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The Art of Downloading Music (Paperback)

by Steve Levine (Author)
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  • Paperback: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Sanctuary Publishing Ltd; 2nd Revised edition edition (5 Sep 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1860746527
  • ISBN-13: 978-1860746529
  • Product Dimensions: 14.4 x 10.4 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,001,698 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Publishing News, July 23, 2004

Packed full of tips on how and where to download music, this pocket-sized book is both stylish and practical. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.


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With over 50,000 copies in print, The Art of Downloading was one of Sanctuary's most successful books of 2004, and quickly established itself as the definitive guide to a new music revolution. Using clear terms and easy-to-follow instructions, Steve Levine's guide is a one-stop resource for those who want to know more about this exciting new technology. For this expanded and revised edition, all of the latest developments are covered to make the book as up-to-date as possible, including changes to both the software and the hardware with the new models of iPod, various enhancements to iTunes and other software and a host of new tips and tricks to make the most of your new music library. Whether you're new to the iPod experience or just upgrading to the latest version, The Art of Downloading Music will answer all of your questions and make your downloading experience a treat.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Very poor stuff, 15 Jan 2008
By Jeremy Walton (Oxford, UK) - See all my reviews
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A friend picked a second-hand copy of this up recently, and was kind enough to lend it to me last week, knowing how interested I am in this stuff. I see that I'm the first person to write a review of it in here, but I was beginning to wonder if I was the first person to have ever read it all the way through, judging by how poorly it's been edited. Sentences and paragraphs get repeated throughout, and there are internal inconsistencies. For example, on p15, the author thinks that Napster did its sharing via a "centralised file server" (which isn't true - indeed, the whole point of Napster was that it was decentralised, which was one of the things that made it difficult to control or shut down). He repeats this canard on p114, but by the time we get to p222, he's saying that it can trade MP3s "without having to use a centralised server for storage".

In addition, he can't really write properly. On p27, he says "The Beatles catalogue, however, which has been unavailable as legal download until now, may soon be available [...]". The first part of this sentence would be something that (e.g.) Steve Jobs would say during his announcement of the appearance of The Beatles catalogue on iTunes (up until now, it hasn't been available; from now on, it will be), but it's contradicted by the speculation in the second part.

Be that as it may, you'd've thought that it would be pretty easy to write a book about this stuff, since most of it is self-evident (except, presumably, to people who need "The Dummy's Guide To..." books). After all, the iPod is so well-designed that just about all of its functionality is easy to discover. But even here there are glitches. A chapter called "What Is iPod?" is ticking along in a very simplistic fashion when suddenly a section on how to set up a broadband wireless network inserts itself ("...essentially you need to start by temporarily disabling all conflicting software such as personal firewalls, existing broadband modem software, ICN..."). This is a complicated topic that could do with a whole book, and it's - to say the least - inconsistent to have it stuck in the midst of a list of what you'll find inside the iPod's box (as if you couldn't find that out for yourself).

Finally, large chunks of this book appear to have been lifted from Apple websites. The giveaway comes on p240, in the middle of a panegyric on the wonders of OS X, with the isolated sentence "Take a learning tour through Mac OS X". No doubt the author's truly excellent work as a record producer didn't leave him with much time to devote to writing, but you'd've thought his publishers would have at least read this book before printing it.
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