----- Original Message ----- From: "Apress Newsletter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 1:49 PM Subject: Apress User Group Newsletter - Q1, 2005
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Apress User Group Newsletter 2005 > Quarter 1, Issue 1 > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Sections: > > 1. Getting Apress Books into Your Hands > 2. Events and Happenings > 3. The Latest Apress Books - Hot Off the Press > 4. Forthcoming Books - Spring Releases > 5. Upcoming Tradeshows > > *************************************** > > 1. Getting Apress Books into Your Hands > > The Apress publishing plan is in full swing for 2005, with many more > excellent titles emerging in the coming months. Our book review program > is going strong, and we are running promotions and specials to get more > Apress books into your hands: > > - We encourage you to write and post reviews of Apress books. For more > information about writing reviews, please visit > http://www.apress.com/userGroups/writeareview.html. > > - We are now hosting a User Group Membership Drive-when you refer a new > group to register on Apress.com, let me know after the group registers, > and you'll get a FREE BOOK! You may direct new groups to register at > http://www.apress.com/userGroups/, and you can notify me about the > sign-up at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - In March and April 2005, we are running the Apress Expert's Choice > Rebate. Buy one book and you'll get $10 back; buy two books and you'll > get $20 back. Additional details are available at > http://www.apress.com/marchrebate/. > > - Apress has partnered with Barnes and Noble to offer you a 30% > discount on selected Beginning series titles. This is a great > opportunity to acquire the preparation you need. Please visit > http://apress.com/discount/barnesandnoble for more information. > > *************************************** > > 2. Events and Happenings > > Apress likes to sponsor group meetings and conferences. Please let us > know about your upcoming special events so we can get involved. We can > support the event by donating books, Apress logos, laminated signs, and > T-shirts. We welcome creative new ideas for Apress to sponsor your > group's next event! > > This month, Apress is hosting an informal "Meet Joel Spolsky" event. If > you're near the San Francisco Bay Area, please join us on Friday, March > 18, 2005, at 933 Parker St. near the Apress offices in Berkeley, > California, at 6:00 p.m. for pizza, beer, and Joel Spolsky himself. > Stop by and bring your friends, too-this is a wonderful networking > opportunity. You can rub elbows with other Apress authors and techies, > plus meet the Apress staff. > > Ablog, the Apress weblog, boasts some cool new additions. Open source > editor Jason Gilmore has started a new interview series on Ablog > entitled "Five Questions for . . .". Jason has already interviewed > brian d. foy, founder and publisher of "The Perl Review," and Daniel > Lopez Ridruejo, creator of Comanche, BitRock, and many other well-known > Apache projects. Read these interviews and more at > http://blogs.apress.com. You can also subscribe to the Ablog RSS feed > at http://blogs.apress.com/index.rdf. > > > *************************************** > > 3. The Latest Apress Books - Hot Off the Press > > Beginning VB .NET 1.1 Databases: From Novice to Professional > By Dan Maharry > Published February 2005 > ISBN: 1-59059-358-8 > 632 pp. > $ 49.99 > http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=291 > > Beginning SUSE Linux: From Novice to Professional > By Keir Thomas > Published February 2005 > ISBN: 1-59059-458-4 > 544 pp. > $39.99 > http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=407 > > Honeypots for Windows > By Roger A. Grimes > Published February 2005 > ISBN: 1-59059-335-9 > 424 pp. > $39.99 > http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=281 > > *************************************** > > 4. Forthcoming Books - Spring Releases > > Beginning Relational Data Modeling, Second Edition > By Sharon Allen and Evan Terry > To Publish: March 2005 > ISBN: 1-59059-463-0 > 550 pp. > $49.99 > http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=404 > > Pro Perl > By Peter Wainwright > To Publish: March 2005 > ISBN: 1-59059-438-X > 1064 pp. > $59.99 > http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=392 > > Beginning Visual Web Programming in VB .NET: From Novice to Professional > By Daniel Cazzulino et al. > To Publish: March 2005 > ISBN: 1-59059-359-6 > 648 pp. > $39.99 > http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=292 > > *************************************** > > 5. Upcoming Tradeshows > > Apress will be exhibiting at the following shows this spring. If you > are there, stop by and say hi! > > DevConnections > Orlando, FL > March 20-23, 2005 > http://www.devconnections.com/ > > FlashInTheCan > Toronto, Canada > April 9-11, 2005 > http://www.fitc.ca/ > > MySQL Users Conference > Santa Clara, CA > April 18-21, 2005 > http://mysqluc.com/ > > IOUG > Orlando, FL > May 1-5, 2005 > http://www.ioug.org/live2005/ > > *************************************** > > We do not send unsolicited newsletters. You received this because > you registered a user group at www.apress.com. > > To be removed from the Apress user group newsletter mailing list, > e-mail us at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject line REMOVE. > > For all other requests, please do not reply to this e-mail. Instead, > e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] and we'll get back to you regarding your query. > > Apress - The Expert's Voice(TM) > 2560 Ninth St, Suite 219 > Berkeley, CA 94710 > 510-549-5930 > > >
