Tom Edwards books

Tom Edwards is a tech writer and former London native based in Sacramento, California, best known for the Newbie to Expert series of user guides covering Amazon's Fire tablets, Kindle devices, Echo smart speakers, and streaming hardware.

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Title Published Buy on Amazon
Kindle Fire HDX User Guide: Newbie to Expert in 2 Hours! 2014 Buy
All New 7" Kindle Fire HD User Guide - Newbie to Expert in 2 Hours! 2014 Buy
All-New Amazon Fire TV User Guide: Newbie to Expert in 1 Hour!: 4K Ultra HD Edition 2014 Buy
Chromecast User Guide: Newbie to Expert in 1 Hour! 2014 Buy
Amazon Fire TV User Guide 2014 Buy
Apple TV User Guide: Newbie to Expert in 1 Hour! 2014 Buy
All-New Amazon Fire TV Stick User Guide - Newbie to Expert in 1 Hour! 2014 Buy
Amazon Prime & Kindle Unlimited: Newbie to Expert in 1 Hour!: The Essential Guide to Getting the Most from Amazon’s Memberships 2015 Buy
All-New Fire 7 User Guide: Newbie to Expert in 2 Hours: The Essential Guide to Amazon’s Incredible $49.99 Tablet 2015 Buy
All-New Amazon Fire TV User Guide - Newbie to Expert in 1 Hour!: 4k Ultra HD Edition 2015 Buy
Amazon Tap User Guide: Newbie to Expert in 1 Hour! 2016 Buy
The Amazon Echo Dot User Guide: Newbie to Expert in 1 Hour!: The Echo Dot User Manual That Should Have Come In The Box 2016 Buy
All-New Amazon Echo User Guide: Newbie to Expert in 1 Hour! 2017 Buy
Amazon Echo Show: Newbie to Expert in 1 Hour 2017 Buy
Amazon Echo Plus User Guide Newbie to Expert in 1 Hour! 2017 Buy
Amazon Echo Spot User Guide: Newbie to Expert in 1 Hour! 2017 Buy
Alexa: Alexa Skills, Tips & Tricks 2018 Buy
All-New Fire HD 8 & 10 User Guide - Newbie to Expert in 2 Hours! 2019 Buy

Tom Edwards and his wife Jenna produced the “Newbie to Expert in 2 Hours” series of user guides starting in 2014, reaching readers who wanted practical, accessible explanations of Amazon’s expanding hardware lineup. The guides cover Fire tablets, Fire TV sticks, the Echo dot and Plus, the Echo Show and Spot, and the Alexa platform — essentially documenting Amazon’s consumer device ecosystem across its mid-2010s growth period.

The guides are practical rather than analytical, written for people who’ve just unboxed a device and want to understand it quickly. The “Newbie to Expert in 2 Hours” tagline is the central promise: readable, direct, and structured to deliver working knowledge without technical background. Edwards published consistently from 2014 through 2019, tracking Amazon’s device releases with a new guide for each significant hardware update.


Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Tom Edwards written?

Tom Edwards has written eighteen books in one series.

What was Tom Edwards's first book?

Tom Edwards’s first book is All New 7 Kindle Fire HD User Guide - Newbie to Expert in 2 Hours!, published in 2014.

Does Tom Edwards write about any technology beyond Amazon devices?

Most of Edwards’s guides focus on Amazon’s hardware ecosystem — Fire tablets, Fire TV, Kindle, and Alexa devices — with one guide covering Google’s Chromecast and another covering Apple TV.

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