Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

Designing digitally

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Purchasing a computer book can be a daunting task. With new editions appearing annually on almost everything, how does one differentiate between a winner and an also-ran? Sean Bennesch, manager and buyer at Waterloo Computer ... Read More »

May 13, 2004

Cracking the campus market

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You’d expect college and university campuses to be the ideal market for computer books. Students are more tech-no-savvy than most, professors require essays to be typed, and the schools themselves have been investing in digital ... Read More »

May 13, 2004

Computer book bestsellers

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BookManager1 Windows XP for Dummies Andy Rathbone (Wiley Canada)2 Windows XP Teach Yourself Visually Ruth Maran (Wiley Canada)3 Windows XP Simplified Ruth Maran (Wiley Canada)4 Windows 98 for Dummies Andy Rathbone (Wiley Canada)5 PCs for Dummies, 8th edition Dan Gookin ... Read More »

May 13, 2004

Code for everybody

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In traditional business models, the computer trade is an odd beast indeed. Since the birth of the personal computer some 20 years ago, both the computer hardware and software industries have veered away from many ... Read More »

May 13, 2004

Caught in Bill’s .Net

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Theodore Roosevelt once said “speak softly and carry a big stick,” and no one, it seems, has done that better than Microsoft. Its stick is the Windows operating system, and it has used it quietly ... Read More »

May 13, 2004 | Filed under: Events

Bunny vs. dummy

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Dummies computer manuals are still number one in the hearts of new computer users. But Addison Wesley Longman hopes to change that with an aggressive marketing campaign to promote their series of beginner manuals, the ... Read More »

May 13, 2004

Bestselling games

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Hundreds of electronic games will be vying for market supremacy between September and December. Here’s a selection of likely top sellers. Strategy guides are available for each.Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (PC, Playstation 2)It glorifies ... Read More »

May 13, 2004