>Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 16:00:09 -0500 >From: New Riders Media <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: New Riders User Group Partner Program News - December >To: >X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2654.89) > >The happiest of holiday greetings to our user group partners and a warm >welcome to those of you have just joined our program. We look forward to >working with everyone in 2003. > >Enjoy a safe and happy holiday season. > > >***************************************************************************= * >*********************************** >Your User Group Contact: > >Susan Nixon > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Publicity Manager/User Group Programs > >http://www.newriders.com > >(317) 581-4557 > >***************************************************************************= * >*********************************** > >YOUR MONTHLY TITLE SELECTION - [Please note that December is a lean title >month for us. Only two books on the roster for selection. If you want an >alternate book, follow instructions below. Incomplete requests will not be >processed!] > >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 NAME or 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. > >***************************************************************************= * >*********************************** > >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. I hope >to build on the roster in the coming weeks as we integrate Peachpit's >authors into the mix. > >***************************************************************************= * >*********************************** > >USER GROUP BOOK DISCOUNTS/CALLING ALL HOLIDAY SHOPPERS > >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. > >If you need the template for the user group coupon or wish to obtain a >quantity from New Riders, please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >***************************************************************************= * >*********************************** > >EVENT NEWS > >Macworld 2003 > >Look for Peachpit and New Riders at the 2003 Macworld, January 7-10. We'll >be in booth #2023 at the show. Join us in for author panels and get to= know >some of the great folks in the Peachpit Publishing Group too. Check out= the >complete schedule below and see ya in San Francisco... > >Tuesday, January 7 >11-12 Kymberlee Weil-FLASH >2-3 Tom Negrino- QUICKEN >3-4 Barbara Obermeier and Ted Padova- ILLUSTRATOR ILLUMINATED >4-5 Robin Williams- OS X > > >Wednesday, January 8 >11-12 Dori Smith, Tom Negrino, Ethan Wilde, Michael Swaine -SCRIPTING >1-2 Bert Monroy, Ben Willmore, Rhoda Grossman - PHOTOSHOP >2-3 Jim Heid- DIGITAL HUB >3-4 Robert Lettieri and Judith Stern - QUICKTIME >5-6 Sharon Steuer and Cher Threinen-Pendarvis - WOW! > >Thursday, January 9 >11-12 Dan Peck and Cynthia Baron- DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY >1-2 Alan Oppenheimer, INTERNET SECURITY >2-3 Adam Engst, Bob LeVitus, Jim Heid, Chris Breen - iAPPLICATIONS >3-4 Maria Langer - OS X >4-5 Sandee Cohen- STUMP THE AUTHOR >5-6 Adam Engst and Glenn Fleishman- WIRELESS NETWORKING > >Friday, January 10 >11-12 Dan Peck and Cynthia Baron, Nolan Hester- FILEMAKER >12-1 Mike Rubin, Thomas Luehrsen, Jeff Carlson Lisa Brenneis, Diana= Weynand- >DIGITAL VIDEO >1-2 Ted Landau and Dan Frakes - OS X Disaster Relief > > > >Photoshop Cruise 2003 >www.photoshopcruise.com/newriders > >New Riders User Group Partners receive a $50.00 Discount --just mention ad >code "nrugs" > >Who: Bert Monroy (bertmonroy.com), Katrin Eismann (photoshopdiva.com), Dan >Margulis > >What: A four-Day Carnival Cruise with over 12 hours of Photoshop Seminars. > >When: June 5, 2003 through June 9, 2003 > >Where: All seminars are held onboard the Carnival Imagination during its >cruise from Miami to Key West and Cozumel. Seminars are spaced out so >that they do not interfere with Port days and shore excursions. > >Why Go: First and most important, It's Fun! Second, the cost of the trip >covers the cruise, accommodations, ALL food onboard, all seminars, plus a >few give away items. Third, where else can you sip margaritas in the >Caribbean while learning from the best in the industry? Plus New Riders= and >Peachpit will award one giant Photoshop library of books to one lucky >winner. > >How Much: Listed price includes accommodations on the ship, all food on the >ship, cruise fare, port/gov. charges, tips, admission to seminars, cocktail >meet/greet party plus more!. Inside Cabins are as low as $749.99. Outside >Cabins are $799.99 - You can hold your spot for only $200 with any major >Credit card today by calling TOLL-FREE 1-866-806-8666. And don't forget, >New Riders User Group Partners receive a $50.00 discount --just mention ad >code "nrugs" when you call! > > >Betsy Bruce on Creating Learning Interactions with CourseBuilder > >Plan to join Betsy Bruce on January 16, 2003 from 1-2 pm EST, as she >presents an ASTD Webinar. The participation fee in this ASTD Webinar is= $69 >per person. To read about this Webinar or to enroll, go to: >http://www.astd.org/webinar and click on the "Session Schedule." [Enroll >before 11:00 am EST the morning of the Webinar to guarantee that your name >is included in the drawing for 5 free copies of Bruce's new book: >"eLearning With Dreamweaver MX: Creating Online Learning Applications."] > > >Session Description: >Creating Learning Interactions With CourseBuilder >Audience Ability Level 201: Prior knowledge and experience required. > >Learn how to use CourseBuilder, a free extension for Macromedia Dreamweaver >that quickly creates learning interactions. Use CourseBuilder to add >multiple-choice, text-entry, or drag and drop interactions to a Web page. >Create buttons, sliders, and timers also. Explore how to modify the Action >Manager, the coding interface to CourseBuilder, and how to use= CourseBuilder >to track a one-page quiz. > >Learning Objectives: >=A7 Add and edit CourseBuilder interactions to create interactive objects= in >Web pages >=A7 Add extensive learner feedback using the Action Manager >=A7 Create CourseBuilder interactions that control other interactions= (timers, >quiz scores, etc) >=A7 Understand how to track learner progress > >***************************************************************************= * >*********************************** > >MESSAGES FROM OUR AUTHORS > > From Sharon Steuer: > >Creative Thinking in Photoshop: A New Approach to Digital Art (0735711224) >is the perfect gift for the artist in your life! I wrote this book with >every artist and photographer in mind, whether professional or amateur.= This >book is an especially thoughtful gift for the artists we all know who only >use their computer for emails, and the occasional snapshot mailing to >friends. Creative Thinking encourages artists to think outside the box, and >to begin to envision how they can integrate digital tools into their >creative process. When you give Creative Thinking in Photoshop as a gift, >you'll be inspiring artists to stretch their creativity into new and >exciting directions. If you order this book via >http://www.ssteuer.com/default.asp from now until New Years, I will send= you >a signed and personalized a bookplate so you can transform the books you >purchase into personally autographed copies. > > > From Christopher Schmitt: > >Christopher (Designing CSS Web Pages) has a new article up at >WebReference.com: > >http://www.webreference.com/authoring/style/sheets/headlines/ > > > > > > > >***************************************************************************= * >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
