Added to the wiki, Kevin.  I did not contact the as a UG, but through 
their Marketing department.  I will follow up with you off list.

-Shaun

On 11/22/13 12:38 PM, Kevin S. Clarke wrote:
> Hi Shaun,
>
> Great!  Want to add that to the wiki so there is a record of it?
>
> Also, great about free ebooks to all attendees!  Was that through the User
> Group branch or some other route?  I won't bother them about physical books
> if we've already contacted them as a UG.
>
> Kevin
>
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 12:14 PM, Shaun Ellis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for organizing this, Kevin.  I did some initial work a couple
>> months ago as part of the sponsorship committee.
>>
>> Rosenfeld Media is sending Tim McGeary a bunch of giveaway books.
>>   O'Reilly is also offering a free ebook to all attendees, but if you can
>> convince them to donate physical giveaway books too, that would be great.
>>
>> -Shaun
>>
>>
>> On 11/22/13 12:04 PM, Kevin S. Clarke wrote:
>>
>>> Who doesn't like free programming/tech/library books?
>>>
>>> Each year at the Code4Lib conference, we try to give away goodies (books,
>>> licenses, etc.) in a raffle (that takes place throughout the conference).
>>>    To make this possible, we need folks willing to contact book publishers
>>> and inquire whether they'd like to contribute some books to the Code4Lib
>>> conference.  This is good exposure for the publishers and good for the
>>> individual Code4Lib'ers who get to walk away with nice books and licenses,
>>> etc.  When we contact publishers, we usually mention how long Code4Lib has
>>> been around, the focus of the group, and that we have a website we'd be
>>> glad to thank them on (and from the podium at the conference, too, of
>>> course).
>>>
>>> If you are interested in being a book (or license, etc.) wrangler, please
>>> sign up on the conference planning wiki:
>>>
>>>
>>> http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/Code4Lib_2014_Conference_Planning_
>>> Volunteers#Book_Give-Away_Committee
>>>
>>> Below are some of the book publishers that have, in the past, donated
>>> books
>>> to us:
>>>
>>> Pragmatic Programmers -- http://www.pragprog.com/ (mbklein is currently
>>> signed up for this)
>>> Chandos Publishing --
>>> http://www.woodheadpublishing.com/en/menuList.aspx?name=Chandos
>>> No Starch -- http://nostarch.com/
>>> O'Reilly -- http://oreilly.com/ug/ (ksclarke is currently signed up for
>>> this)
>>> APress -- http://www.apress.com/
>>> Packt Publishing -- http://www.packtpub.com/
>>> Manning -- http://www.manning.com/
>>> Morgan and Claypool -- http://www.morganclaypool.com/
>>>
>>> If you'd like to contact one of them, feel free to pick one and add it to
>>> your name on the Book_Give-Away_Committee wiki page.
>>>
>>> OxygenXML has contributed licenses in the past; Andrew Nagy, I think
>>> you've
>>> been their contact?  Would you like to do that again?
>>>
>>> Also, if you know of other publishers we haven't contacted before (local
>>> NC
>>> Triangle tech bookstores, for instance) that might like to contribute,
>>> feel
>>> free to sign up on the wiki page and indicate that you'll contact them.
>>>
>>> And, as a reward for reading this far, if you have titles that you'd like
>>> for us to request from these publishers, feel free to respond to this
>>> email
>>> letting the Book Give-Away Committee know so that we can request them from
>>> the publishers.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> Kevin
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Shaun Ellis
>> User Interface Developer, Digital Initiatives
>> Princeton University Library
>> 609.258.1698
>>


-- 
Shaun Ellis
User Interface Developer, Digital Initiatives
Princeton University Library
609.258.1698