>Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 16:01:42 -0400 >From: New Riders Media <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: New Riders User Group Partner Program News - October >To: >X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2654.89) > >Welcome to the October Newsletter for New Riders User Group Partners. A >significant announcement concludes this newsletter so I hope you'll read to >the end. In a nutshell, New Riders has recently joined Peachpit Press as >an imprint among their well-established brands (i.e. Macromedia Press, Adobe >Press, etc.) New Riders retains its name and several of our series but >essentially we become an imprint of the Peachpit Publishing Group. I can >promise that this change will not affect our commitment to serve user >groups, and in fact, will strengthen it as we bring together offerings from >two talented publishers! Please stay tuned for updates. > >**************************************************************************** >*********************************** > >Your User Group Contact: > >Susan Nixon > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Publicity Manager/User Group Programs > >http://www.newriders.com > >(317) 581-4557 > >**************************************************************************** >*********************************** > >YOUR MONTHLY TITLE SELECTION > >This is a refresher or introduction for new members as to how we provide >groups with one free title each month. Please note that our username and >password have changed! > >DO NOT select a book until you receive this monthly email - it's your >official green light to select. > >We allow YOU, the partner, to do the selecting. It's one book each month. >(Please reserve selection information for leader or librarian). > >Books you select from are based on new titles we published that month. Title >selection will change when the month changes. > >IF YOUR SELECTED BOOK DOES NOT ARRIVE WITHIN TWO WEEKS (ALLOW ADDITIONAL >TIME FOR INTERNATIONAL SHIPMENTS) please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >so that we might track your package. > >IF YOUR ADDRESS IS WRONG ON THE BOOK SELECTOR FORM, DO NOT ORDER A BOOK >UNTIL YOU HAVE REQUESTED AN UPDATE. Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >immediately. > >IF YOU DO NOT SEE A TITLE YOUR GROUP WOULD BE INTERESTED IN ON THE FORM, >please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a special request., including >GROUP NAME, PHONE, AND ADDRESS plus TITLE ISBN. > >Instructions: > >Log on to: > >http://www.newriders.com/users/books/ > >user: nrug > >pass: member > >Domain Name: leave this field blank - do not fill out > >**************************************************************************** >*********************************** > >BOOKS FOR REVIEW > > >User Groups may send a request to review a book to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] Include group name, address, (phone for >international user groups) and ISBN selected. Members have 90 days to >complete a review and send it to Susan Nixon and post at the group's web >site or in their UG newsletter (if applicable). We also ask that reviewers >try to post their reviews to web sites like Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or >Borders. We value the fact that you can share your opinions in other public >forums. > >**************************************************************************** >*********************************** > >EVENT NEWS > >Meet The Makers is a series of one-day events for creative people in a >technical world. This fall new events will be held in San Francisco and New >York City. > >The San Francisco event is Monday, October 21. There is a VIP ticket >request form where qualified Web designers and developers can request a free >ticket to the San Francisco event: >http://www.meet-the-makers.com/web/2/vips.asp > >Both events feature several of New Riders' Voices That Matter. The SF event >will feature Jeffrey Veen, author of The Art and Science of Web Design and >the New York event will feature Hillman Curtis, author of MTIV, Eric Meyer, >author of Eric Meyer on CSS, and Jeffrey Zeldman, author of Taking Your >Talent to the Web. > >The New York event is Wednesday, November 6. Access the VIP ticket request >form for the New York event: >http://www.meet-the-makers.com/web/3/vips.asp is the > > > > >**************************************************************************** >*********************************** > >SPEAKERS WANTED? > >Please contact Susan Nixon for a current list of our authors available for >speaking engagements - note home base as many are unable to travel. > >**************************************************************************** >*********************************** > >USER GROUP BOOK DISCOUNTS > >Now that we can sell direct from the New Riders web site, we've created a >wonderful discount option for user groups. It opens up our ENTIRE lineup of >books to you and provides a 20% discount off our already discounted prices. > >Instructions follow for buying from