Addison-Wesley and Sams Publishing Launch Seven Key Developer Books at Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference 2008

Addison-Wesley and Sams Publishing, imprints of Pearson, announced today seven new developer titles debuting at Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference 2008, taking place Oct. 27-Oct. 30 in Los Angeles (www.microsoftpdc.com). The titles are available in the convention bookstore and at the Addison-Wesley/Sams booth #517.

News Facts

• Addison-Wesley is launching the following new books:

1. The Oslo Modeling Language, by David Langworthy, Brad Lovering and Don Box, architects on the OSLO team and inventors of the "M” programming language.

2. Concurrent Programming on Windows, by Joe Duffy

3. Framework Design Guidelines, second edition, by Krzysztof Cwalina and Brad Abrams featuring updated information and new annotations.

4. More Effective C#, by Bill Wagner

5. The C# Programming Language, third edition (fully annotated), by the father of C#, Anders Hejlsberg

• Sams is launching the following:

6. Silverlight 2 Unleashed by Laurent Bugnion (presented in full color).

7. Windows Communication Foundation 3.5 Unleashed from popular author Craig McMurtry et al.

• Featured Rough Cuts (manuscripts in progress) at PDC include: Essential LINQ by Charlie Calvert and Dinesh Kulkarni; Essential Silverlight by Ashraf Michail; and Visual Studio Tools for Office by Eric Carter and Eric Lippert. These titles can be bought online at http://safaribooksonline.com/?cid=safaribooksonline- pressrelease-sitepoint-corp (Due to its length, this URL may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.).

• The following authors will be speaking at the show: David Langworthy, Brad Lovering, Don Box, Anders Hejlsberg, Brad Abrams, Krzysztof Cwalina, Matt Winkler, and Joe Duffy.
• In addition, subscribe to the OnMicrosoft Vidcast for exclusive interviews with David Langworthy, Jeff Pinkston, Paul Vick, and Giovanni Della-Libera discussing "Oslo," and the Modeling Language Specification, codename "M".
• Get the inside scoop and follow our Pearson team tweeting live from PDC at http://twitter.com/informit.

About Pearson

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