Covington - CTPEG: General Information

CTPEG - General Information

Phillip A. Covington

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It's hard to believe, but even by the 1980s there were virtually no books on the market aimed at the new computer user, or people who perhaps worked around computers, but didn't understand the technology. Sensing that need, I wrote and published in 1988 Computers

The Plain English Guide (CTPEG). The response was overwhelmingly positive and within months of final publication CTPEG had been sold in every corner of the globe. The book came to be used by a majority of the Fortune 500, and as a teaching text by numerous, major schools and universities. CTPEG was easily one of the most popular intro-level computer books prior to the Dummies series (which became popular about the time I moved on to other projects and decided not to do a new edition).
While it would be nice to think the success of CTPEG had something to do with the flood of new intro-level books that followed, none captured the effectiveness of the book that did it first: CTPEG! Numerous people have contacted me in the years since CTPEG was last published saying they've tried other books, including the Dummies series, but that CTPEG is still the easiest to understand and the most informative. People have asked me repeatedly if there is any way they can still get a copy, or if I'm planning to write anything new. The answer to both is yes!

I wrapped things up with CTPEG in 1992 because being preoccupied with other matters, including running the company that published the book, I found myself unable to do what I like best: creating new and better ways to do things--whether it be writing a book, a software program, or working on a new computer technology. However...

Upcoming Books

A new book series, Computer Success Guaranteed™, is forthcoming from GRPMAX^™.

Comments and Suggestions

A generous amount of credit for the success of earlier editions of CTPEG goes to the numerous computer users and readers who so kindly gave me their input on the issues they considered most important. So comments and input are welcome. And, as before, if you are the first to contribute a new idea that wasn't in the book before I'll be happy to show my thanks by seeing that you get a complimentary copy of the new title when it is published!

You may contact me at the email address below. Please include the keyword "NEWBOOK" in the subject line of your email. Thanks!