Equinox Publishing to release LOOSE WIRE by The Wall Street Journal Asia's Jeremy Wagstaff

On Sunday 1 October 2006, Equinox Publishing will launch "LOOSE WIRE: A Personal Guide to Making Technology Work for You" by Jeremy Wagstaff at the 3rd Annual Ubud Writers and Readers Festival in Bali.

Jakarta, Indonesia (PRWEB) September 21, 2006 -- Equinox Publishing, Indonesia's leading English-language publisher, will release it's first technology-related title, "Loose Wire: A Personal Guide to Making Technology Work for You" by the well-known personal technology columnist Jeremy Wagstaff, during the 3rd annual Ubud Writers and Readers Festival in Ubud, Bali on Sunday 1 October 2006. A Jakarta launch is scheduled for Saturday, 7 October 2006 at Kemang Icon.

"Loose Wire" is a compilation of the finest of Jeremy's weekly tech column in the Wall Street Journal Asia as well as The Far Eastern Economic Review. Topics covered include podcasting, mobile phones, RSS feeds, VoIP and many others. The 368-page book is the ideal primer for anyone who needs to get up to speed on the past, current and future developments in technology.

Equinox Publishing's Mark Hanusz explains: "The basic problem with technology is that it is evolving at a much faster pace than the average person can handle, and people end up having to piece together different bits of a puzzle that don't always seem to fit together. What "Loose Wire" does is slows this pace down, walks the reader through where these technologies have come from, why they are important, what they can do for us and most importantly how we can use them effectively."

"Loose Wire" will be available for retail sale starting 1 October at all fine booksellers in Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia. By-mid October, it will be available in Hong Kong through a co-publishing arrangement with Chameleon Press. Outside of Asia, readers can purchase the book directly from amazon.com or from Equinox Publishing's website www.equinoxpublishing.com.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Ever get the feeling that technology is taking over your life and not asking you first? When you've mislaid that important file or can't connect your new camera, do you just want to hurl your computer out the window? When your kids/friends/grandparents start talking about blogging, podcasting and RSS feeds do you nod as wisely as you can while wrestling with the urge to throw them out the window too?

The bad news is that technology isn't going away. The good news is that by picking up this book you're halfway to putting all this new technology in perspective and making it work for you, not against you. LOOSE WIRE, by The Wall Street Journal's Jeremy Wagstaff, is a compilation of his most popular weekly columns on personal technology. An ordinary person's primer on technology, LOOSE WIRE explains – in jargon-free language and real sentences – what has happened over the past few years, from the rise of the cellphone to phishing, to where we are heading as well as hands-on, practical advice about how to enjoy the ride.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jeremy Wagstaff has worked as a journalist since 1996 - for the BBC, Reuters, The Wall Street Journal and the Far Eastern Economic Review since 1986. Most of that time has been spent in Asia, covering uprisings, wars, colonial retreats and the odd (sometimes very odd) press conference. No techie, his interest in technology grew out of a realization that it was changing the way journalists – and the world – work, and that following it would probably be a better idea than fighting it.

Since 2000 Jeremy has been writing a technology column and has since 2004 appeared weekly on the BBC World Service. He also keeps a blog at www.loosewireblog.com.

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