IDG Contributor Network: Book review: Facebook for Seniors

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Anyone who has been reluctant or a little too intimidated to jump into the Facebook community is likely to get a lot of encouragement from this book. In fact, they'll probably find themselves on a learning curve that quickly ramps them up from neophyte to pro in twelve easy chapters.

And I mean it. While inviting your grandmother or retired uncle to read a 300+ page book might sound like a lot to ask, this book is not going to scare anyone off. For one thing, it's full of screenshots and activities that detail the steps one needs to take to get progressively better at using Facebook. Plus, the book is printed in the larger-than-normal font that makes it fun to open -- nothing at all like a college textbook. This is one of those "sit back and let me help you through this" kind of books that make learning fun.

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