the fundamental concepts of the discipline first then goes into detail with the practical information necessary to implement the algorithms and strategies discussed. Readers learn how to use a number of different software tools and techniques to address the many challenges faced by today’s computer scientists. This is an e-book containing 754 pages

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9.       Art-of-SEO---Mastering Search Engine Optimization

 

A well-designed, easy-to-navigate website is useless if no one can find it. If your company is going to succeed in the web economy, optimizing your site for search engine visibility is essential. In this book, four of the most noted experts in the field of search engine optimization (SEO) provide you with proven guidelines and cutting-edge techniques for planning and executing a comprehensive SEO strategy.
The authors clearly explain SEO fundamentals, while correcting many common misconceptions. If you are new to SEO, you'll get a complete and thorough SEO education, as well as an array of effective tactics, from basic to advanced. Seasoned practitioners will find this book useful as a complete reference to SEO best practices.
Explore the underlying theory behind SEO and how search engines work

·                  Learn the steps you need to prepare for, execute, and evaluate SEO initiatives

·                  Examine a number of advanced strategies and tactics

·                  Understand the intricacies involved in managing complex SEO projects

·                  Learn what's necessary to build a competent SEO team with defined roles

·                  Glimpse the future of search and what lies ahead for the SEO industry

This e-book contains 604 pages

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10.  ASP.NET 4.0 in Practice

 

ASP.NET is an established technology for building web applications using Microsoft products. It drives a number of enterprise-level web sites around the world, but it can be scaled for projects of any size. The new version 4.0 is an evolutionary step: users will find a lot of new features that they will be able to leverage to build better web applications with minimal effort.

ASP.NET 4.0 in Practice contains real world techniques from well-known professionals who have been using ASP.NET since the first previews. Using a practical Problem-Solution-Discussion format, it will guide readers through the most common scenarios they will face in a typical ASP.NET application, and provide solutions and suggestions to take their applications to another level. This e-book contains 506 pages.

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11.  AutoCAD 2011 For Dummies

 

If you’re just learning AutoCAD, this friendly, For Dummies guide is perfect for you. You’ll get up to speed on all the basics and start creating 2D and 3D technical drawings sooner than you might imagine. Learn how to create a basic drawing, use AutoCAD Design Center, edit your drawings, work with dimensions, add text, and much more. The book is straightforward, easy to follow, and includes practical tips and notes that demystify this complex software even further.

·                  Gets you quickly up to speed on AutoCAD “X,” the leading technical drawing software from Autodesk

·                  Covers how to create a basic drawing, use AutoCAD Design Center, edit your drawings, use blocks, work with dimensions, add text, and draw on the Internet

·                  Includes updates on the latest features in AutoCAD “X” focusing on those that matter most to beginners

·                  Uses the popular For Dummies approach, which breaks down this intimidating topic into helpful, practical advice and how-tos for real people

AutoCAD “X” For Dummies is what you need to get up to speed and start designing with this market-leading software!

This e-book contains 532 pages.

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12.  Beginning Android Tablet Application Development

 

The new release of Android 3 brings the full power of Android to tablet computing and this hands-on guide offers an introduction to developing tablet applications using this new Android release. Veteran author Wei-Meng Lee explains how Android 3 is specifically optimized for tablet computing and he details Android’s tablet-specific functions. Beginning with the basics, this book moves at a steady pace to provide everything you need to know to begin successfully developing your own Android tablet applications.

·                  Serves as a full-color, hands-on introduction to developing tablet applications with the new Android 3

·                  Offers a helpful overview of Android 3 programming for tablets

·                  Details the components of Android tablet applications

·                  Highlights ways to build the Android user interface for tablets, create location-based services, publish Android applications, use Eclipse for Android development, and employ the Android emulator

Beginning Android Tablet Application Development is an ideal starting point for getting started with using Android 3 to develop tablet applications.

This e-book contains 290 pages

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13.  Beginning CSS: Cascading Style Sheets for Web Design, 3rd Edition

 

With the latest versions of Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer, and other browsers released, CSS is more essential than ever. This beginner guide demonstrates how cascading style sheets can be used to define styles to items in Web pages, rather than format each item individually. Each lesson in this full-color book has been methodically revised to be more concise and efficient, making your learning experience as productive as possible.

