Released on: October 6, 2008, 11:56 am

Press Release Author: Pete Aylward / Apress Inc.

Industry: Media

Press Release Summary: IT Professional book publisher Apress, Inc., today announces
the acquisition of the rights to best-selling titles Learn C on the Macintosh and
Learn Objective-C on the Macintosh from SpiderWorks, LLC.

Press Release Body: Berkeley, CA—October 1 2008— IT Professional book publisher
Apress, Inc., today announces the acquisition of the rights to best-selling titles
Learn C on the Macintosh and Learn Objective-C on the Macintosh from SpiderWorks,
LLC. The deal will see author and SpiderWorks CEO Dave Mark reshaping the acquired
titles to become part of a fresh, new-look Mac development book series for Apress.

As well as the two SpiderWorks best-sellers, Apress has also acquired a
currently-in-development title that will publish as Beginning iPhone Development:
Exploring the iPhone SDK.

These books, together with other forthcoming titles, will allow developers to
quickly and efficiently learn how to create both native desktop Mac applications and
native iPhone applications using the latest Xcode tools and Apple SDKs.

“The demand for high-quality Mac development books keeps growing,” says Dominic
Shakeshaft, Apress Editorial Director and Associate Publisher, “and we at Apress are
delighted to be able to draw on SpiderWorks’ lineup of well-know, expert Mac authors
to meet this demand. Their commitment to Mac programming over the years will ensure
that our own Mac development series gets off to the best possible start.”

SpiderWorks CEO Dave Mark says, “As programmers ourselves, we’ve been longtime fans
of Apress. Like us, Apress publishes books for developers by developers, a core
value that we believe is very important to Mac users. That’s why we see this
acquisition as the perfect evolution for these books. In the good hands of Apress,
these newly updated titles will be available to a much broader audience than
SpiderWorks was able to reach.”

The first of the acquired titles to publish will be Beginning iPhone Development:
Exploring the SDK (ISBN-13: 978-1-4302-1626-1) on November 24, followed by Learn
Objective-C on the Mac (ISBN-13: 978-1-4302-1809-8) on December 15, and Learn C on
the Mac (ISBN-13: 978-1-4302-1815-9) on December 29.

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devoted to meeting the needs of IT professionals, software developers, and
programmers, with more than 700 books in print and a continually expanding portfolio
of publications. Apress provides high-quality, no-fluff content in print and
electronic formats that help serious technology professionals build a comprehensive
pathway to career success.



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