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Dear User Group members, This month we have a little taste for almost every flavor of group. For our Mac groups we have two Apple Training Series: iLife books covering the new generation of digital lifestyle apps in iLife '09. Legendary magazine photographer Joe McNally is back with The Hot Shoe Diaries, a treat for Photography groups looking to make great images using a flash. Also, the treats just keep coming—Martin Evening's cool new video will answer the question, "How black should I make my blacks?" Web design and development groups should check out When Search Meets Web Usability, which will explain the "How" of search optimization and the "Why" of Web usability. Photoshop Hall-of-Famer, Ben Willmore, is back with Adobe Photoshop CS4 Studio Techniques. This time he brought along a friend, Dan Ablan, an accomplished photographer and 3D animator. Together they will give you an in-depth understanding of how Photoshop works, cutting through the fat to focus on what they consider to be Photoshop's essential features. Jackie Hill Special AnnouncementsPEACHPIT 2009 CATALOG Our new Peachpit 2009 catalog, packed with page after page of great training books, eBooks, Rough Cuts, online video, Short Cuts, and more, is now available! If you need some for your next meeting send an email to usergroups@peachpit.com with your quantity. You can also download an electronic copy now. SAVE IN MARCH AT BARNES & NOBLE
Bonus Offer: Send us your receipt number and we'll give you a free video of Top 5 Features of Photoshop CS4: Video QuickStart Guide! Simply e-mail your B&N receipt number to peachpit@peachpit.com. Please be sure to provide the e-mail address associated with your Peachpit.com account. If you don't already have an account, go to peachpit.com/register to sign up and let us know which e-mail address you used, so we can add the video to your Account page. SECRETS OF THE BLACKS SLIDER IN LIGHTROOM 2 Peachpit author Martin Evening, of The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Book: The Complete Guide for Photographers, has just posted a really cool new video to Lightroom-News.com. The movie clip is all about how much to safely clip the blacks when working with different types of images, as well as how the black clipping point you set in Lightroom relates to the black clipping point of the print output process. The answer to the question "how black should I make my blacks?" may be easier than you think. SNEAKING UP ON SNOW LEOPARD We want to whet your appetite a bit and give you a sneak peak at the Snow Leopard titles we're working on:
Sorry we don't have confirmed release dates yet, but stay tuned for more announcements in upcoming e-newsletters. SEARCH AND ACCESS DESIGN AND TECH BOOKS ONLINE OR ON YOUR PHONE
Get 15 Days Free Plus 15% Off for a Limited Time. VOICES THAT MATTER: WEB DESIGN CONFERENCE EXCLUSIVE USER GROUP DISCOUNT: Save $200 when you register by using the User Group Priority Code WBVSGNS!
Visit www.voicesthatmatter.com/webdesign2009 for a complete list of speakers. Join us in San Francisco and become one of the voices that matter! ON PEACHPIT.COM
Check out what's available now on Peachpit TV. Upcoming Conferences/Author AppearancesPHOTOSHOP WORLD CONFERENCE AND EXPO Come check us out in the Peachpit/NAPP official bookstore in booth #100, where you can peruse our latest Photoshop and photography books. You'll also get the chance to explore all of the latest Photoshop plug-ins, digital cameras, scanners, printers, imaging software, hardware, storage devices, and new Photoshop-related peripherals from some of the key players in the market. SOCIETY FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC EDUCATION The 2009 SPE National Conference will convene in Dallas, taking up the theme of "Sprawl." Sprawl is a physical manifestation of civic growth and population migration, housing developments and "big-box" retail parks. The 2009 SPE National Conference will feature image-makers, historians, critics, and curators to illuminate the visual and cultural complexities of Sprawl as a defining concept and reality of our twenty-first century public experience. Come check out our booth, #43, at the Exhibits Fair, which will run Friday and Saturday. NORMAN HOLLYN Join Peachpit author Norman Hollyn at the Apple Store in San Francisco on Saturday, April 4, from 1-2 p.m. He will give a presentation on his groundbreaking book, The Lean Forward Moment: Create Compelling Stories for Film, TV, and the Web. Norman Hollyn is an Associate Professor and head of the film editing track at the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California. As a picture editor and music editor, Norman has worked on a range of projects in film and television, with Hollywood greats such as Alan J. Pakula, Sidney Lumet, and Francis Ford Coppola. NABSHOW During the show, make your way to the Official Bookstore where some of our well-known authors like Diana Weynand, Stu Maschwitz, and Larry Jordan will be signing books. For a full listing of authors and scheduled times, go to www.peachpit.com/events. |
New ReleasesDigital Photography
E-commerce
iLife 09
Image Editing
Web Design & Development/Programming
Monthly Book SelectionPlease visit Peachpit.com to select your free monthly book. Remember, we will accept book requests for up to two weeks after you receive the monthly newsletter. Be sure to get your requests in by the deadline, so you can continue to enjoy great books for free! Select the operating state for your group and click Submit. (NOTE: Groups outside the United States and Canada should select OTHER as their operating state. It's found in the O section as opposed to at the end of the list). Select your group name from the pull-down menu and fill in ALL the required fields that follow. Please do not forget to include your phone number as this is now required for shipping. ***PLEASE NOTE!*** INCOMPLETE REQUESTS WILL NOT BE PROCESSED If you experience any problems with the form, you can submit your monthly book selection directly to usergroups@peachpit.com. For Groups New to our User Group ProgramUSER GROUP COUPON CODE We provide your group members with a 35% discount off the list price of any of our books. At checkout, right before entering their credit card information, they must enter the user group coupon code UE-23AA-PEUF (case-sensitive). This coupon code is an exclusive offer that may not be used in conjunction with any other coupon codes. PEARSON AFFILIATE PROGRAM Your user group is a valued member of our Pearson community, and we would like to extend an invitation to you to join and earn money for your group. Learn more and join at www.peachpit.com/affiliates. BULK ORDERS We have transitioned Peachpit's User Group bulk sales management to our Corporate Sales department. All bulk order requests should be directed to our Corporate Sales professionals. Groups will not be restricted to ordering a certain number of titles, but rate is set on a sliding scale based on quantity ordered. Please e-mail any inquiries to corpsales@pearsoned.com and include your group name, city, and state. A representative for your region of the country will contact you to set up your account, obtain your order, and answer questions on discounts. BOOKS FOR REVIEW Requests for books to review should be sent to usergroups@peachpit.com and come from the group leader only. Your e-mail should list the following information IN THE FORMAT THAT FOLLOWS: • GROUP NAME/YOUR NAME Members have 90 days to complete a review, post it on the group's Web site or in your UG newsletter (if applicable), and send it to us. We also ask that reviewers try to post their reviews to Web sites such as Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or Borders. We value the fact that you can share your opinions in other public forums! |
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