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Date: Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 3:01 PM<br>Subject: Books and News from the O'Reilly User Group Program--July28<br><br><br>
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<p>Hello, </p>
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We're excited to announce the early availability of David Pogue's OS X Mountain Lion: The Missing Manual, the #1 bestselling Mac guide for over 10 years. If you or one of your UG members is upgrading to OS X 10.8 and would like to review a copy, let us know and we'll get the ebook version to you right away. </p>
<p>--Marsee Henon & Jon Johns
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<h3>Available for Review</h3>
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<p>The UG team is looking for book reviewers for the following books. Consider posting your reviews on Amazon, Slashdot, <a href="http://oreilly.com" target="_blank">oreilly.com</a>, and/or your blog.</p>
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<li><a href="http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1z45rlkiphlrtkq4jpvjcvamq28itpfpnreedj130" target="_blank">OS X Mountain Lion: The Missing Manual</a></li>
<li><a href="http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zik8cepfvodaijod823j1r7krai28a2uekupbb3g" target="_blank">The Sony SLT-A77</a></li>
<li><a href="http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zmkddshmpg53o7r1nnklnur3p8f5v0a4qipire0o" target="_blank">Deploying Rails</a></li>
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<h3>Social networks are not communities, and other discussions from CLS</h3>
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<h3>Strata Data Innovation Awards</h3>
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