From william at knowmad.com Tue Nov 4 13:54:12 2008 From: william at knowmad.com (William McKee) Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 16:54:12 -0500 Subject: [Charlotte.PM] Fwd: Apress User Group November 2008 Newsletter Message-ID: <20081104215412.GO1977@knowmad.com> ----- Forwarded message from Apress User Group Newsletter ----- > To: william at knowmad.com > From: Apress User Group Newsletter > Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:32:27 -0800 > Subject: Apress User Group November 2008 Newsletter > > Apress User Group Program Newsletter > Nov 2008 Issue > > Hello registered Apress User Groups! > > > 1. The Fall/Winter 2008 Catalog Is Here > 2. New User Group Page Coming Soon > 3. AuthorSpeak Program in the Works > 4. Endless Summer Hotlist > 5. Our New Partnership with Safari Books Online > 6. Our New Partnership with Skills Matter > 7. Our New Partnership with Lehmanns > 8. Join the Affiliate Program > 9. Apress and Social Bookmarking > 10. Visit Us at the Next Tradeshow > 11. New from friends of ED: CS4 and Mac Titles > 12. Need an Apress PowerPoint Slide for Your Next Event? > 13. Have You Checked Out the eBook Deal of the Day Yet? > 14. Review Our Books? Send Me the Links! > > 1. The New Fall/Winter 2008 Catalog Is Here! > > You can download our new catalog here: > http://apress.com/community/tradesite > > You can also request physical copies, so please let me know how many you need and where to send them. > > > 2. New User Group Page Coming Soon! > I am happy to announce that a revamped user group page with more features is under construction. I?m hoping to have the new page launched by mid-November. > New features include: > Improved user group locator > User contributed content such as video and featured book reviews > Featured user groups > AuthorSpeak program > New swag > New resources > And more! > > 3. AuthorSpeak: Connecting YOU to Authors > > Apress is currently implementing a new beta program, AuthorSpeak, to promote our authors and their published titles. Based on location (local or traveling), book topics, and availability, this program will coordinate and schedule author speaking opportunities during user group meetings, offering you the chance to share our authors? knowledge, insights, and publications with peers. In addition, to ensure the success of each of your events, we will provide free copies of your book and other Apress swag (highlighters, catalogs, posters, shirts, and so on). > > Please get back to me with information pertaining to how often you would like authors to speak with your group and what topics you?d like covered. > > 4. (Endless) Summer ?08 Hotlist Deals > > What better time than the present to make the most of your valuable time? So, while your coworkers are healing their sunburns or trying to work off their extra BBQ pounds, you should be getting ahead in your career. Our wide range of books for IT professionals will give you the head start you need to secure your next promotion. There?s never been a better time to learn from The Expert?s Voice?. > > From the publisher of illustrious technology best-sellers such as Sharepoint 2007 User?s Guide, CSS Mastery, Beginning PHP and MySQL, Pro Spring, and Founders at Work, Apress offers you this must-have-now collection. > > http://apress.com/promotion/summer08hotlist > > > 5. Apress Inc. Announces New Partnership with Safari Books Online > > Apress books will now be available on Safari Books Online! By popular demand we signed up to have our catalog available through O?Reilly?s online database for IT, programming, and design professionals. Safari Books Online is licensed to thousands of companies worldwide including Fortune 500 companies, major universities, and leading training organizations. Find out more here: http://www.safaribooksonline.com/ > > 70 Apress and friends of ED titles have been available for download at Safari Books Online since October 2008, and Apress is looking forward to feedback on other titles to offer going forward. > > Currently available titles include: > > Founders at Work by Jessica Livingston > CSS Mastery by Andy Budd > Microsoft SharePoint: Building Office 2007 Solutions in C# 2005 by Scot P Hillier > Pro Spring 2.5 by Jan Machacek et al. > The Definitive Guide to Django by Adrian Holovaty and Jacob Kaplan-Moss > Pro C# 2008 and the .NET 3.5 Platform by Andrew Troelsen > Practical Common LISP by Peter Seibel > > 6. Our New Partnership with Skills Matter > > Apress has entered into a partnership with Skills Matter. Skills Matter offers Europe's largest selection of training and events on Open Source Technology and Agile Software Development. Through the organization of events, conferences and training courses, as well as the publication of podcasts, interviews, and articles featuring bleeding-edge topics and leading thinkers in the Open Source and Agile communities, Skills Matter offers a true platform for the exchange of ideas, skills, and innovation. Skills Matter and Apress will