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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 >