The [Blank] for Dummies series is 15 years old now, and the New York Times celebrated this past Sunday with a juicyish insider's piece on the series.
Starting with the DOS for Dummies book in 1991 (which surprisingly has no value today, if the prices on Ebay are any indication), IDG has more than 1000 For Dummies titles. That's a lot of stupidity, from Opera for Dummies to Diabetes for Dummies. Best of all? They call the process of editing the book to their style "dummifying" it.
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