From: Stephanie.Layton@pearsonptr.com
To: corbet@eklektix.com
Subject: Python Essential Reference press release
Date: 15 Dec 1999 15:29:42 -0500

New Riders Publishing
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE	
December 15, 1999	

CONTACT: Stephanie Layton
stephanie.layton@pearsonptr.com
317 817 7332
www.newriders.com

Guaranteed Accuracy
 
INDIANAPOLIS, IN -  Accuracy. When you're working with a technology, you're
looking for fast and accurate solutions. At New Riders, we are taking the
steps necessary to ensure you have the most accurate Python programming
information at your side.

New Riders Publishing is pleased to announce the availability of Python
Essential Reference by David M. Beazley. Python Essential Reference is the
definitive guide to the Python programming language. Designed specifically
for programmers, it covers the core Python language, more than 100 modules
in the standard library, and the extension-building techniques used to
integrate Python with programs written in C and C++. The coverage expands
upon and clarifies existing Python documentation--especially for advanced
topics including operating system interfaces, threads, and network
programming.

In working with New Riders, one of Mr. Beazley's requirements was that we
be as accurate as possible in our publishing efforts. He is so pleased with
the outcome and with the quality of the book that he told us, "The bottom
line is that I stand behind the technical accuracy of the book (and have
tried very hard to get everything right). However, to encourage feedback
from the community and to acknowledge the contributions without which the
book would have been impossible, I am setting up an online bug database
with the following challenge: For each technical error found in the book, I
will personally donate $10.00 to the PSA (Python Software Activity)."
According to Laurie Petrycki, New Riders Open Source Executive Editor, "New
Riders believes in the accuracy of Dave's book, as well as in supporting
the Open Source community. Therefore, we will match his contribution to the
PSA. New Riders will also present each valid error reporter with a
complimentary copy of a New Riders or MTP title."

Help out the cause! Copies of the book are available in bookstores
nationwide, as well as at your favorite online retailer. Information about
the bug database can be found at http://islab.cs.uchicago.edu/python/.

Information about other books from New Riders Publishing can be found at http://www.newriders.com.

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Python Essential Reference
By David M. Beazley
1st edition, October 1999
0-7357-0901-7, 352 pages, $34.95
www.newriders.com