Before you invest any more time or money in your self-publishing project, invest in this book. It will be the best investment you make! You'll learn how to perform many of the publishing tasks yourself, so you can hire outside help for only those tasks that you really can't (or don't want to) do on your own. You'll learn what a self-publishing guru really does, so you'll have a better appreciation of what your professional co-creators actually do before you hire them to do it. The Self-Publishing Guru has helped many first-time self-publishers (and some more seasoned "pros") take their embryonic manuscripts all the way to Amazon and other publishing outlets in print and e-book formats. In this book he explains how he does it, and shares with you the "tricks of the trade" that he has discovered over many years working on many publishing projects. While he can't tell you exactly what to write, and how to write it (that's your job), he can help you to produce and market a book / e-book combo that will actually make you money (one way or another). Find the Self-Publishing Guru at: self-publishing.guru
The book publishing industry is being revolutionized by the introduction of Print on Demand (POD) technology, and by companies like Lulu (www.lulu.com) and CreateSpace (www.createspace.com) that let you publish your own titles quickly and easily - once you've written them, that is! No lengthy search for a publisher willing to take you on. No protracted publishing cycle that makes your book obsolete before it is available. No disappointment with the paltry royalties that the traditional publisher offers you. All of this is now under your control. Tony Loton published ten books in one year using the Lulu and CreateSpace free-to-use online self-publishing tools. In this book he tells you how he did it, and shows how you can do it too. Learn how to Prepare Your Manuscript and Book Cover, Publish using Lulu, Publish using CreateSpace, Sell Your Books Online, Get Retail Distribution with an ISBN, Receive Royalties and Revenues, Market Your Book, and Establish Additional Revenue Streams.
What is this book about? If you want to use Visio to create enterprise software, this is the book for you. The integration of Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Architect and Visio for Enterprise Architects provides a formidable tool. Visio offers powerful diagramming capabilities, including such things as creating UML models, mapping out databases with Entity Relationship diagrams, and aiding the development of distributed systems. Its integration with Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Architect means that C# or Visual Basic .NET code can be generated from the UML diagrams, and Visual Studio .NET projects can be reverse engineered to UML models. For the developer already familiar with UML and looking to get the best out of Visio, the Visual Studio .NET and Visio for Enterprise Architects combination is weakly documented, and the quality information needed to realize the time-saving features of Visio just does not seem to be available, until now. This book presumes that you are already familiar with the basic concepts of UML notation — this book will not teach you UML. Instead, this book will take you forward into the Visio environment, showing you how to make the most of its software related features. What does this book cover? In this book, you'll learn how to Diagram business components in Visio Generate code from a UML model Reverse engineer Visual Studio .NET projects into a UML model Reverse engineer into a UML model without source code Document the project with UML and Visio Design distributed applications with Visio's diagrams Work with Entity Relationship database modeling, and round-trip engineering for database design
This original book covers the various order types offered by your stockbroker, and strategies you can use to incorporate the different orders into your trading. The chapters are laid out in such a way that it is easy to familiarise yourself with each concept, and to understand the pros and cons of the different strategies. Every concept is clearly explained with diagrams and charts, and the success and failure scenarios show how things can go well or badly. The patterns include LIMIT BUY, LIMIT SELL, STOP BUY, STOP SELL, TRAILING STOP BUY, TRAILING STOP SELL, STOP/LIMIT, and STRADDLE. The author rounds off with real-life examples and back-testing results.
This book is not for computer geeks. It's for regular people, such as parents, who have purchased one or more personal computers for the family; and who are concerned about how those computers can be used safely on-line and off-line so that...* Individual computer users - particularly children, but maybe your granny - are protected from illegal, immoral, pornographic, or violent content. * The computer itself is resilient to attack from viruses, spyware, and other malevolent forces resident on the Internet. The book is primarily concerned with the safety and security features of Windows Vista, which contribute towards a safer computing environment for the whole family. Since your family will likely have additional Windows XP computers, you will also find some suggestions on how similar family safety features may be applied on those computers too.