·                  Covers the latest in CSS, including the new features of Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, and Google Chrome

·                  Reviews the vast improvements to mobile browsers and how CSS can work with them

·                  Provides helpful examples and walks you through real-world solutions to common hurdles

·                  Discusses embedded fonts, compatibility tables, and cross-browser bug scenarios

Beginning CSS, Third Edition gets you completely up to date so that you can start using CSS in the newest Web and mobile browsers today!

This e-book contains 466 pages.

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14.  Blender 2.5 Character Animation Cookbook

 

Blender is an open source 3D graphics application that can be used for modeling, rigging, animating, rendering and thousands of other things. While modeling characters isn’t the biggest of your worries, animating them to make them feel as-good-as alive is what differentiates a professional from an amateur.

This book offers clear, illustrative, and easy-to-follow recipes to create character rigs and animations for common situations. Bring your characters to life by understanding the principles, techniques and approaches involved in creating rigs and animations, you’ll be able to adapt them to your own characters and films.

The book offers clear step-by-step tutorials, with detailed explanations, screenshots and support files to help you understand the principles behind each topic. Each recipe covers a logical step of the complete creation of a character rig and animation, so you’re not overwhelmed with too much information at once.

You’ll see numerous examples and screenshots that guide to achieve various rigging and animation tasks, logically separated so you can understand each in detail. The rigging topics are divided by each region of the body (torso, limbs, face, eyes), and further separated by the specific topic (neck, fingers, mouth, eyelids, etc) for clarity. All rigging tasks are accomplished with the built-in tools in Blender, without the complexity of coding custom Python behaviors or user interface elements.

The animation topics deal with common situations found in real world productions, showing good practices to understand and overcome the challenges.

What you will learn from this book

·                  Refine your animation with Blender tools

·                  Understand principles behind movements like walking, running, jumping and weight lifting

·                  Stay productive with an organized animation workflow

·                  Create flexible face rigs with a mixed approach

·                  Learn how to stretch the arms, legs and spine of your characters

·                  Create corrective shape keys

·                  Fine control your character’s eyes

·                  Switching between IK and FK for arms and legs in a shot

·                  Create an IK foot setup with 3 pivots

·                  How to track your animation arcs and timing

Approach

Cookbook

Who this book is written for

Blender users who already know the basics of adding, modeling and rendering objects within the program, but are eager to learn how to turn a character’s mesh into a living creature.

 

15.  Build Your Own Website The Right Way Using HTML & CSS

 

With over 60,000 copies sold since its first edition, this SitePoint best-seller has just had a fresh update to include recent advances in the web industry.

With the first two editions coming highly recommended by established, leading web designers and developers, the third edition with all its extra goodies will continue that trend. Also fully updated to include the latest operating systems, web browsers and providing fixes to issues that have cropped up since the last edition.

Readers will learn to:

·                  Style text and control your page layout with CSS

·                  Create and Optimize graphics for the Web

·                  Add interactivity to your sites with forms

·                  Include a custom search, contact us page, and a News/Events section on your site

·                  Track visitors with Google Analytics

·                  Extend your reach and connect your site with Social Media

·                  Use HTML5&CSS3 to add some cool, polished features to your site

Use diagnosis/debug tools to find any problems

This e-book contains 552 pages

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16.          Build Your Own ASP.NET 4 Website Using C# & VB

ASP.NET is useful in more ways than one. If you aren’t already a .NET developer, it’s the gateway to learning the framework, and the languages that you can use to program against it. The most common languages, and the ones covered in this book, are C# and VB.NET. Skills in these languages and framework go way beyond web development.
ASP.NET is this framework, and with its Web Forms and Controls technologies, you can use rapid development methodologies to get your application up and running quickly. Being fully standards-compliant, you can also make it beautiful using CSS. Beyond this, particularly for professional, commercial applications, you’ll need tools that allow database connectivity to be smart, secure, and efficient, and ASP.NET with its ADO.NET technology provides this for you.
This book provides you with everything you need to know to skill up in ASP.NET development with Web Forms technology. It’s a fantastic learning tool, written in an approachable and informative way. You’ll be amazed at what you can build, quickly and easily.
ASP.NET really is a unique technology, and it provides new and extremely efficient ways to create web applications using the programming language with which you feel most comfortable. Though it can take some time to learn, ASP.NET is simple to use. Whether you want to create simple web forms, feature-rich shopping carts, or even complex enterprise applications, ASP.NET can help you do it. All the tools you’ll need to get up and running are immediately available and easy to install, and require very little initial configuration.
This book will be your gentle introduction to the wonderful world of ASP.NET, teaching you the foundations step by step. First, you’ll learn the theory; then, you’ll put it into practice as we work through practical exercises together. Finally, we’ll stretch your abilities by introducing the MVC Framework and other advanced topics. To demonstrate some of the more complex functionality, and to put the theory into a cohesive, realistic context, we’ll develop a project through the course of this book.
This book is aimed at beginner, intermediate, and advanced web designers looking to make the leap into server-side programming with ASP.NET.We expect that you’ll already feel comfortable with HTML, CSS, and a little knowlegable about database design although we will cover quite a few databatse topics along the way. Developers in open-source web development languages such as PHP, Java, or Ruby will make an excellent transition to learning ASP.NET.

