That way, a user would have to look up a given topic in only one book instead of 29 Readers Guide volumes.

FORBES: Mousetrapped

Founded in 1898, the firm, with its famous Readers Guide to Periodical Literature and other high-quality library indexes, long occupied a comfortable niche: collecting, analyzing and cross-referencing published works.

FORBES: Mousetrapped

In 2008, I pursued my passion for writing and published the book, Kingdom Builder, which provides readers with a guide for establishing a philanthropic approach to financial management.

FORBES: I write about financial markets and the world of investing

Today precious few textbooks even try to guide their readers to any such inspiration.

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In the "Guide, " readers will find a chronological reference tool that starts with purchasing a computer and walks them through the errors, restarts and crashes that will eventually follow.

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That is what makes this book so valuable: it provides a reliable guide to a treacherous subject, giving its readers the mental ammunition to make sense of official claims.

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Since its release last October, readers have snapped up some 700, 000 copies of her guide.

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Our EU-based readers will also be pleased to know that sites like Tom's Hardware Guide (Italian) have them pegged to arrive May 14th for 250 euros.

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