[Omaha.pm] Fwd: Apress Perl User Groups

[Jay Hannah <jay@jays.net>]

From: "Janet Crosbie" <janet@Apress.com>
Date: February 11, 2005 4:24:39 PM CST
To: "Janet Crosbie" <janet@Apress.com>
Cc: "Julie Miller" <julie@Apress.com>
Subject: Apress Perl User Groups

Dear Perl Monger,
 
Thanks again for recently registering your group with Apress. We work 
proactively on behalf of all registered user groups. For example, we 
are happy to sponsor group events and parties with books and T-shirts. 
And when groups request a local author to speak at a meeting, Apress 
tries to fill the request.  
 
Similarly, user groups are incredibly valuable and helpful to Apress, 
because they help spread the word about what Apress is and what Apress 
does. Example: when I update one contact person about Apress 
happenings, I simultaneously reach many people, by word of mouth among 
the group.
 
In the past year we’ve published 3 essential Perl titles, including:
 
	• 	Perl 6 Now (http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=355),
	• 	Randal Schwartz’s Perls of Wisdom 
(http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=307),
	• 	Beginning Perl, Second Edition 
((http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=344)
 
And throughout 2005, we’ll continue to publish titles that are crucial 
to your continuing Perl education, like:
 
	• 	Pro Perl (http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=392),
	• 	Pro Perl Debugging 
(http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=399),
	• 	Pro Perl Parsing 
(http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=432)
 
We’ll be happy to send you copies of these books to review and to give 
away as meeting prizes. In return, we simply encourage all book winners 
to write a thoughtful review, and post it to a favorite site or blog.
 
Book reviews enhance discussion at group meetings and bolster content 
on group websites. We’ve posted review suggestions onto our website, 
and you’re welcome to link them to your own site 
(http://www.apress.com/userGroups/writeareview.html). And please let me 
know if you’d like to post our company logo on your site.
 
For your meetings, we’re happy to provide additional Apress freebies 
like T-shirts, sampler CDs, roadmaps, and title lists. And year-round, 
groups can take advantage of a 25%-off discount on all current Apress 
titles.
 
Please contact me directly if you have questions or ideas, and I look 
forward to working with you this year!
 
Sincerely,
Janet Crosbie
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Janet Crosbie
User Group Liaison

Apress
2560 Ninth Street, Suite 219
Berkeley, CA 94710
510-549-5930 ext.121 phone
510-549-5939 fax
janet@apress.com
www.apress.com