Are high Dividend Yield, low Price / Earnings (P/E) ratio, and low Price / Earnings to Growth (PEG) ratio good indicators of future share price performance -- as conventional wisdom would suggest? Did high yield stocks (the Yield Stars) perform much better than low yield stocks (the Yield Dogs) in recent years? Did low P/E stocks (the P/E Stars) perform much better than high P/E stocks (the P/E Dogs)? What about PEG Stars vs. PEG Dogs? In this book I put company fundamentals on trial, using real historic data and specially annotated charts as evidence. In weighing up the evidence I consider whether the buy-and-hold investor had any advantage over the market timer, and whether stock picking would have been more effective than index investing. Great book for traders. The research is outstanding and spot-on - Jason Starzec, NoStressTrading.com Online resources at www.lotontech.com/ontrial
A team of Microsoft insiders shows programmers how to use Visual Studio 2005 Team System, the new suite of products from Microsoft that can be used for software modeling, design, testing, and deployment Focuses on practical application of the tools on code samples, development scenarios, and automation scripting This timely book serves as both as a step-by-step guide and as a reference for modeling, designing, and coordinating enterprise solutions at every level using Team System The book begins with an overview of Team System and then offers nuts-and-bolts guidance on practical implementation Code examples are provided in both VB.NET and C#
Foreign Exchange Trading (commonly abbreviated to Forex or FX) has grown in popularity with non-professional investors and armchair speculators. You've probably heard of it, and maybe even tried it, but you're wondering... * Why should you trade currencies on the foreign exchange markets? * Which currency pairs should you be trading? * What is the best way to trade currencies via your PC, iPhone or Android tablet or mobile phone? * What techniques do professional currency traders and successful amateurs use to identify trading opportunities and (more importantly) to manage their risk? In this book I aim to answer those questions, so as to provide a SOUND basis for your Foreign Exchange Trading. While the choice of trading platform is yours, my demonstrations via a single trading account provider, based on the increasingly-popular MetaTrader 4 (MT4) trading platform, leads to a degree of consistency rarely seen in books of this nature. Contents Chapter 1 - Foreign Exchange Basics Chapter 2 - Why and How to Trade Forex Chapter 3 - A First Forex Trade Chapter 4 - Trading Tools Chapter 5 - Fundamental Analysis Chapter 6 - Technical Analysis Chapter 7 - Lifecycle of a Trade Chapter 8 - Introducing Automated Trading Chapter 9 - Risk and Money Management Appendix Companion web site at soundfx.lotontech.com
Yahoo! Pipes is a powerful composition tool to aggregate, manipulate, and mashup content from around the web. In this book you will learn how to: * Create Pipes by selecting modules from the library, and connecting them together graphically on the Pipe Editor's canvas; no programming required. * Publish your Pipes for the benefit of others. * Discover and take advantage of already-published Pipes. * Embed Pipe results directly in your own web pages. * Combine Yahoo! Pipes with Microsoft Popfly to create more innovative mashups. Many of the chapters conclude with an Exercise for the Reader, which helps you discover more hands on. And don't worry, the answers are given too!