This e-book contains834 pages

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17.  Busy coder’s guide for Android

 

It’s a really good book for beginners; it sure beats reading the Google Android SDK docs and trying to make some sense of them…It was enjoyable reading this book, and all the examples are concise and to the point. The author does a great job conveying convoluted concepts simply, and that’s the true value of this book, especially to a beginner. This e-book contains 731 pages.

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18.  C++ for Engineers and Scientists, 3rd Edition

 

Now in its third edition, Bronson’s C++ for Engineers and Scientists makes C++ accessible to first-level engineering students as C++ maintains its stronghold in engineering and scientific communities. The text continues to take a pragmatic approach that incorporates actual engineering and science problems for its applications and examples. Students begin with a foundation in procedural programming, moving into object-oriented concepts in the second half of the text. This new edition also offers new case studies and an expanded selection of examples from a variety of fields including thermodynamics, optics, and fluid mechanics. This e-book contains 849 pages.

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19.  Cloud Computing Bible 

 

The complete reference guide to the hot technology of cloud computing. Its potential for lowering IT costs makes cloud computing a major force for both IT vendors and users; it is expected to gain momentum rapidly with the launch of Office Web Apps later this year. Because cloud computing involves various technologies, protocols, platforms, and infrastructure elements, this comprehensive reference is just what you need if you’ll be using or implementing cloud computing.

·                  Cloud computing offers significant cost savings by eliminating upfront expenses for hardware and software; its growing popularity is expected to skyrocket when Microsoft introduces Office Web Apps

·                  This comprehensive guide helps define what cloud computing is and thoroughly explores the technologies, protocols, platforms and infrastructure that make it so desirable

·                  Covers mobile cloud computing, a significant area due to ever-increasing cell phone and smartphone use

·                  Focuses on the platforms and technologies essential to cloud computing

Anyone involved with planning, implementing, using, or maintaining a cloud computing project will rely on the information in Cloud Computing Bible.

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20.  Convert!: Designing Web Sites to Increase Traffic and  Conversion

 

When web design expert Ben Hunt set out to quantify the difference between an ordinary web site and a great one, he expected to find the key in design simplicity. But when his team more than doubled the conversion rates for a wide range of sites, they identified simple yet powerful solutions involving design, copy, appropriate analysis, classic optimization techniques, and targeted testing. You’ll find the fixes easy to implement, and they’re all right here.

·                  Understand the essentials - your market, your proposition, and your delivery.

·                  Create a site that is seen by the right people, provides a compelling experience, and generates the desired action.

·                  Learn how to use testing to improve your site’s conversion rate.

·                  Discover the holistic nature of web site optimization and why multiplicity matters.

·                  Examine dozens of simple techniques for building traffic, engaging your audience, and crafting effective calls to action.

·                  Combine creativity with analysis for the best possible results.

Ben Hunt is Principal Consultant for Scratchmedia Ltd. He operates webdesignfromscratch.com, which provides tutorials and advice to over 120,000 web developers each month. Ben has been designing, coding, and producing web sites for clients worldwide for more than 15 years, and is considered a leader in the web usability industry.

Forewords by Ken McCarthy, founder of the System Seminar, and Drayton Bird, Drayton Bird Associates.

