A couple of months ago, my mom started reading The Da Vinci Code. After a couple of weeks, she became frustrated and stopped, because there weren't any pictures to visualize what the author was conveying. Not that she couldn't understand the book; it's just that sometimes pictures can say a thousand words.

The same goes for those dreadful and bland computer how-to books. They'll go on and on about how to do something, but sometimes you get lost on the first page. If you're reading this, chances are you're a geek yourself, so you probably never need any computer advice.

Nonetheless, if computer problems ail your home, or you're looking to start your own blog or Web site, then check out In Pictures: computer how-to books based on pictures, not content! Choose from Windows XP and Palm devices to Photoshop CS2 and MySQL Basics and more!

Here's an interesting fact: The In Pictures Web site says that most computer books contain over 50,000 words. That's a lot of reading, but In Pictures books contain just 1/10 of that. An example of a page from the Palm devices book is at the right.

For a limited time, you can download In Pictures books for free. Or purchase the paperback versions for $3.95 each.

[via PRNewswire Release]