NEW PERSONAL FINANCE GUIDE HELPS "DUMMIES" GET SMART

Publisher of Bestselling ... For Dummies Guides to PCs Extends "A Reference
for the Rest of Us" Formula to Personal Finance

SAN MATEO, CA--April 11, 1991 So you think you're a dummy about your
personal finances? Have no fear. Help is on the way with a how-to book
called Personal Finance For Dummies.

Computer book publisher IDG Books Worldwide, which has sold over 7 million
copies of its plain-English, "anybody-can-do-it" ... For Dummies" guides
to the most popular PC, Macintosh, and software topics, is applying the
same winning formula to a new book about managing your finances.

Author Eric Tyson earned his credential in finance with an MBA from
Stanford University and a B.S. in Economics from Yale, as well as serving
as a management consultant to Fortune 500 financial services firms. Mr.
Tyson writes a weekly personal finance column for the San Francisco
Examiner and hosts a call-in financial radio program on San Francisco's
KNBR. He has also written for The New York Times, Parenting, and Nolo
Press's Nolo News. As a personal financial counselor, he has primarily
worked with hundreds of middle-income families and individuals and small
business owners. Personal Finance For Dummies is based on Mr. Tyson's
personal finance management course, which he teaches at the University of
California at Berkeley.

"Personal Finance For Dummies offers a valuable guide for avoiding common
misconceptions and major pitfalls," states Charles R. Schwab in his
foreword.

"In Personal Finance For Dummies we've applied our expertise as publishers
of how-to books for non-experts to a subject of almost universal
interest," said IDG President and CEO John J. Kilcullen. "From budgeting
to estate planning, taxes to investments, personal financial management
has become increasingly complex and is the #1 New Years resolution as
reported earlier this year by the Wall Street Journal. We expect that
Personal Finance For Dummies will be an instant bestseller just like many
of the other ...Dummies books we published in the past two years."

In a friendly, easy-to-follow style, Personal Finance For Dummies helps
even those with severe math anxiety or very little knowledge of economics
assess their current financial health and develop priorities. The book
outlines smart strategies for reducing spending and getting out of debt,
borrowing money at the lowest cost, reducing taxes, and buying and selling
real estate intelligently.

"For many people, it's an area that's at least as challenging as using
their computer, and far more important," Mr. Kilcullen added.

On the computer side, the author evaluates several leading personal finance
software programs currently available, and makes recommendations.

Sections on retirement planning and investment cover everything from
insurance and investment basics to building a portfolio and achieving
financial independence. In line with its "manage-your-own-money" approach,
Personal Finance For Dummies features a foreword written by Charles
Schwab, founder and chairman of one of the nation's largest discount
brokerage firms, Charles Schwab & Co., which serves millions of
individuals who manage their own investment portfolios.

About the Author

Author Eric Tyson, a former management consultant to Fortune 500 financial
services firms, is a personal finance columnist for the Sunday San
Francisco Examiner. Mr. Tyson has also written for The New York Times,
Parenting, and Nolo Press's Nolo News, and he hosts a call-in financial
radio program on San Francisco station KNBR. As a personal financial
counselor, he has worked with hundreds of primarily middle-income families
and individuals and small business owners. Personal Finance For Dummies is
based on Mr. Tyson's personal financial management course, which he
teaches at the University of California at Berkeley.

About IDG Books Worldwide and International Data Group

IDG Books Worldwide publishes high quality books that bring extra value and
skill-building instruction to the reader. The company applies the
technical, market, and editorial knowledge of IDG, the leading publisher
of information technology periodicals, to provide timely and useful
computer books that meet the needs of computer users of all levels. IDG
Books Worldwide, with offices in San Mateo, Indianapolis, and Braintree,
is the fastest growing computer and business book publisher with over 80
titles in print and foreign translations in over 20 languages. One-third
of all books published by IDG Books have become national bestsellers.

Headquartered in Boston, MA, International Data Group is the world's
largest publisher of computer-related information and the leading global
provider of information services of information technology. International
Data Group publishes over 195 computer publications in more than 62
countries, including such titles as PC World, InfoWorld, Computerworld, &
Macworld. Forty million people read one or more IDG publications each
month.

How to Order

Personal Finance For Dummies, by Eric Tyson
Price: $16.95 USA, $21.95 Canada
ISBN: 1-56884-150-7
Pub. Date: March 1994
Specs: 350 pages, 7 3/8" x 9 1/4"

Personal Finance For Dummies is available wherever computer books are sold
or direct from the publisher at (800) 762-2974, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. PST. For
reseller discounts and information, contact IDG Books at (415) 312-0600.
For volume discounts and special orders, please call Tony Real, Special
Sales, at 415-312-0644.
Subsidiary Rights

Personal Finance For Dummies is available for second serialization,
newspaper syndication, foreign, condensation, digest, and abridgment
rights. For more information, please contact Marc Jeffrey Mikulich,
Manager, Foreign and Subsidiary Rights, IDG Books, 415-312-0605.

IDG Books Worldwide, 155 Bovet Rd, Suite 610, San Mateo, CA 94402
415-312-0650,  Fax: 415-358-1260

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