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The countdown for SAS Global Forum is on, and SAS Publishing has so much in store for you this year! The demo hall will be open starting at 10am in Tuesday, April 5. This year, we will be giving you the opportunity to win a Kindle by filling out a short survey in the Digital Media area. Then, come on over to the SAS Publishing booth and enter to win one of dozens of free SAS Press books signed by your favorite SAS Press authors.

Don't forget to take advantage of the 20% discount on all SAS books that you can take with you the same day. SAS Press authors Art Carpenter, Susan Slaughter, Cynthia Zender, Jose Ramirez, and author/moderator Michael Raithel will be hosting a panel discussion, "So You Want to Be a SAS Press Author!" from 3:00–3:50 PM on Tuesday, April 5, in Neapolitan IV. Learn SAS-book authoring tips, techniques, and best practices from some who have successfully completed the process.

For those of you who can't attend, don't worry! Stay in touch with everything going on with our various social media tools. Check out the article below titled "SAS Publishing at SAS Global Forum 2011" for specific links.

Happy April!

Judi Rourke 
Editor, SAS Publishing News


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eBooks Better on Larger Screens! »

Submitted by Sandy Varner, SAS Publishing Operations Manager

eBooks are all the rage in the publishing industry. At SAS Publishing, we're just as excited as the rest of our publishing friends. But not all e-reading experiences are created equal.

Smartphones, tablets, and dedicated eReaders have opened the door to eBook delivery. These devices offer beautiful delivery of flowed text across the devices' screen. However, the heavy use of graphs, formulas and output in SAS books makes the conversion to smoothly flowing text a slow process. We're working diligently, but it will still be a while before all your favorite SAS Press books are available as smoothly flowing text on these devices.

The good news is that you don’t have to wait to access SAS Press titles online! Read more 


SAS Press 2011: Top Ten Initiatives in Store for You »

Submitted by Julie Platt, SAS Press Editor-in-Chief

Although we just finished a very successful 2010 for SAS Press, we're setting the bar even higher for 2011 to ensure that, as a SAS user, you get the most out of books published through SAS Press. This year, we have plenty of exciting projects in the works for you.


SAS Publishing at SAS Global Forum 2011

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SAS Global Forum
April 4-7, 2011
Las Vegas, NV

PharmaSUG
May 8-11, 2011
Nashville, TN

BEA
May 23-26, 2011
NYC, NY

Analytics 2011
October 24-25, 2011
Orlando, FL 
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