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  • Buy my books. They're available at great prices on Amazon.com.
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Digital Media

In addition to writing traditionally published, printed books, I’ve produced a number of how-to guides in digital media formats, including training videos and ebooks.

Training Videos

In 2006, I began creating full-length training videos available on DVD or for download. Here’s a reverse chronological list of titles that are completed, currently in the works, or in the planning stages:

eBooks for Major Publishers

In 2008, I produced my first full-length eBook for a major publisher.

  • QuickBooks Accounting 2009 for Mac: The Official eBook, Intuit Press, October 2009. (Limited distribution eBook offered as a free download for all QuickBooks 2010 for Mac owners.)
  • QuickBooks Accounting 2009 for Mac: The Official Guide, Intuit Press, September 2008. (Limited distribution eBook offered as a free download for all QuickBooks 2009 for Mac owners.)

Maria’s Guides Printable Articles

In an effort to get support for the content that appears on this site, I’ve begun creating printable editions of content that appears here. These PDF documents, which are not copy-protected, are available for sale at prices ranging from $1.00 to $4.95. Each document includes all the information, instructions, and illustrations that appeared in the online version of the article, but it has been reformatted with a layout that makes it perfect for printing. It’s my hope that site visitors see the value in these articles and are willing to spend this small amount of money for their own copy. Not only will it help me cover the costs of hosting this site, but it will encourage me to create new content regularly.

Here’s a list of the articles currently available as print versions. You can click the article link to go to the article on this site or click the Buy Now button to purchase a printable version.

Radio/Podcast Appearances

Past Efforts

Maria’s Guides eBooks
I started my own series of eBooks in May, 2005. My eBooks are affordably priced at only $3.95 to $9.95, illustrated, and designed for easy onscreen reading. Here’s a reverse chronological listing of past titles. I have more titles on the back burner; you can use the Contact link to tell me about the topics you’d like to see in future books.

  • Maria’s Guide to Publishing an iTunes-Compatible Podcast
  • Maria’s Guide to Writing a Book Proposal
  • Maria’s Guide to What’s New in Tiger

10 Quick Steps
I also wrote electronic books for the 10 Quick Steps series published by David Lawrence. These guides, which were available in PDF and MP3 format (read by David), were informative guides to getting a task done in 10 easy steps. I enjoyed writing them because they allow me to exercise my sense of humor. Readers liked them because they were affordable, fun to read, and covered a wide range of topics. The 10 Quick Steps series was discontinued several years ago. My two titles were:

  • 10 Quick Steps to What’s New in Panther
  • 10 Quick Steps to Writing a Book Proposal
Revised July 16th, 2010

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