HOBOKEN, N.J. -- You've seen the books at bookstores and, chances are, you've read one, two, maybe even more of them. But did you know, the "For Dummies" series is celebrating 20 years of "making ...

In 1991, a bumblebee-colored paperback called DOS for Dummies—a smiley corrective to austere computer manuals—was published; it eventually sold 6 million copies. The wicked DOS operating system was ...

The yellow books with the words “For Dummies” have become a mainstay in bookstores all the world over the past 20 years. Yes, that was 20 years. It’s been two decades since “DOS For Dummies” — the ...

NEW YORK — Dummies Man -- the spiky-haired character on the cover of the “For Dummies” how-to books -- is downright ubiquitous these days. There’s Flower Bulbs for Dummies, Smart Booster Cables for ...

You know the iPod commercial that says "there's an app for that"? Chances are, if there's something you want to learn how to do, there's a Dummies book for that. With some 1,800 titles in print, there ...

FIRST, ADMIT YOU HAVEN'T A clue about putting together a budget or the difference between a "load" (that's a sales charge) and a dividend. Next, skip the tomes for the people who do and buy "Personal ...

Wander the aisles of a bookstore, and you can't miss them. "French For Dummies." "Dating For Dummies." "Pit Bulls For Dummies." "Digital Photography For Dummies." Their yellow-and-black covers, each ...