Holden, Greg 1957-

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HOLDEN, Greg 1957-

(Gregory L. Holden)

PERSONAL: Born 1957; children: Zosia, Lucy. Education: University of Illinois at Chicago, M.A., 1982. Religion: Tibetan Buddhist. Hobbies and other interests: Visiting coffeehouses, bookstores, and antique malls; collecting antique fountain pens, watches, and hats.

ADDRESSES: Home—Chicago, IL. Office—Stylus Media, 1826 West Cornelia, Chicago, IL 60657. E-mail—gholden@interaccess.com.

CAREER: University of Chicago, Office of University Publications, Chicago, IL, from writer and editor to assistant director; Stylus Media (Web site design company), Chicago, IL, owner; full-time freelance writer and Web site designer, 1996–.

WRITINGS:

NONFICTION; COMPUTER ADVICE

Mastering Netscape 2.0 for Macintosh, Hayden Books (Indianapolis, IN), 1995.

Publishing on the Web, Hayden Books (Indianapolis, IN), 1995.

Mastering Netscape 4.0 for Macintosh, Hayden Books (Indianapolis, IN), 1996.

Official Online Marketing with Netscape Book: Build Your Business with the Power of Netscape, Ventana Communications (Research Triangle Park, NC), 1996.

Creating Web Pages for Kids and Parents, IDG Books Worldwide (Foster City, CA), 1997.

Windows 98 Registry, Coriolis Group Books (Albany, NY), 1998.

Small Business Internet for Dummies, IDG Books Worldwide (Foster City, CA), 1998.

Internet Auctions for Dummies, IDG Books Worldwide (Foster City, CA), 1999.

Starting an Online Business for Dummies, IDG Books Worldwide (Foster City, CA), 1999, fourth edition, Wiley (Indianapolis, IN), 2005.

Cliffs Notes on Buying and Selling on eBay, edited by Kyle Looper, IDG Books Worldwide (Indianapolis, IN), 1999.

Apache Server for Windows, Coriolis Group (Albany, NY), 1999.

(With Nick Wells and Matthew Keller) Apache Server Commentary, Coriolis Group (Scottsdale, AZ), 1999.

Tips and Tactics for Using the Internet to Run Your Business, Inc. Business Resources (Boston, MA), 2000.

E-commerce Essentials with Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002, Microsoft Press (Redmond, WA), 2001.

(With Scott Wills) Dreamweaver 4 Visual Insight, Coriolis Group Books (Scottsdale, AZ), 2001.

Microsoft FrontPage: Version 2002 Plain and Simple, Microsoft Press (Redmond, WA), 2002.

(With William R. Stanek) Faster Smarter Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003, Microsoft Press (Redmond, WA), 2003.

How to Do Everything with Your eBay Business, McGraw-Hill/Osborne (New York, NY), 2003.

(With Joli Ballew) The Complete Idiot's Guide to Adobe Photoshop, Alpha Books (Indianapolis, IN), 2003.

Norton Internet Security for Dummies, Wiley (Hoboken, NJ), 2004.

How to Do Everything with eBay, McGraw-Hill/Osborne (New York, NY), 2004.

eBay PowerUser's Bible, Wiley (Hoboken, NJ), 2004.

The Collector's Guide to eBay: The Ultimate Resource for Buying, Selling, and Valuing Collectibles, McGraw-Hill/Osborne (New York, NY), 2005.

Absolute Beginner's Guide to Online Dating, Que (Indianapolis, IN), 2005.

Degunking eBay, Paraglyph Press (Scottsdale, AZ), 2005.

Also contributor to the books Using Front Page 2000 Special Edition, Mastering Netscape Communicator, and Maclopedia. Contributor to CNET Web site and Forbes, PC World, and Australian PC World magazines. Author of "E-Commerce Makeover" column, Computer Currents magazine.

OTHER

Literary Chicago: A Book Lover's Tour of the Windy City, Lake Claremont Press (Chicago, IL), 2001.

Karma Kids: Answering Everyday Parenting Questions with Buddhist Wisdom, Ulysses Press (Berkeley, CA), 2004.

Has also published poems and short stories. Contributor to suburban Chicago newspapers.

SIDELIGHTS: Greg Holden was a writer of stories, poems, newspaper articles, and college admissions materials for many years before he found his niche writing about computers and the Internet in the mid-1990s. Since then Holden has published numerous how-to books on such topics as creating an effective Web site, running an online business, and working with computer software. In one such book, Degunking eBay, Holden advises would-be sellers and buyers how to sort through eBay's millions of listings most effectively, how to create an item listing that will be attractive to potential buyers, and much more. The book is "a 'must-have' for anyone interested in amassing private collections from or making money off of eBay," commented a Wisconsin Bookwatch contributor.

Holden is also the author of Literary Chicago: A Book Lover's Tour of the Windy City, which includes ten walking tours of that city. The tours take walkers past the houses of famous Chicagoan authors and also guide readers through areas where passages from various books were set. Featured authors include the social worker Jane Addams and sociologist Studs Terkel, both of whom did much of their work in Chicago; Harriet Monroe and Gwendolyn Brooks, both poets; prolific screenwriter Ben Hecht, who got his start as a journalist in Chicago; longtime Chicago columnist Mike Royko; novelist Ernest Hemingway, who was born in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park; and playwright David Mamet, who was also born in the Chicago suburbs. Literary Chicago "might well be the most innovative approach to a city guide I have ever seen," Mark Sedenquist attested on the Road Trip America Web site.