{"id":2243,"date":"2010-10-01T00:01:12","date_gmt":"2010-10-01T08:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/?p=2243"},"modified":"2010-09-30T21:07:27","modified_gmt":"2010-10-01T05:07:27","slug":"my-first-four-color-for-dummies-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/?p=2243","title":{"rendered":"My First Four-Color <em>For Dummies<\/em> Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/titles\/bl.droidx.png\" alt=\"Droid X Book\" \/><br \/>\nI&#8217;ve been writing <em>For Dummies<\/em> titles ever since, well, ever since the very first book, <em>DOS For Dummies<\/em>. Just last month my first four-color <em>For Dummies<\/em> book, <em>Droid X For Dummies<\/em>, was published.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nMy very first four-color computer book was a gem called <em>Teach Yourself Excel in 24 Hours<\/em> or somesuch title. I forget the exact name, but it was a four-color book on Excel.<\/p>\n<p>Though I thought it was something special, I don&#8217;t remember the sales figures being that great. I mean, they never did a second edition.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know which <em>For Dummies<\/em> book was the first four-color book. It was probably some Photoshop or similar title, and then it was probably only one part of the book that was full-color.<\/p>\n<p>The very first four-color <em>For Dummies<\/em> book I did, as well as the first phone book I&#8217;ve written, was on the Nexus One. Just as I was finished writing <em>Nexus One For Dummies<\/em>, Google decided that they no longer wanted to sell the phone in the USA. So that book will never be published here, but I hear that Australia, the UK, and possibly Germany are interested in translations.<\/p>\n<p>The second four-color book was <em>Droid For Dummies<\/em>. Sadly, Motorola discontinued the Droid in favor of the Droid X and the Droid 2. So technically, <em>Droid X For Dummies<\/em> is the <em>third<\/em> four-color book I&#8217;ve written, but the first one to be published in the US.<\/p>\n<p><em>Sigh.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It was a surprise that my phone book would be in four color. Normally I don&#8217;t create color images for my books. In fact, I strive for monochromatic brilliance. So when the publisher told me that the books would be in color, I had to redo some illustrations.<\/p>\n<p>The resulting book is pretty nifty. I love the feel of the color-color paper. And, naturally, I love the Android OS and the Droid as a phone. As an iPhone user for years, I find Android refreshing and far more logical than the iPhone. I think other smartphone users will agree and, over time, I see Android overtaking the iPhone in sales.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the Droid X, there will be <em>Droid 2 For Dummies<\/em> coming soon. I expect it to be out before Christmas. It will also be a four color book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been writing For Dummies titles ever since, well, ever since the very first book, DOS For Dummies. Just last month my first four-color For Dummies book, Droid X For Dummies, was published.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-main"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2243"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2250,"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243\/revisions\/2250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}