Peachpit Announces New Line of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Books
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide and Mac
OS X 10.5 Leopard: Peachpit Learning Series Now Available
BERKELEY, Calif. (Business Wire EON/PRWEB ) October 31, 2007 --
Peachpit (NYSE:PSO) today announced the launch of new titles designed to
enable readers to get the most out of the powerful features of Leopard,
Apple’s latest Mac operating system upgrade. The
new books are aimed at all levels of users and cover all that’s
new in the OS, including Time Machine, Spaces, and Quick Look.
The first two books to be available are:
Mac OS X 10.5
Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide by Maria Langer
(ISBN-10: 0-321-49600-0), the visual guide to Leopard’s
groundbreaking capabilities. With hundreds of screenshots to clearly
illustrate step-by-step techniques, this guide is a great reference to
the essentials of Mac OS X Leopard, including new and revamped
applications.
Download Chapter 7 for free now at http://www.peachpit.com/leopard.
Mac OS X 10.5
Leopard: Peachpit Learning Series by Robin Williams
(ISBN-10: 0-321-50263-9), an essential training book for getting started
with Leopard and capitalizing on all the new features. This book allows
readers to learn in their own way—whether it’s
working through the lessons start to finish, jumping straight to
step-by-step exercises about new features, or looking up just what they
need to know at that moment.
The following books and ebooks will be available soon:
The Little Mac
Book, Leopard Edition by Robin Williams (ISBN-10:
0-321-50941-2) adopts a back-to-basics approach to introduce users to
Leopard. In a gentle, friendly style, this Mac community classic shows
readers how to dive in and start working with the Mac and OS X Leopard.
Automator for
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide by Ben
Waldie (ISBN-10: 0-321-53935-4) uses a combination of task-based
instruction and strong visuals to teach intermediate Mac users how to
automate repetitive, time-consuming tasks with the Automator application
that is included with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.
For Leopard users who can’t wait for the
printed book, Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard will be
available as a Rough
Cut through Safari Books
Online beginning November 2, 2007. While the book is in progress,
users can choose to purchase electronic access with unlimited viewing
and PDF downloads of each revision, pre-purchase the print book, or get
the best of both worlds—electronic access
immediately and the print book later. Free
trials of Safari Books Online are available now.
Please visit www.peachpit.com/leopard
for detailed descriptions, pricing, availability, sample chapters, and
articles, including “How
to Get the Most Out of Leopard's Spaces,”
by Ryan Faas, “Top
Ten Leopard Features That Will Change How You Use Your Mac,”
by Maria Langer and “Robin
Williams’s Guide to the Most Overlooked New
Leopard Features,” by Robin Williams.
About Peachpit
Berkeley-based Peachpit has
been publishing the industry’s best-selling
books on the latest in graphic design, desktop publishing, multimedia,
Web design and development, digital video and general Macintosh
computing since 1986. Its award-winning books feature step-by-step
explanations, time-saving techniques, savvy insider tips, and expert
advice for computer users of all sorts. It is the home of the
internationally recognized Visual QuickStart Guide series, the
design imprint New
Riders and its highly popular Voices That Matter series, and
is the publishing partner for Adobe
Press, lynda.com,
NAPP, Apple
Certified, AIGA
Design Press, and others. Peachpit is part of Pearson,
the international media company. Pearson’s
primary operations include the Financial
Times Group and the Penguin Group.
Learn more at www.peachpit.com
and www.pearson.com.
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