Apress Acquires Majority of Peer Information Group's Assets

BERKELEY, Calif. -- May 1, 2003 - Apress announced today that it has acquired the rights to several Peer Information Group imprints: Friends of Ed, Glasshaus, and Curlingstone.

BERKELEY, Calif. (PRWEB) May 11, 2003 - Apress announced today that it has acquired the rights to several Peer Information Group imprints: Friends of Ed, Glasshaus, and Curlingstone. In addition, Apress has acquired the publishing rights to over 300 former Wrox titles and contracts. This acquisition provides Apress with the majority of Peer Information Groups intellectual property, including book contracts, archives, software, domain names, and company trademarks. Financial terms of this transaction were not released.

We welcome Peer Information Groups loyal authors and customers into the growing Apress community worldwide," said Gary Cornell, Apress publisher and cofounder. As a programmer and author myself, I have long admired many of the books whose contracts Apress purchased. The ability to go forward with new editions of these great books and to ensure that so much valuable information is not lost to my fellow programmers is very important to me."

The acquisition of the majority of Peer Information Groups assets will clearly position Apress as one of the top independent computer-book publishers worldwide," said Paul Manning, Springer-Verlags Director of Sales and Marketing (Springer-Verlag is Apress worldwide distributor and partner). Apress will continue to publish titles written by expert authors with the highest quality standards. This acquisition fits perfectly with Apress vision to publish 'for professionals by professionals."

Apress, an award-winning publisher, serves millions of readers worldwide with titles available in 13 languages. To read more about Apress authors and products, or to view tables of contents, review sample chapters, or download source code, please visit our online catalog at www.apress.com. Apress titles are available at bookstores and wholesalers nationwide, from online booksellers, and from Springer-Verlag New York, Inc. at 800-SPRINGE(R).

For more information about Apress innovative approach to publishing, contact Hollie Fischer, Apress Product Manager, at 510-549-5930, extension 105, or write to hollie@apress.com.

Apress: The Authors Press
Apress, located in Berkeley, California, is a fast-growing, innovative publishing company devoted to meeting the needs of existing and potential programming professionals. Simply put, the A" in Apress stands for The Authors Press and its books have The Experts Voice. Apress unique approach to publishing grew out of conversations between its founders, Dan Appleman and Gary Cornell, authors of numerous best-selling, highly regarded books for programming professionals. In 1998, they set out to create a publishing company that emphasized quality above all else. Gary and Dans vision has resulted in the publication of over 120 titles by leading software professionals.

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