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March 11, 2022
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Caution: "New" FrameMaker book available on Amazon

  • March 11, 2022
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I noticed this afternoon that a book with a promising title is available on Amazon:

Adobe FrameMaker For Beginners: FrameMaker Mastering From Being a Beginner to Pro

However, I suggest you read through the sample available in the Look Inside feature. 

It appears to be some 49 pages of speech-to-text conversion, and nearly every paragraph has inaccurate descriptions of FrameMaker functionality. I found this gem on p9 of 49 after downloading the KindleUnlimited version of the book:

I found this troubling, as I've not got the Layout > Paragraph > Clothier in my Paragraph Dressmaker.

But on the plus side, the book is "only" USD $20!

 

Matt

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      Bob_Niland
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      Bob_NilandCommunity Expert
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      March 12, 2022

      Somewhat UNsurprisingly on this, Amazon itself is both Seller and Shipper. So much for product vetting on their part.

       

      Doing some basic searches on the author name didn't promptly turn up any other publications (as a living person).

       

      The whole thing looks a bit like an exercise in just how much money can be made testing the IQ of Amazon buyers.

       

      …or it could be yet-another money-laundering scheme, but those are more often seen as real products offered at prices so preposterously high that no actual customer would fall for them.

      Bob_Niland
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      Bob_NilandCommunity Expert
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      March 11, 2022

      Do we suppose that's someone's rip off of someone else's on-line course or video series?

      Matt-Tech Comm Tools
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      Matt-Tech Comm ToolsCommunity ExpertAuthor
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      March 11, 2022

      I suppose it's a possibility...maybe someone recorded another's webinar?

      Either way, I'm looking forward to 16.0.5 so I can get my Paragraph Dressmaker functionality!

      -Matt Sullivan, FrameMaker Course Creator, Author, Trainer, Consultant
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