Today, the word is slowly slipping into mainstream Russian due to the Russian translation of the popular For Dummies series which uses "chainik" for "dummy".
Before ending his tenure with the magazine, he authored the book PlayStation 2 For Dummies.
In October 2011, John Wiley and Sons sued 27 BitTorrent users in New York for pirating books from the For Dummies series.
In 2006, Wiley Publishing and M&M Merchandisers, Inc. partnered to create a line of musical starter packs as part of the For Dummies line of instructional packages.
She also coauthored with Laura Kaiser the successful For Dummies series books Wedding Planning for Dummies and Wedding Kit for Dummies.
In the book "SPSS For Dummies", the author discusses PSPP under the heading of "Ten Useful Things You Can Find on the Internet".
In 2006 Wahl licensed the For Dummies brand from John Wiley & Sons publishing company and launched the Home Haircutting for Dummies product line.
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He is well known for his contributions to the best selling HTML for Dummies, HTML4 for Dummies, and has also authored For Dummies books on XHTML and XML.
Christopher L. Hodapp, 1977 - Author of Freemasons For Dummies and Solomon's Builders
It also contains an extensive guide to Masonic landmarks in Washington D.C. In 2007, in collaboration with Alice Von Kannon, he wrote The Templar Code For Dummies, a guide to the medieval Knights Templar, the subsequent mysteries and myths that have surrounded them, and their connections with Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code.
The first person hired by the publishers to serve as editor was Dan Gookin, who later wrote the best-selling "DOS for Dummies" tutorial books.
William Yosses (Hotel Management), White House Executive Pastry Chef and coauthor of the book Desserts For Dummies.
SAT Game for Dummies is the first board game ever invented to help students prepare for the SAT Reasoning Test.
Success as a Mediator For Dummies is a 2012 how-to book by Victoria Pynchon and Joe Kraynak.
In his book, Presentations for Dummies, Malcolm Kushner’s chapter on “Technical and Financial Presentations” includes comments by Dr. David Haussler, the mastermind of the human genome project and an expert on technical presentations.
He is best known for his Adobe Illustrator-related books, including Illustrator for Dummies and the best-selling Illustrator Bible series.
Tee Morris, Chuck Tomasi, Evo Terra, Kreg Steppe, Podcasting for Dummies (2007), John Wiley & Sons ISBN 0-470-27557-X
Tee Morris, Evo Terra, Ryan Williams, "Expert Podcasting Practices for Dummies" (2007), John Wiley & Sons ISBN 0-470-14926-4
From 2004 to 2007, the mayor was John R. Levine, the original author of The Internet for Dummies.