By Tony Bove and Cheryl Rhodes
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About the Book
On the Road to New Media: Lessons Learned in the Transformation to Digital
By Tony Bove and Cheryl Rhodes
No other book describes this paper-to-digital transformation from the inside. As co-authors, publishers, producers, and media entrepreneurs, Tony Bove and Cheryl Rhodes have always been advocates of this transformation, never shying away from its grand purpose of advancing freedom of the press and expression.
“A great read. On one hand are two kids trying their best to help the world be a better place, and on the other are people who say they want to make the world a better place, too, but who act like their idea of ‘better’ is ‘with my logo on it.’”
— Richard Landry, Editor-in-chief, New Media magazine
This full-color book chronicles the authors’ personal journey from creative innocents to experienced producers using the technologies that shaped the rapid changes in media. It highlights the lessons they learned while pushing the boundaries of digital media. Learn all about:
- The rise and fall of computer magazines.
- Resistance to desktop publishing from the design industry.
- Disrupting influences on documentation and publishing.
- AI, deep fakes, and the end of documentation as we know it.
- How to survive bad media and still earn a decent living from documentation and publishing.
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About the Authors
Tony Bove and Cheryl Rhodes wrote more than two dozen books on computing, desktop publishing, and multimedia. These include bestselling titles such as The Art of Desktop Publishing, Free Software, Desktop Publishing with PageMaker, Adobe Illustrator: The Official Handbook for Designers, The Well-Connected Macintosh, Official Macromedia Director Studio, and iPod and iTunes For Dummies.
They founded Desktop Publishing/Publish and User’s Guide magazines and the Bove & Rhodes Inside Report on New Media newsletter, and wrote the weekly Macintosh column for Computer Currents for over a decade, as well as articles for NeXTWORLD, the Chicago Tribune, NewMedia, Macintosh Today, Prodigy Online, and the Whole Earth Software Catalog.
Tracing the personal computer revolution back to the 1960s counterculture, Bove & Rhodes produced a CD-ROM interactive multimedia documentary in 1996, Haight-Ashbury in the Sixties (featuring music from the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, and Jefferson Airplane). They also developed the Rockument music site, rockument.com, with commentary and podcasts focused on rock music history, and the Tony’s Tips app for iPhone and iPad users.
Tony Bove currently produces developer documentation for Apple and plays harmonica in various Bay Area bands. Cheryl Rhodes provides technical assistance and media for a northern California entertainment company, and works with elementary school students using augmentative communication and assistive technology tools to overcome learning roadblocks. For more information about this book and its authors, visit tonybove.com.