offer any delegate of a 3+ day Skills Matter training course a free Amazon Kindle. For more information, visit: http://skillsmatter.com/offer/apress-kindle > > 7. Our New Partnership with Lehmanns > > Apress is increasing its reach throughout Europe with new partnerships with German bookstore Lehmanns, which serves Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, (http://www.lob.de/) and Italian online technical book seller M.e.B.S. S.r.l. (http://www.gorilla.it). Our books will be more readily available on the book shelves as well as over the Web in these regions. For a listing of bookstores and distributors in your region, visit http://apress.com/book/order. > > 7. Join Our Affiliate Program > > > Books are going electronic. Apress wants its readers to get in on the action. The Affiliate Program benefits online communities, web site owners, user groups, and bloggers who publicly recognize Apress books and help generate electronic sales. The program credits affiliates who link to Apress eBooks with a 10% commission on eBook sales when their visitors click through and purchase eBooks at Apress.com. If you have a web site, blog, or web page on a social networking site, add an affiliate link and watch the commission grow. Try it today: http://apress.com/affiliate > > 8. Apress and Social Bookmarking > > We?ve added a feature to the book page that makes it easy to share book details and cover images with your Facebook, Digg, LinkedIn, MySpace, Delicious, Technorati, BlinkList, Furl, reddit, NewVine, Sumbleupon, and Twitter pages (with more to come). Share your favorite book today: http://apress.com/ > > > > 9. Visit Us at the Next Tradeshow! > > We will be exhibiting at the following show. Stop by our booth and say hello! > > PASS Community Summit 2008 > November 18-21, Seattle, WA > Booth #516 > > > 10. New from friends of ED: CS4 and Mac Titles Coming Soon! > > friends of ED has a huge lineup CS4 books coming soon, covering Flash, Dreamweaver, and for the first time in a long while, Fireworks. Our first CS4 titles are due to hit the shelves real soon: http://friendsofed.com/go/cs4 > > We are launching a new series of Mac books, including Beginning iPhone Development: Exploring the iPhone SDK, that will be publishing in a couple of weeks: http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430216263 > > 11. Need an Apress Slide for Your Next Event?s PowerPoint Presentation? > Contact me regarding your event and I can send you a PowerPoint slide including Apress company info and our logo for your presentation. > 12. Have You Checked Out the eBook Deal of the Day Yet? > > Have you ever wanted to buy an eBook to learn something fun but couldn?t justify it because of the price? We are pleased to offer you the ?eBook Deal of the Day? found on our homepage in the top-right corner. At 12:01 a.m. PST, a different Apress or friends of ED eBook will be priced at only $10 US for a 24-hour period. Check back every day for a new deal. > > 13. Review Our Books? Send Me the Links! > > If you have received a book for review, have read one of our books and wish to review it, or have already reviewed an Apress book, please send me the URLs to your review. We love to have your feedback! > > As a publisher we rely on independent writers and reviewers to speak forcefully and honestly about our products to the larger technology book-buying community. In addition to reviewing this book on your own site, please consider reposting that review on Amazon.com, Barnesandnoble.com, Bookpool.com, to name a few, or any other commercial site you favor. > > If you would like to request a book for review, please let me know. > > > > Your Dedicated Apress User Group Liaison, > Cheryl Martinez > > > About Apress: Apress is a technical publisher devoted to meeting the needs of IT professionals, software developers, and programmers, with more than 700 books in print and a continually expanding portfolio of publications. Apress provides high-quality, no-fluff content in print and electronic formats that help serious technology professionals build a comprehensive pathway to career success. Apress and friends of ED are part of Springer Science + Business Media. Read more at http://www.apress.com/info. > > ________________________________ > > cheryl martinez | marketing supervisor | cheryl.martinez at apress.com > > > Apress Inc, > 2855 Telegraph Ave., Suite 600 > Berkeley, CA 94705 > 510-549-5930 > > > > > > > > > http://app.streamsend.com/private/hbs1/YQdIh1m/unsubscribe/1759321 ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Knowmad Technologies - Open Source Web Solutions W: http://www.knowmad.com | E: william at knowmad.com | P: 704.343.9330 From mjlefevre at gmail.com Tue Nov 4 15:00:14 2008 From: mjlefevre at gmail.com (Matthew Lefevre) Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 18:00:14 -0500 Subject: [Charlotte.PM] LAMP developers Message-ID: I know someone looking for 3 LAMP developers. 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