www.newriders.com with your UG coupon >code. This discount SHOULD BE SHARED WITH YOUR USER GROUP. > >Log on to www.newriders.com and complete your shopping. At checkout, enter >coupon code is NRUZERZ. The coupon is not case-sensitive as nruzerz works >too. > >**************************************************************************** >*********************************** > >MX INSITE MAGAZINE > >New Riders is pleased to partner with MX inSite magazine. New Riders and MX >inSite have joined forces in order to bring you the best resources for >working with Macromedia MX tools. As a result, MX inSite is offering all New >Riders readers a special discounted subscription rate of only $28 ($40 for >non-US subscriptions). > >MX inSite is the first and only print magazine dedicated to the Macromedia >line of products. Inside you'll find in-depth coverage of Dreamweaver, >Flash, Fireworks, and ColdFusion. The magazine has assembled some of the >world's top experts to provide the complete resource for Macromedia >designers and developers. Please visit http://www.mxinsite.com/newriders to >take advantage of this offer. > >**************************************************************************** >*********************************** > >IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT/PRESS RELEASE > >Peachpit and New Riders Join Forces to Serve the Creative Community >New Riders now joins the Peachpit family of imprints > >INDIANAPOLIS and BERKELEY, CA -In a joint announcement today, Peachpit Press >and New Riders Publishing have joined organizations to better serve the >creative community with complimentary publishing strategies and more >specialized sales and marketing. The newly expanded Peachpit Publishing >Group comprises the world's leading design and graphics imprints: Peachpit >Press, New Riders Publishing, Adobe Press, and Macromedia Press, among >others. Peachpit Press vice president and publisher Nancy Aldrich-Ruenzel >will lead the group, and David Dwyer will continue to serve as publisher of >New Riders. > >While New Riders will maintain its Indianapolis, Indiana operations, and >Peachpit will remain in Berkeley, California, the publishers will bring >together a powerful and diverse list of offerings from the most influential >and respected authors in the industry. The move to align publishing lists >enables the newly expanded Peachpit publishing group to better meet the >evolving needs of their shared customer segments with the highest quality >books in the design and graphics space. > >Dwyer, who has served as New Riders publisher for the past seven years, sees >the overwhelming potential for this move: This strategic alliance is a such >a natural; the Peachpit Press and New Riders Publishing lists complement >each other so perfectly. We'll be working very closely with each other to >broaden the reach of each other's lists and ensure that all of the creative >visions of our authors can be easily met through working with this new and >dynamic publishing group. From our authors to our employees, this union of >like minds is going to result in some spectacular publishing. > >We're very excited about collaborating with the talented team at New Riders, >adds Aldrich-Ruenzel who has been at the helm of California-based Peachpit >Press since 1996 and is also a vice president of Pearson Technology Group. >This move brings together not only the expertise of two seasoned publishing >teams but also the strongest author communities in the design and graphics >industry today. It uniquely positions us to provide the most creative and >well-designed publishing solutions for every learning style and skill level. >Together we represent the broadest range of high-quality computer books for >lifelong learning, from visual learning guides and tutorials to high design, >high concept books for new media and design professionals. > >In addition to New Riders Publishing, the Peachpit Publishing Group consists >of many other leading brands such as: Adobe Press, Avid Education Press, >Macromedia Press, Lynda.com, TechTV and Peachpit Press. The Peachpit >Publishing Group is a part of the Pearson Technology Group, the world's >largest provider of content covering consumer and professional computer >user, information technology, engineering, and reference. Pearson Technology >Group is a business unit within Pearson Education. Pearson Education is the >global educational publishing business of Pearson plc, an international >media company. > >**************************************************************************** >****************************** > > > > > >**************************************************************************** >This email may contain confidential material. >If you were not an intended recipient, >please notify the sender and delete all copies. >We may monitor email to and from our network. > >****************************************************************************
--- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Puryear Information Technology Windows, UNIX, and IT Consulting http://www.puryear-it.com