What is this book about? If you want to use Visio to create enterprise software, this is the book for you. The integration of Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Architect and Visio for Enterprise Architects provides a formidable tool. Visio offers powerful diagramming capabilities, including such things as creating UML models, mapping out databases with Entity Relationship diagrams, and aiding the development of distributed systems. Its integration with Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Architect means that C# or Visual Basic .NET code can be generated from the UML diagrams, and Visual Studio .NET projects can be reverse engineered to UML models. For the developer already familiar with UML and looking to get the best out of Visio, the Visual Studio .NET and Visio for Enterprise Architects combination is weakly documented, and the quality information needed to realize the time-saving features of Visio just does not seem to be available, until now. This book presumes that you are already familiar with the basic concepts of UML notation — this book will not teach you UML. Instead, this book will take you forward into the Visio environment, showing you how to make the most of its software related features. What does this book cover? In this book, you'll learn how to Diagram business components in Visio Generate code from a UML model Reverse engineer Visual Studio .NET projects into a UML model Reverse engineer into a UML model without source code Document the project with UML and Visio Design distributed applications with Visio's diagrams Work with Entity Relationship database modeling, and round-trip engineering for database design
This book is all about developing web content mashups using the popular Yahoo! Pipes web-based development environment. The case studies demonstrate a range of practical, innovative uses for Yahoo! Pipes mashups in scenarios such as Affiliate Marketing, Selling Online, Price Comparison, Stock Trading, Mapping, and Integrating Other Mashup Technologies. The example solutions demonstrate not-so-obvious Yahoo! Pipes features and techniques including: * Processing RSS, CSV, and JSON formats. * Embedding Pipes Results in Web Pages. * Invoking Sub Pipes and Pipe URLs. * Rendering Results as Maps and Lists. * HTML (Screen) Scraping.
Microsoft Popfly is a web site comprising a social network (the Popfly Space), a tool (the Popfly Creator), and an optional Visual Studio plug-in (the Popfly Explorer), which together allow you to create and combine web content for sharing with others. This book introduces Popfly and shows how you can use it to: Create web content mashups by connecting predefined building blocks on a design surface; no programming required. Create a Popfly hosted web page incorporating one or more mashups. Include mashups in your social network profiles, as sidebar gadgets on your Windows Vista desktop, and more. Make Popfly friends, share content with them, and rate their projects. Use Popfly Explorer to share Visual Studio projects and make them accessible from anywhere. And just for fun: the book concludes with an example of how Microsoft Popfly may be combined with another mashup technology, Yahoo! Pipes, to create even more innovative web content.
Java is a fast maturing development platform. The cross platform programming interfaces it provides now cover every aspect of development from smartcards to enterprise systems. Having read Pro Java Server Programming, you will know about the API's, but it is important to understand the wider picture and how to build full-scale corporate applications, connecting a multitude of servers and data sources.
A team of Microsoft insiders shows programmers how to use Visual Studio 2005 Team System, the new suite of products from Microsoft that can be used for software modeling, design, testing, and deployment Focuses on practical application of the tools on code samples, development scenarios, and automation scripting This timely book serves as both as a step-by-step guide and as a reference for modeling, designing, and coordinating enterprise solutions at every level using Team System The book begins with an overview of Team System and then offers nuts-and-bolts guidance on practical implementation Code examples are provided in both VB.NET and C#
What is this book about? If you want to use Visio to create enterprise software, this is the book for you. The integration of Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Architect and Visio for Enterprise Architects provides a formidable tool. Visio offers powerful diagramming capabilities, including such things as creating UML models, mapping out databases with Entity Relationship diagrams, and aiding the development of distributed systems. Its integration with Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Architect means that C# or Visual Basic .NET code can be generated from the UML diagrams, and Visual Studio .NET projects can be reverse engineered to UML models. For the developer already familiar with UML and looking to get the best out of Visio, the Visual Studio .NET and Visio for Enterprise Architects combination is weakly documented, and the quality information needed to realize the time-saving features of Visio just does not seem to be available, until now. This book presumes that you are already familiar with the basic concepts of UML notation — this book will not teach you UML. Instead, this book will take you forward into the Visio environment, showing you how to make the most of its software related features. What does this book cover? In this book, you'll learn how to Diagram business components in Visio Generate code from a UML model Reverse engineer Visual Studio .NET projects into a UML model Reverse engineer into a UML model without source code Document the project with UML and Visio Design distributed applications with Visio's diagrams Work with Entity Relationship database modeling, and round-trip engineering for database design
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