This  e-book contains 288 pages

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21.  Corel DRAW: The Official Guide

 

Create fine art and commercial graphics with one powerful tool! CorelDRAW X4: The Official Guide shows you how to get a visual message across with impact and style; edit photos; build captivating layouts; and compose scenes in a clean, attention-getting style. Learn how to illustrate like the pros, justify and flow text around shapes, and truly understand digital color. You'll also discover how to create 3D objects, apply special effects, and integrate different media to build outstanding graphics. Packed with expert tips and techniques for creating professional-level art, this is your one-stop CorelDRAW X4 resource.

CorelDRAW X4: The Official Guide is your handbook to the most feature-filled drawing application you could hope for, and as you’d rightly expect, the chapters contain comprehensive explanations of what tools, pop-up menus, commands, dockers, and other elements do. But the prize in this book is that you’ll learn not only the value of the features, but also what they’re good for—how each tool, command, option, and feature can be used to best serve a design problem you want to solve. Knowledge is fine—you can get facts from Wikipedia and around every

corner on the Web, the bookstore, and your friends and family. When you put facts to use, however, you eventually gain skill you can tap into in the future, build upon, and eventually your

knowledge becomes wisdom—something an ambitious, expressive designer has an affinity for— right up there with water and oxygen.

 This book is divided into eight parts plus an appendix listing keyboard shortcuts that’ll speed up your work in CorelDRAW. As you might expect, the parts follow a progression, from

a very basic introduction to later chapters that delve into special effects and even photo editing. If you’re the type of reader who likes to begin at the beginning and make a linear voyage to

finish at the appendix, you won’t be surprised. However, the chapters are structured and fairly compartmentalized to address a specific topic; if you want fast solutions for specific areas

within CorelDRAW, you can also “pick and choose.” One of the wonderful things about books is that you can skip ahead and rewind—just as you do with DVD movies!

 ■ Part I starts you off with the new features in CorelDRAW X4, a must-read for users who’ve made the upgrade. Also in this part you’ll be guided through CorelDRAW options, thoroughly pore through the menus and palettes (including CorelDRAW dockers), and you’ll learn how to set up the workspace to make you feel right at home. New users are encouraged to set aside some quality time for this part—you’ll save a lot of time later when you want to get to the Fun Stuff.

  Part II focuses on navigating and measuring the workspace and your document, and on how to size things up, from measuring objects to moving and rotating them. You’ll also learn how to set up a multi-page document, create brochures and flyers, and you’ll see that each page can be a unique size and orientation. ■

 Part III gets you up and running with two of the most important tools used in designing original artwork, the Pen Tools and the Shape Tool. You’ll also get a handle on creating shapes using various presets CorelDRAW has to offer. Once you have your object created and edited to your liking, it’s only natural to make more of them; this part shows you how to arrange, group, duplicate, clone, and perform other tasks in your document  to make laying out what you’ve created an inspired effort.

 ■ Part IV dives into typography, working with Artistic and Paragraph Text, spelling and other CorelDRAW proofing tools, and some special effects you can create for fancy headlines. Sometimes it’s better to just say it instead of show it; CorelDRAW has the ideal tools for both the text and graphic message, and this part of the book also shows how to blend the two vehicles artistically for what you want to communicate.

 ■ Part V puts the meat on the bones of the objects you design; in these chapters you’ll learn everything you need to know about object fills, outline properties, and most importantly, about digital color. Learn how to define and apply uniform fills, bitmap fills, and colors from different color models to your work so they’ll print exactly as you intend them to. And if you need a map or schematic drawing, check out this part for the lowdown on creating dashed lines, lines with arrowheads, and more. ■

 Part VI is a truly special part; CorelDRAW comes with a boatload of special effect features, and these chapters take you through the steps to distorting, blending, and creating photorealistic effects such as object transparency and soft, life-like shadows.

If you’ve ever been stuck at a point where your design needs that “special something,” look into this special part of the book. Learn how to create shading as you’ve seen in airbrush illustrations, design chrome and glass-like objects, and create a seamless integration between what you draw and the digital photos you can place in your document.

■ Part VII shows you that 3D object and scene creation doesn’t require a megabuck modeling program—you’ll find what you need to make scenes in camera-perfect perspective with CorelDRAW’s Effects menu. You’ll also learn how to extrude objects, letting CorelDRAW perform calculations to create a side view of the front of objects you draw. It’s fun, and the result can have the visual impact you need to create new worlds and sell your ideas.

