I admit, I am way too excited about the new book. But it arrived today! Like any obsessed nerd, I decided to take a bunch of photos while I took the new book for a test drive:
First Look
Here it is, fresh outta the box:
![web marketing book for dummies cover](https://www.portent.com/images/2009/03/webmarketingbookcover-94x71.jpg)
Proof positive that Elizabeth and I did write part of this book:
![web marketing for dummies authors](https://www.portent.com/images/2009/03/webmarketingbook1-94x71.jpg)
It’s an all-in-one, which means it’s about 8 books in a single volume. This is one big book. 2+ inches of web marketing goodness:
![book thickness](https://www.portent.com/images/2009/03/webmarketingbook2-94x71.jpg)
Meeting the Family
We hit it off the moment it arrived:
The book meets my grandfather’s Depression-era typewriter:
![web marketing for dummies near typewriter](https://www.portent.com/images/2009/03/webmarketingbook3-94x71.jpg)
…and my other grandfather’s Depression-era adding machine (the book kept fidgeting):
![web marketing for dummies near adding machine](https://www.portent.com/images/2009/03/webmarketingbook4-94x71.jpg)
It’s always a challenge introducing a new book to the household. I was afraid they’d fight, or Conversation Marketing would sulk. But after a few nervous moments they got along famously:
![books written by ian](https://www.portent.com/images/2009/03/webmarketingbook5-94x71.jpg)
I get ready to take the book home for the first time:
![book in car passenger seat](https://www.portent.com/images/2009/03/webmarketingbook6-1-94x125.jpg)
1001 Uses
You can read it, but it has other uses, too:
I re-enact an episode of The Shield. Tracy didn’t mind – we had ice.
![tracy about to get hit by ian's book](https://www.portent.com/images/2009/03/interrogation-tool-94x71.jpg)
I wanted to play hide and seek but the book just couldn’t quite figure it out:
![book in leaves](https://www.portent.com/images/2009/03/hideandseek-94x71.jpg)
It’s an excellent fridge deodorizer:
![book under chair leg](https://www.portent.com/images/2009/03/fridgebook-94x71.jpg)
And of course, it’s a great furniture accessory:
![](https://www.portent.com/images/2009/03/bookfurniture-94x71.jpg)
Isn’t everything in this shoot technically “Depression-era” now that the economy is tanking so bad?
Wow. And I thought my day was more boring. đŸ˜‰
Hee hee. I never thought a Dummies book had so many uses. It’s exciting seeing your name in print eh? Congrats on the book launch Ian
‘2+ inches of web marketing goodness’ – LOL!!
*shaking your hand over-enthusiastically*
Congrats to you, Elizabeth, Michael and John! Completing a book is no small feat and I’m glad that now it’s over you are finding good uses for the extra time you have!
@julia *bowing energetically*
Ian, I sent my unboxing photos to ian@portent… 2 wks ago. Another address I should send it to?
Great book by the way – I tried to read it in bed but realized I needed my laptop next to me for all the great links et al…
Thanks to you and the other authors for the resource.
Love the scene from The Shield! I thought that book looked familiar. *grin*
Congrats to you all!
Best,
Chiron O’Keefe