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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