From timc+perl at divide.net Sun Nov 4 20:46:01 2012 From: timc+perl at divide.net (Tim Chambers) Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2012 21:46:01 -0700 Subject: [Pikes-peak-pm] Fwd: UG News: Get Your Free Books + More from O'Reilly In-Reply-To: <1351983629.21508.0.291673@post.oreilly.com> References: <1351983629.21508.0.291673@post.oreilly.com> Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Marsee Henon and Jon Johns* Date: Saturday, November 3, 2012 Subject: UG News: Get Your Free Books + More from O'Reilly ** View in browser. Forward this announcement to a friend [image: Header] Hello, We'll be at the SharePoint Conference 2012 November 12-15 in Las Vegas. If you're attending the event, drop by and say hi. Microsoft Press and O'Reilly will both be displaying books and hosting author signings throughout the show. Here's an excellent SPC12 Survival and Readiness Guidefrom @SPHotShot . Cheers, ?Marsee Henon & Jon Johns P.S. 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