Has the Internet made books obsolete? Not so far as I’m concerned. I have 20+ titles in my personal library of books about presentations—and I’ve even read most of them. If I could keep only three, my choices would be:
Since the publication many years ago of Dan Gookin’s DOS for Dummies, the first book in the successful Dummies line of technical books, I’ve been ambivalent about the company’s naming and marketing strategy. However, when a book’s content is good enough, who cares if it has a condescending title?