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Books by Sean McManus
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Social Networking for the Older and Wiser
With this book as your guide, you will be able to explore Facebook, Friends Reunited, Twitter, Saga Zone, Eons, Meetup and Ning. The book will also give you the confidence to explore other social networks, including the appendix listing of specialist networks for hobbies such as gardening, crochet and genealogy.
This book is out now. Order through your bookshop or order online at Amazon.co.uk.
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Microsoft Office for the Older and Wiser
Microsoft Office 2010 (and 2007) for the Older and Wiser teaches you how to make the most of the market-leading suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations and notes management.
The book explains everything in context, through projects which steadily increase in difficulty. As you progress through the book, you will build on the skills used earlier to create more sophisticated documents. If you want to use the book as a reference tool, the index provides direct access to clear explanations which are backed by concrete examples.
I am now writing this book, which is scheduled for publication in October 2010.
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University of Death: A novel about the music industry
My novel 'University of Death' satirises the music industry and predicts its potential meltdown. The book is named after the band at the centre of the action and takes a slice through the music industry: from the boardroom to the stage; from the studio to the record fair. It explores how fans relate to their favourite bands, how businesses use technology to manipulate consumers, and what would happen if the music industry disappeared overnight.
Although the novel includes fictionalised cameos from some well-known pop stars, the story focuses on those who are at the bottom of the industry and trying to claw their way up.
"Raising a number of surprisingly sophisticated issues, this book is enjoyably cynical about the seemingly cold-hearted and impenetrable nature of the record industry and peppered with a number of highly comical cameos from the cream of rock'n'roll, which ensures that it never feels like heavy going."
- Record Collector Magazine
The Customer Service Pocketbook
Learn how to deliver great service in your organisation, how to empower your colleagues to do the same and why it's essential for you personally and the organisation as a whole.
"A down-to-earth, practical guide. It removes a lot of the mystique and concentrates on the real issues."
- Mr Purdie, chief pensions manager, Scottish Widows
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Small Business Websites That Work
This book teaches small business owners and marketing managers all they need to know to set a profitable strategy for the company's website and manage the technical team responsible.
"If you are a business looking to expand by using the Internet but are unsure how to make your website a success, Small Business Websites that Work is certainly the book for you... Straightforward and practical, this book provides clear, insightful advice for anyone left confused or disillusioned by the hype that has surrounded the Internet in recent years... This is, in fact, far more than a book about simply getting online. It is also about the ongoing process of developing and marketing your website to drive visitors to it and tackles everything from how to sell products or offer great customer service online, to less obvious issues, such as how to keep your website ethical and legal."
- Startups.co.uk
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Quick Answers to Web Marketing Questions
This book was published in 2002 to provide an easy reference for marketers looking for advice, resources and relevant data as they embark on their online marketing activities. The book is aimed at marketers with offline experience, who are looking to get to grips with campaign planning, market research, design and content, advertising, measurement , and law and ethics.
You can buy Quick Answers to Key Web Marketing Questions: Facts at Your Fingertips
If you'd like a free sample chapter, please email me and I'll send you it.
Journalism Careers - Your questions answered
This unique ebook answers the most popular questions I've been emailed about working as a journalist. Includes tips on pitching articles to editors, going freelance and working as a music journalist. The ebook is available through the JournalismCareers.com website.- 108 pages
- 64 of your questions answered
- Landscape layout for comfortable on-screen reading
- Can be printed to read anywhere
- Comes with exclusive bonuses created for this ebook
The Basic Idea
My Amstrad CPC programming tutorial is long out of print, but you can read it here in full.You can also download a disc of utilities and demonstrations that accompanied the original book, boosted with all my games published in Amstrad Action and Amstrad Computer User magazines.
"It's difficult to see how they managed to come up with a tutorial that will not only hold your attention long enough to shove information down your throat, but will be friendly and straightforward enough that you'll want to swallow."
- Amstrad Action
