As I wrote in Part I of this series, you can find an agent to submit a for Dummies book proposal from scratch. What I didn't know at the time is that you can also directly propose a for Dummies title ...

It all started with DOS for Dummies, a simple user guide to explain how a now almost extinct computer operating system from the early 1980s worked. But nearly 20 years after that quirky but very ...

So says Kris Krug, co-author of BitTorrent for Dummies, published by John Wiley & Sons. Yet over the past two years, the publishers who brought you BitTorrent for Dummies have also brought over a ...

Which Algebra for Dummies book is best? In short, algebra is dealing with problems involving variables and unknowns. It can range from something as simple as finding a single exponent — labeled “x” — ...

How the ‘For Dummies’ book empire is branching out and thriving in the age of Wikipedia and blogs It’s been nearly two decades since the first “For Dummies” self-help book hit store shelves, and ...

Which ‘Spanish for Dummies’ book is best? Learning a new language is beneficial for a variety of reasons. Whether you’re looking to hone your existing skills or become conversational for an upcoming ...

Which ‘Politics for Dummies’ books are best? Politics move at a blistering pace today thanks to social media and the 24-hour news cycle. With so much information — and misinformation — out there, it ...

Which ‘Computers for Dummies’ book is best? We use computers almost daily, whether it is for work or playing video games. You might think that you know your way around the operating system, but there ...