Wiley gets up to speed with the Social Media craze.

At Wiley we've been getting to grips with twitter, facebook and linkedin and think some of our latest releases are the perfect way to embark upon this new phenomenon.

 

Wiley Photo Contest Invites Photographers to Enter their Best Travel Photos

Wiley is partnering with SmugMug.com to host the Wiley Photo Challenge, a series of photography contests that will run from May 1, 2009 – July 31, 2009. Photographers with all levels of experience are invited to submit photos for a chance to win cash and other prizes.

About the Contests

The Wiley Photo Challenge will consist of three themed contests, each with a one month duration.

 

 

The Social Media Bible: Tactics, Tools, and Strategies for Business Success

The Social Media Bible: Tactics, Tools, and Strategies for Business Success 
by Lon Safko and David Brake

The Social Media Bible is the ultimate comprehensive social media reference book for any business looking to transform its marketing and operational strategies.

BRICKLIN ON TECHNOLOGY By Dan Bricklin, inventor of VisiCalc

 

                                 Published by Wiley - For Immediate Release
£19.99; Paperback Original;

ISBN: 978-0-470-40237-5

“Few have contributed more than Dan to making computing technology a part of our everyday lives. This book is rich in history — filled with the stories and unique insights of a software pioneer whose groundbreaking work was a key catalyst of the PC revolution. Although he describes himself simply as a ‘toolmaker,’ Dan’s work over the years, and his understanding of the relationship between people and machines, show him to be one of the master craftsmen of the information age.”
—Ray Ozzie, Chief Software Architect, Microsoft

New Digital Lifestyle and Mac Books from Wiley!

Hello and welcome to a round-up of Wiley’s key forthcoming Digital Lifestyle and Mac titles – covering books publishing in April and May and including titles from For Dummies, Bible and Portable Genius. If you would like to order a review copy of any of the titles featured, please contact Alicia Barker via the Media Request Form. To buy any of these titles please go to Wiley.com.

Featured titles:

• Photoshop Elements 7 All-in-One For Dummies
  Barbara Obermeier & Ted Padova
• iPhoto ’09 Portable Genius
  Brad Miser
• iPod & iTunes Portable Genius
  Jesse David Hollington
• iLife ’09 Portable Genius
  Guy Hart-Davis
• Switching to a Mac Portable Genius
  Paul McFedries
• iPhoto ‘09 For Dummies
  Angelo Micheletti
• Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Bible
  Sherry Kinkoph Gunter, Jennifer Ackerman Kettell, Greg Kettell
• iWork ‘09 For Dummies
  Jesse Feiler
• Mac Bible
  Dwight Spivey

Please read on for full information about each title...

Twitter Power: How to Dominate Your Market One Tweet at a Time by Joel Comm

To be published by Wiley on 2 April 2009

Twitter, the online micro-blog that allows users to broadcast their status to followers in 140 characters or less, moved into mainstream when Stephen Fry talked about the social media tool on Jonathan Ross' TV show in January. And reports on the terrorist attack in Mumbai and the US Airways landing in the Hudson River were only the latest in a series of events that were first dispersed in the media via Twitter users, bringing international attention to the barely three year-old site.