 Part VIII (that’s “8” if you’re tired of reading Roman numerals) is truly an advanced section of the book, but it’s accessible to readers of all skill levels, and its contents take you through working with photographs, getting your prints looking their best, and more. See how to work with CorelDRAW’s extensive host of print options and features, learn the techniques for output to paper, film, transfer materials, and get to know CorelDRAW’s pre-flight options so your time and the expense of professional printing are on your side. You’ll also see how to get the best look out of imported bitmaps, beginning right with CorelDRAW’s Raw Lab. Learn how to work with image resolutions, and see how to export your vector drawings to bitmap file format.

You’ll also want to pore through CorelDRAW’s HTML publishing features—make that print ad you’ve designed into a Web banner with only a few clicks. Finally, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) is documented. See how to write simple scripts without actually writing a line of code (it’s visual; you record cursor movements), and speed up your work by automating common tasks with VBA. ■ The Appendix to the book is full of shortcuts you can use in CorelDRAW. Find a task you need to perform faster and the Appendix lists the combinations of keys you can press to get you where you need to go.

This e-book contains 928 pages

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22.  Create Great iPhone Photos: Apps, Tips, Tricks, and Effects

 

You own the world’s most versatile, customizable camera: your iPhone. Out of the box, your iPhone camera is no-frills, but you can transform it into a digital darkroom, photo editing suite, and photoblogging tool all rolled into one . . . if you know how to use it.

Create Great iPhone Photos shows you how to take great iPhone photographs—and even turn your not-so-hot photos into thrillingly inventive, atmospheric images. Author and iPhone photographer Allan Hoffman shows you how to harness the full potential of your iPhone’s camera and turn it into a wildly fun tool for photographic creativity. You’ll learn tips and tricks for generating effects, applying filters, and manipulating your images with wonderfully innovative apps—all right on your iPhone. And you’ll be inspired by interviews with today’s top iPhone photographers and galleries of their impressive work.

You’ll also learn how to:

·                  Produce stunning panoramas, vintage-style photobooth strips, and super-saturated Polaroid® photos with a hip, 1970s look

·                  Unlock the secret power of your iPhone’s camera with burst mode, high dynamic range (HDR) effects, exposure and focus controls, and more

·                  Find and install the best iPhone apps for cropping images, adjusting contrast and exposure, and editing your photos to achieve eye-popping results

·                  Publish and share images right from your iPhone, without the hassle of memory cards, cables, or complex desktop photo editing tools

You have Photoshop® (and a lot, lot more) right in your pocket. Do amazing things with your photos with Create Great iPhone Photos

This e-book contains 227 pages

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23.  Creating Web Pages for Dummies

 

Ideal for novices, Creating Web Pages for Dummies starts off with discussion of some key design topics and shows the way to publishing well designed Web sites. The authors have you writing HTML and getting a feel for the basic process by the third chapter. Once you’re hooked, they show you how to build a home page in a single day and offer advice on how to get online with an Internet Service Provider (ISP). The book gradually gets more serious in scope, presenting sites for business use and implementing graphics and multimedia. It shows you how easy it is to publish photos, to implement sound and video clips, and introduces hot technologies like Java, ActiveX and XML. Finally, the guide introduces you to various authoring tools, browsers, and the special considerations of publishing for WebTV. In the usual Dummies style, the author offers 10 dos and 10 don’ts for Web publishing. The book wraps up with appendices of ISPs, a guide to HTML tags, and a CD-ROM with tools and an excellent set of links for useful Web resources. This e-book contains 364 pages

Price: $5 only

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24.  Creative Photoshop CS4: Digital Illustration and Art Techniques

 

If you are a digital artist, illustrator, cartoonist, graphic artist, designer, or serious hobbyist looking for new and interesting ways to use Photoshop, this is the book for you! You already know how to use Photoshop as an image editing tool; now, challenge yourself and discover the more artistic aspects of the program with one of the world’s best teachers by your side.

