As I wrote in Part I of this series, you can find an agent to submit a for Dummies book proposal from scratch. What I didn't know at the time is that you can also directly propose a for Dummies title ...

My spiritual program taught me always to say "yes" to a service request. I'd been practicing this principle for more than a decade when I transitioned my legal practice to a mediation career. By then, ...

It all started with DOS for Dummies, a simple user guide to explain how a now almost extinct computer operating system from the early 1980s worked. But nearly 20 years after that quirky but very ...

The familiar For Dummies series reaches its 25 year anniversary this fall. The books were meant to simplify everything from Windows 95 to puppies. Steve Hayes is the executive editor for John Wiley & ...

Wander the aisles of a bookstore, and you can't miss them. "French for Dummies." "Dating for Dummies." "Pit Bulls for Dummies." "Digital Photography for Dummies." Their yellow-and-black covers, each ...

How the ‘For Dummies’ book empire is branching out and thriving in the age of Wikipedia and blogs It’s been nearly two decades since the first “For Dummies” self-help book hit store shelves, and ...

NEW YORK — Dummies Man -- the spiky-haired character on the cover of the “For Dummies” how-to books -- is downright ubiquitous these days. There’s Flower Bulbs for Dummies, Smart Booster Cables for ...

Which music theory for dummies books are best? Making your own music or learning how to play an instrument can be incredibly rewarding. Music is a powerful force to the human brain and has been used ...

Which ‘Politics for Dummies’ books are best? Politics move at a blistering pace today thanks to social media and the 24-hour news cycle. With so much information — and misinformation — out there, it ...