Re: Idot Books

Subject: Re: Idot Books
From: Don Smith <dsmith -at- ACCESSBEYOND -dot- COM>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 08:43:36 -0500

(Please excuse the delay in this response, as I am on the daily list.)

Hello, everyone.

Its been awhile for me. (I keep reading though.)

My two cents worth on the "Idiot Books".

I believe the purchasers/readers of these idiot books are *anything but*
idiots.

To begin with, they are *smart* enough to know that they need help in these
areas.

They are *smart* enough to know that these books get right to the basic
nitty-gritty and explain the information, simply (as possible), concisely,
and usually with an enjoyable "attitude".

They are *smart* enough to figure out that this is the best thing for them
to buy and they are *smart* enough to be willing to spend there money for
the "Idiot Book", instead of a few beers.

For Idiots? I don't think so! You would be hard put find enough idiots to
buy these books. After all, how many idiots do you know that have a
collection of "Idiot Books"?

(The last one I bought was ISDN for Dummy's.)

Buy the way, these books are *great* selling books.

Back to reading, not responding.

MOO


Donald A. Smith
Senior Technical Writer
Access Beyond, Inc.

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