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Elizabeth Castro

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born

The United States

gender

female

website

http://www.elizabethcastro.com

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lizcastro

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Professional & Technical, Computers & Internet, Reference

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February 2011

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Studied Spanish, Catalan, and Basque at University of Pennsylvania and University of California at Berkeley. Moved to Barcelona in 1987, found job in computer company translating documentation and software. Started Página Uno in 1990: publisher of Mac related books in Spanish. Moved back to US in 1993 to edit 5th edition of The Macintosh Bible. Wrote first edition of HTML Visual QuickStart Guide in 1995, now worldwide bestseller with more than 1 million copies sold in many languages. Also written books on Perl/CGI, XML, Blogger, iPhoto.

Most recently, wrote EPUB Straight to the Point, and accompanying miniguides, to help people publish ebook versions of their books.

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Books by Elizabeth Castro

Average rating: 3.71 · 460 ratings · 72 reviews · 28 distinct works

	HTML, XHTML, and CSS 3.69 avg rating — 252 ratings — published 2002 — 8 editions	My rating:
	HTML for the World Wide Web 3.91 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 1996 — 4 editions	My rating:
	EPUB Straight to the Point: Creating eBooks for the Apple iPad and Other ereaders 3.68 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	My rating:
	XML for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickStart Guide 3.31 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Perl & CGI for the World Wide Web: Visual Quick- Start Guide 3.41 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Publishing a Blog with Blogger: Visual Quickproject Guide 3.19 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Creating a Web Page with HTML: Visual Quickproject Guide 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	My rating:
	From InDesign CS 5.5 to EPUB and Kindle 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	HTML 5 and CSS3 by Elizabeth Castro (Goodreads Author), Bruce Hyslop 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	HTML for the World Wide Web with XHTML and CSS: Visual Quickstart Guide 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2004	My rating:

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The Spanish Holocaust: Inquisition and Extermination in Twentieth-Century Spain

by Paul Preston

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French Lessons: A Memoir

by Alice Kaplan

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Steve Jobs

by Walter Isaacson

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Elizabeth Castro gave to: The Beginner's Goodbye by Anne Tyler read in April, 2012	My rating:
I liked it, I did. Especially the beginning. But I wanted it to go longer. I love Tyler's books because they immerse me in her amazing characters, and this time I didn't have enough time with them.
Apr 11, 2012 04:43am · see review
Elizabeth Castro is currently reading: The Spanish Holocaust: Inquisition and Extermination in Twentieth-Century Spain by Paul Preston	My rating:
Apr 04, 2012 10:26am
Elizabeth Castro is currently reading: French Lessons: A Memoir by Alice Kaplan	My rating:
Apr 03, 2012 11:50am
Elizabeth Castro gave to: Back When We Were Grownups by Anne Tyler	My rating:
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Elizabeth Castro gave to: Digging to America by Anne Tyler	My rating:
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Elizabeth Castro gave to: Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler	My rating:
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Elizabeth Castro gave to: Barcelona, Catalonia: A View from the Inside by Matthew Tree	My rating:
Mar 30, 2012 01:40pm
Elizabeth Castro made a comment on The Best of Barcelona INK — Sample copies "You can download a taster of the book from Catalonia Press: http://www.cataloniapress.com/?p=287&... (there are both EPUB and Kindle/mobi versions...more "
Mar 30, 2012 12:33pm
Elizabeth Castro gave to: The Best of Barcelona INK by Ryan Chandler	My rating:
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