I registered our group with Apress Publishing. There are several benefits.
Dear Michael Hofmockel,
Thank you for registering Iowa Drupal Users Group with Apress!
In this message you will find:
- Overview of Membership Benefits
- Free Books for the Group
- User Group Book Discount**
- Overview of Membership Benefits:
- Free books in exchange for reviews.
- 25% off regular priced Apress and friends of ED titles.
- Free promotional items for user group raffles and events.
- Author speaking engagements: If our authors are in your region, I'll try to arrange a visit to your group meeting.
- Show your affiliation with Apress. Logos for your group's site are available here: http://apress.com/community/logo
- Free Books for the Group:
We are happy to donate Apress books if your group has an active book review program. Or if your group will be raffling off prizes for a special meeting, we'll also be glad to donate items.
In exchange, we request that each book recipient or winner write a thoughtful review and then post it to any or all of the following locations:
- A heavily trafficked blog, group website, or "geek" site
- Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or Bookpool websites
- A print publication
Once the review is posted or published, you or the reviewer may contact me to let me know. At this point, we'll be happy to send another book for review, and so forth.
If you or group members would like guidelines for writing reviews, please view our suggestions here:
http://apress.com/community/writeareview
- User Group Book Discount*:
Place your order with our distributor, Springer, by calling 1-800-SPRINGER. Once you connect with a customer service representative, please mention the discount code, "APRESSUG" along with the name of your user group.
** At this time, we are unable to honor this discount to user group members located outside of North and South America, Mexico, and the Caribbean.
** For Australian user groups, please contact Woodslane by calling 61-2-9970 5111, and mentioning the code "APRESSUG" to receive a 20% discount.
Finally, please let me know if the group hosts a large event or party, and I'll see what Apress can do to help sponsor or participate. I look forward to keeping in touch!
Sincerely,
Cheryl Martinez
User Group Liaison
Apress and friends of ED
cheryl.martinez@apress.com
http://www.apress.com
http://www.friendsofed.com