In addition to four brand new chapters on real world projects, this new edition of award-winning digital artist Derek Lea’s bestselling Creative Photoshop contains several brand new features such as “What you’ll learn in this chapter” summaries, so you can quickly find projects using the specific tools you’d like to focus on, and supplementary information at the end of each chapter, containing useful resources and additional gallery images to provide further study and inspiration. As you work through Derek’s fantastic artistic methods, be sure to visit www.creativephotoshopthebook.com for more information, including the project files for each chapter, available for download for you to work with, a reader forum, and more. Stunning images from award winning digital artist Derek Lea inspire you to push your own creativity further than you even thought possible
*Compatible with previous versions of Photoshop
*Explore Photoshop from an entirely unique perspective as you learn how to create graffiti, antique effects, stencil art, and so much more
*Fully updated throughout for CS4, plus four brand new chapters on real world projects that combine traditional art methods with Photoshop to create tactile images

This e-book contains 435 pages

Price: $5 only

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25.  Documents, Presentations & Work books:Create Powerful Content with Microsoft Office 

 

Get expert techniques and best practices for creating professional-looking documents, slide presentations, and workbooks. And apply these skills as you work with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint®, and Excel® in Office 2010 or Office for Mac 2011. This hands-on guide provides constructive advice and advanced, timesaving tips to help you produce compelling content that delivers—in print or on screen.

Work smarter—and create content with impact!

·                  Create your own custom Office themes and templates

·                  Use tables and styles to help organize and present content in complex Word documents

·                  Leave a lasting impression with professional-quality graphics and multimedia

·                  Work with PowerPoint masters and layouts more effectively

·                  Design Excel PivotTables for better data analysis and reporting

·                  Automate and customize documents with Microsoft Visual Basic® for Applications (VBA) and Open XML Formats

·                  Boost document collaboration and sharing with Office Web Apps

Your companion web content includes:

All the book’s sample files for Word, PowerPoint, and Excel Files containing Microsoft Visio® samples—Visio 2010 is required for viewing. This e-book contains 260 pages

Price: $5 only

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26.  Dream Weaver Tutorial

 

    Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 is a professional HTML editor for designing, coding, and developing websites, web pages, and web applications. Whether you enjoy the control of hand-coding HTML, or prefer to work in a visual editing environment, Dreamweaver provides you with helpful tools to enhance your web creation experience. This guide introduces you to using Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 if you’re unfamiliar with any major aspect of it.The tutorials in this guide lead you through the process of creating a simple but functional website. This e-book contains 326 pages.

Price: $4 only

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27.  Drupal 7 Themes

 

Drupal is an award winning open source Content Management System (CMS). Based on PHP and MySQL, its power and flexibility combined with its exceptional design mean it is one of the most popular choices for creating a CMS website..

Drupal employs a specialized templating system and supports themes, which allow you to change the look and feel of your system’s front and back-end interfaces..

Drupal 7 Themes is an ideal introduction to theming with Drupal 7. If you want to create a striking new look for your Drupal 7 website, this book is for you. This book is a revised, updated and expanded edition of Drupal 6 Themes, rewritten specifically for Drupal 7.

This book will show you techniques and tools to help you improve the look and feel of any Drupal 7-powered website. Starting from the basics of theme setup and configuration, you will learn about the Drupal theming architecture and the PHPTemplate engine, and then move on to modifying existing themes and building new themes from scratch. You will find out about tools to make your theme development easier.

A practical guide showing you how to create themes for your Drupal 7 site

What you will learn from this book

·                  Learn about the Drupal 7 Theming Architecture

·                  Find and install new themes

·                  Get the most from Drupal’s theme configuration system

·                  Create a new theme from scratch

·                  Master PHPTemplate

·                  Modify the default templates and styles

·                  Override the default templates with your own

·                  Create dynamic styling that responds to the content or the user

·                  Discover tools that make theming easier and more efficient

Approach

Filled with practical examples, this book helps you to understand the logic behind the theming system employed in Drupal, and how to make it work for you. You will learn key concepts and work through examples with careful, step-by-step instructions.

Who this book is written for. The main requirements to make use of this book are knowledge of HTML, CSS, and a touch of creativity. You don’t need to know anything about theming in Drupal; all you need is basic experience of working with Drupal. Although this book aims to make Drupal theming accessible to designers, theming in Drupal 7 involves writing some PHP code, and a basic knowledge of PHP will be helpful.p>

Regardless of your technical skills, this book will teach you to design themes for your Drupal websites quickly and easily.This e-book contains 320 pages

Price: $4 only

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28.  EASY MICROSOFT EXCEL

 

