[Wellington-pm] [Fwd: User Groups: Apress Summer Newsletter Is Here!]

Grant McLean grant at mclean.net.nz
Sun Aug 27 14:54:25 PDT 2006


The following message from the Apress User Groups coordinator includes
download links for a number of their titles which are now available as
free downloadable PDFs (one of them is even Perl-related).

Cheers
Grant

-------- Forwarded Message --------
> From: Janet Crosbie <janet at Apress.com>
> Subject: User Groups: Apress Summer Newsletter Is Here!
> Sections:
> 
> Special Offers 
> 
> Are you into open source? Through August 31, 2006, you can purchase a 
> limited edition Apress Open Source eBook bundle here: 
> http://www.apress.com/promo/osbundle.html. 
> You get four eBooks for 50 bucks--purchasing two of these eBooks separately 
> would just about equal what you'll pay for the four-book deal! But hurry, 
> because you've only got about another week to purchase this bundle. 
>
> The following titles are included: 
> 
> "From Bash to Z Shell: Conquering the Command Line"
> By Oliver Kiddle et al.
> ISBN: 1-59059-376-6 | 472 pages
> 
> "Beginning Ubuntu Linux: From Novice to Professional"
> By Keir Thomas
> ISBN: 1-59059-627-7 | 608 pages
> 
> "Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional"
> By Akkana Peck
> ISBN: 1-59059-587-4 | 552 pages
> 
> "Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach"
> By Chris F.A. Johnson
> ISBN: 1-59059-471-1 | 448 pages
>  
>
> Free eBooks to Download
> 
> You may have already purchased an Apress eBook sometime the past year. 
> Whether you have or not, you can expand your library now by downloading 
> a select eBook for free. Choose from these titles: 
> 
> "A Programmer's Introduction to PHP 4.0"
> By W. Jason Gilmore
> ISBN: 1-893115-85-2 | 453 pages
> 
> "Programming VB .NET: A Guide for Experienced Programmers"
> By Gary Cornell and Jonathan Morrison
> ISBN: 1-893115-99-2 | 528 pages
> 
> "Writing Perl Modules for CPAN"
> By Sam Tregar
> ISBN: 1-59059-018-X | 312 pages
> 
> "COM and .NET Interoperability"
> By Andrew Troelsen
> ISBN: 1-59059-011-2 | 816 pages
> 
> "XML Programming: Web Applications and Web Services with JSP and ASP"
> By Tom Myers and Alexander Nakhimovsky
> ISBN: 1-59059-003-1 | 576 pages
> 
> "Google, Amazon, and Beyond: Creating and Consuming Web Services"
> By Tom Myers and Alexander Nakhimovsky
> ISBN: 1-59059-131-3 | 352 pages
> 
> "Practical Common Lisp"
> By Peter Seibel
> ISBN: 1-59059-239-5 | 528 pages
> 
> Download your free Apress eBooks here: http://www.apress.com/free/index.html. 
> 
>
> The Latest betaBooks
> 
> Apress betaBooks give you access to the newest programming topics straight 
> from the author, by way of weekly PDF chapters and updates, all before the 
> final printed versions roll off the press. Eight weeks before final 
> publication, the first several chapters of an Apress betaBook become 
> available. After that, available updates or new chapters are delivered 
> weekly to your inbox. 
> 
> You may purchase betaBooks where you purchase other eBooks, in the Apress 
> eBookshop. These betaBooks are a bargain because the price includes a copy 
> of the entire finished eBook. Apress is offering these betaBooks right now:
> 
> "Beginning Ajax with PHP: From Novice to Professional"
> By Lee Babin
> October 2006 | ISBN: 1-59059-667-6 | 400 pages | $44.99
> http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10117
> 
> "Pro Wicket"
> By Karthik Gurumurthy
> September 2006 | ISBN: 1-59059-722-2 | 328 pages | $39.99
> http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10189
> 




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