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by Nancy Stevenson
Wiley Publishing, Inc.
Tablet PCs For Dummies®
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About the Author
Nancy Stevenson is the author of over 30 business and technology books on topics ranging from project management to e-commerce, distance learning to hardware, and software products. She has been quoted on technology topics in publications such US News and World Report and Modern Maturity, and has appeared on the television show 'The Computer Chronicles.' Nancy makes her home in Washington state, where she runs a yearly playwriting festival and writes novels in her spare time.
Dedication
To world peace. Seriously.
Acknowledgments
I'd like to thank Greg Croy, a seasoned acquisitions editor, for giving me the chance to write this book; Nicole Haims for managing the process and providing valuable editorial feedback; and Susan Stenger-Meyer for her able technical review. And, as always, to all the folks at Wiley who make working with their organization a real pleasure.
Thanks to Geoff Palmer of Infocater (www.infocater.com) for hooking me into the Tablet PC manufacturing community. And special thanks to Debbie Crosek of Motion Computing, Jay Buckner of Acer America, Trevor Bratton and Dan Coffman at Viewsonic, Mike Beirne and Megan O'Neil of Fujitsu PC Corporation, and Angela Griffo of The Benjamin Group/Toshiba for providing me with evaluation models and product photos for use in this book. Finally, thanks to Courtney Brigham at Pen&Internet for providing information about its very neat software, RiteMail.
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