This year, millions of beginner-to-intermediate-level users will be searching for the easiest possible way to master Excel 2010′s new features – and, withEasy Microsoft Excel 2010, you’ll find exactly what you’re looking for. This full-color, utterly simple, step-by-step book has been carefully crafted to provide instant access to the 100+ tasks you’ll find most useful and valuable. As with all books in the Easy series, it’s designed to teach visually: you never have to work your way through lengthy text explanations. Its large typeface makes it even more accessible to all readers – especially senior readers whose needs are disregarded by most computer books. Written by an experienced Microsoft Excel trainer and author, Easy Microsoft Excel 2010walks you through the easiest, fastest, most direct procedures for getting the results they’re looking for.Coverage includes: getting started fast; managing, viewing, and editing workbooks; formatting data; using formulas, functions, charts, and graphics; analyzing data; printing; and even advanced techniques. Along the way, you will learn how to make the most of many of Excel 2010′s most powerful innovations, such as Sparklines and the Excel Web App.

 ·  100+ hands-on, step-by-step tasks show novices and inexperienced upgraders the easiest, fastest, most direct way to accomplish common tasks

·  Written by an experienced Microsoft Excel trainer and author

·  Fully revamped for Excel 2010′s most powerful new tools and features

·  Large typeface improves readability and appeals to senior readers ignored by most computer books

This is an E-BOOK. This e-book contains 210 pages

Price: $3 only

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29.  EXCEL 2010 FOR DUMMIES QUICK REFERENCE

John Walkenbach’s name is synonymous with excellence in computer books that decipher complex technical topics. Known as “Mr. Spreadsheet,” Walkenbach—along with Excel expert Colin Banfield—answers your most common and important Excel questions in this easy-to-understand reference. You’ll learn how to open, save, protect, and recover workbook files; add, copy, and delete worksheets; enter and edit data and text; create formulas and functions; audit, format, and print; and more. Highly organized and free of unnecessary jargon, this essential reference allows you to find the answers you’re looking for quickly and easily.   Excel gurus Walkenbach and Banfield offer quick and easy answers to common Excel questions   Offers information in a highly organized, easy-to-understand format so you can find exactly what you need.   Includes information on opening, saving, protecting and recovering workbook files; adding, copying, and deleting worksheets; entering and editing data and text; creating formulas and functions; auditing; formatting; printing; and more.   Covers navigating the user interface; using the Ribbon and Quick Access toolbar; saving, protecting, and recovering workbook files; entering and editing data; creating formulas and functions, and much more. Excel 2010 For Dummies Quick Reference enables you to spend more time working on your projects rather than trying to figure how to make Excel work for you!

Price: $3 only

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30.  Excel 2010 Made Simple

 

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31.  Excel Formulas and Functions for Dummies

 

32.  Exploring Adobe Photoshop CS5

Now fully updated to the new release of Adobe’s Creative Suite, EXPLORING ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS5 shows how to use a great software tool to create dynamic design. Written by an author who is an experienced designer as well as computer graphics instructor, EXPLORING ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS5 is a designer-driven resource that examines the tools and features of Adobe Photoshop while showing how to maximize the potential of desktop digital imaging for graphics, illustration, composition, and special effects. This e-book contains 328 pages.

Price: $6 only

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33.  Getting Started with Dreamweaver – Tutorial

 

34.  Getting Started with Google Apps

 

This book is for anyone who wishes to learn how to use Google apps and Chrome. This book is a guide for both the beginner and intermediate user. The level of this book is particularly aimed at the beginner level, but it could be used as a reference guide for intermediate users who wish to make effective use of Google Apps. Chapter 1 is on Chrome. Chapter 2 is on Gmail. The next five chapters are on Google Docs. Chapter 8 covers in detail the elements of Calendar. Chapter 9 discusses Google sites. Chapter 10 discusses Google Maps in detail. Chapter 11 covers Google Talk. Chapter 12 discusses Google Blogger. Finally, the last chapter concentrates on the integration aspects of the Google Apps discussed in the previous chapters. Features of the book include: Easy to read descriptions and examples 􀀁 Step-by-step instructions for using many of the more popular Google Apps

All of the major features for each selected application, covered in detail

Google Apps is really for everyone, whether you are an individual or corporate user. Anyone can make use of Google Apps. There are costs associated for corporate or business entities on a per-user basis, but these are minimal. However, within this book, we assume that the user is an individual connecting to Google Apps through a free account. Regardless, the information in this book is the same, and it will suit both an individual or business user. This e-book contains 673 pages.

Price: $6 only

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35.  Google Apps: Mastering Integration and Customization

 

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