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Brian Sawyer is a Senior Editor for O'Reilly Media, where he manages the Missing Manuals division. He’s also coauthor of Best Android Apps and has served as lead editor for the company’s popular Hacks series, editor for Head First and Make: Books titles, and contributing editor to Craft magazine. When not writing or editing about technology, he uses it to help train for marathons (see Chapter 4 of Best Android Apps).

In addition to acquiring books for a couple other tech publishers, he has also shepherded books on knitting, cooking, and jewelry-making, and even has his name on the cover of an origami book. A bibliophile at heart, a book editor by trade, and a book crafter by avocation, his articles on bookbinding and altered books have appea ...more

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	Napkin Origami: 25 Creative and Fun Ideas for Napkin Folding 3.29 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Best Android Apps: The Guide for Discriminating Downloaders by Mike Hendrickson, Brian Sawyer (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fire Phone: Out of the Box: A get-started-now guide to Firefly, Mayday, Dynamic Perspective, and other new features 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kindle Fire: Out of the Box 3.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	DIY Bookbinding 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	NOOK Tablet: Out of the Box by Preston Gralla, Brian Sawyer (Goodreads Author) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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My Black Country: A Journey Through Country Music's Black Past, Present, and Future

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