Facebook: The Missing Manual: The Missing Manual [Kindle Edition]

E. A. Vander Veer (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review

Facebook [The Missing Manual] is relatively short at 268 pages, but contains a great deal of valuable information for new or confused users. The book is formatted to be user friendly with lots of graphics from the Facebook interface nested in large areas of white space and easily read text...If you're interested in getting the most out of Facebook, I highly recommend Facebook: The Missing Manual; otherwise, you may continue to send me virtual gifts while I ignore your pokes.

--Jeff Myers, Blogcritics Magazine

For those seeking to become part of the growing Facebook online community, Vander Veer (whose many computer books include PowerPoint 2007: The Missing Manual and JavaScript for Dummies) explains how to move into the neighborhood and send messages to other Facebook "friends" for social networking and marketplace purposes. She also covers protecting privacy. Further resources, including using Facebook's help section, are appended.

--Shannon Hendrickson, SciTech Book News

Product Description

Facebook's popularity is skyrocketing, drawing more than 400 million people to this combination online village green, personal website creator, and souped-up address book. But one thing you won't get when signing up is a printed manual. Enter Facebook: The Missing Manual, Second Edition -- the witty, authoritative guide you need, now revised and updated to include all of Facebook's latest features.

Coverage includes:

• Getting started, getting connected. Signing up is easy, but the real payoff comes when you tap into networks of coworkers, classmates, and friends. This book explains it all-including how to pick and choose who gets to see what, and how to steer clear of people you want to avoid.
• Adding applications. Ranging from silly (fortune cookies and video games) to serious (goal tracking), thousands of mini-programs can transform your Facebook account into an addictive, one-stop resource. Learn how to find and install your favorites.
• Facebook for grownups and businesspeople. Facebook isn't just for Junior anymore. Thousands of companies and business professionals use the site for everything from project collaboration and advertising to filling (and finding) jobs. This book is written for adults of all ages.
• Protecting your privacy. Creeps are everywhere online, but on Facebook you can feel especially exposed with so much personal info on display. This book offers an easy-to-follow, multi-pronged approach to staying safe.

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Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 7348 KB
• Publisher: Pogue Press; 2 edition (April 5, 2010)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B003QMLBNO
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #365,764 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Doesn't add much, May 4, 2010

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Robin (Bethesda, Moldova, Republic of) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Facebook: The Missing Manual (Paperback)

If you are one of those people who absolutely must have a manual for everything you take on, then Facebook: The Missing Manual will complete your collection. This is one of those books that documents the extremely obvious. Don't know how to set up an account? Most people find that the words "Sign up, It's free" together with a grid marked "First Name," "Last Name," and "Email," is pretty self-explanatory. But if you are one of the very few people who wants a book with a small screen shot of the page--well this book is for you.

The main thing most people need to know about Facebook: The Missing Manual is that it won't give you more than the basics. Its not a very expensive book, but considering that this information is pretty self-explanatory to those who check out the site, most people will find its a needless expense. There are a few pages for recruiters and a few more for job seekers, but both provide only the most obvious information.

Its a shame because there is a place for a Facebook guide that provides more sophisticated strategies for marketers, recruiters and networkers. Unfortunately this is not it.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Clear and Instructive, July 1, 2010

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Brandon J. Smith (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Facebook: The Missing Manual (Paperback)

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Facebook: The Missing Manual is an interesting idea. For those who came of age in the internet age, most aspects of Facebook are very obvious - it is, after all, designed to be a user-friendly social networking site. Like many computer programs, though, the basics may be simple, but the deeper features can be complicated, or, at the very least, not intuitive to all people.

This Facebook manual is clearly written and well-organized, with plenty of images to guide the reader through the many options available to you through facebook. The most important, by far, is chapter 13, which reviews privacy settings. If you have any doubts about how to protect your privacy, this should be one of the first things you review.

Facebook: The Missing Manual has one fault, though, and it is due to the nature of the internet itself. In the blink of an eye, this book can be out of date. Facebook is notorious for changing their privacy policies without warning, and they can reorganize the site and its applications at any time. So, there's a certain immediacy to obtaining this book. I would not recommend this if you want to have it available for the future, but I do think it could be useful if you want to explore facebook as it is now.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not really worth it, July 22, 2010

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Moonchild (Monterey, California) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Facebook: The Missing Manual (Paperback)

I browsed through every chapter and didn't discover anything I didn't already know. Everything in the book is covered in the "help" section of facebook itself. If there is anything special in this book, I haven't found it yet.