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meta tags: a promotion guide, meta medic

searching: ixquick, dogpile, google, yahoo

stock photos: getty, corbis, eyewire, comstock, fotosearch

fonts: planet-typography, adobe, itc, linotype, agfa-monotype, emigre, p22, t-26

general: creativepro

book design: "the elements of typographic style", "the finer points in the spacing and arrangement of type", "the design of books"

web design: "don't make me think", "designing web usability", "secrets of successful web sites", "web style guide", "designing web graphics", "the non-designer's web book", "robin williams web design workshop"

graphic design: "the non-designer's design book", "robin williams design workshop"

fonts: "adobe type library reference book", "the precision type font reference guide", "letterletter", "the non-designer's type book"

software manuals: missing manuals (ie: "windows xp: the missing manual", " mac os x: the missing manual", "dreamweaver 4: the missing manual"), visual quickstart guides (ie: "photoshop 7 for windows & macintosh", "illustrator 10 for windows and macintosh"), wow series (ie: "photoshop 7 one-click wow!", "the illustrator 10 wow! book"), h-o-t series (ie: "dreamweaver mx hands-on-training", "flash mx hands-on-training")

The 7 Fatal Mistakes of Storing Data, Music and Photos on CDs
excerpts:

• Sharpie markers may ruin a CD over time. Use TDK's CD marker instead ($5 for four).
• The best bet for archival-quality CD-Rs is Mitsui Archival, which are rated for 400 years.
• Sunlight can ruin a CD-R in as little as two hours – UV light damages the dye.
• Paper labels are not proven to last, the adhesives may eat into the CD over time, may partially come off, and may jam slot-loading CD drives.
• The topside of a CD is more vulnerable to scratches than the bottom.
• The U.S. Postal Service now adds surcharges on mail containing CDs to cover hand sorting; being fairly inflexible, the disks don't always survive automatice sorting.
• Hard cardboard mailers provide the best protection for a CD, but cost more than bubble wrappers to mail.

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