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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Hello Esteemed User Group Leaders!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>NEW BOOKS FOR YOUR GROUP! (Please read on to learn of new titles
shipped in December, 2006 for the benefit of your User Group) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>REMINDER: Be sure your members are receiving 35% off list price by
purchasing directly from the publisher sites! The 35% coupon is also
valid for our new Short Cuts! (i.e. our newest Short Cut title, “Mongrel:
Serving, Deploying, and Extending Your Ruby Applications” (Digital Short
Cut).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Read a review of the Mongrel Short Cut on Slashdot.org: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/books/06/12/18/1555243.shtml">http://books.slashdot.org/books/06/12/18/1555243.shtml</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Please share our new Short Cut sampler with your members by forwarding
this link (includes sample content on <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Ajax</st1:City></st1:place>,
BusyBox, Embedded Linux):<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><a
href="http://www.informit.com/content/downloads/pdfs/ShortCut_Sampler.pdf">http://www.informit.com/content/downloads/pdfs/ShortCut_Sampler.pdf</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>To redeem the coupon: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Select the book(s) of your choice and enter COUPON CODE:
"USERGROUP" (must be ALL CAPS!) at Checkout Step #3 (Payment Method).
PLEASE NOTE-- You can request a PDF coupon flyer w/ this info to distribute to
your members!] <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Sites to redeem the coupon: <a href="http://www.awprofessional.com/">www.awprofessional.com</a>,
<a href="http://www.prenhallprofessional.com/">www.prenhallprofessional.com</a>
or <a href="http://www.samspublishing.com/">www.samspublishing.com</a>, <a
href="http://www.informit.com/shortcuts">www.informit.com/shortcuts</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>NEWSFLASH: LATEST BOOK SHIPMENT FOR YOUR User Group! <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> Includes the following titles from the brand new NEGUS LIVE LINUX
SERIES: <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Your Practical, Hands-On Guides to
Getting Real Results with Free Software</span></i>: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>--- Live Linux® CDs: Building and Customizing Bootables, authored
by Christopher Negus; <a href="http://www.prenhallprofessional.com/livelinux">www.prenhallprofessional.com/livelinux</a>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>--- Practical PHP and MySQL: Building Eight Dynamic Web Applications,
authored by Jono Bacon; <a href="http://www.prenhallprofessional.com/livelinux">www.prenhallprofessional.com/livelinux</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>NEXT UP! ....... Early next month (January 2007) you will receive
a review copy for this new book:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Red Hat Fedora Core 6 Unleashed, authored by Paul Hudson/Andrew Hudson;
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><a
href="http://www.samspublishing.com/title/0672329298">http://www.samspublishing.com/title/0672329298</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>BONUS BOOKS!!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Your User Group can receive a bonus complimentary book for any of the
below titles! Please send your picks directly to me at: <a
href="mailto:heather.fox@pearsoned.com">heather.fox@pearsoned.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>--- New SECOND EDITION for “The Design of Sites: Patterns for
Creating Winning Web Sites”, authored by Doug van Duyne, James Landay,
and Jason Hong; <a href="http://www.prenhallprofessional.com/title/0131345559">www.prenhallprofessional.com/title/0131345559</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>--- BIRT: A Field Guide to Reporting, authored by Peh, Hannemann,
Hague; <a href="http://www.awprofessional.com/title/0321442598">www.awprofessional.com/title/0321442598</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>--- Integrating and Extending BIRT, authored by Weathersby, French, Bondur,
Tatchell, Chatalbasheva; <a
href="http://www.awprofessional.com/title/0321443853">www.awprofessional.com/title/0321443853</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Please encourage your LUG members to support their favorite books by
submitting reviews directly to Heather Fox at: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">heather.fox@pearsoned.com</st1:PersonName>,
or submit to Amazon.com, BN.com, Slashdot.org, or other favorite news and
resource sites. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>We are glad to be working with your User Group!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Happy Holidays!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Heather Fox<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Heather L. Fox, Senior Publicist & User Group Liaison</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:Verdana'>Addison-Wesley Professional</span></font><font size=1
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style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana'>Prentice Hall Professional </span></font><font
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style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";font-style:italic'>Publishing
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title="mailto:heather.fox@pearsoned.com">heather.fox@pearsoned.com</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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w:st="on">07458</st1:PostalCode></st1:place></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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