CHANGES TO OUR FREE MONTHLY BOOK PROGRAM
We are now accepting book requests for up to two weeks after you receive the monthly newsletter. After two weeks, the submission period will be closed. So be sure to get your requests in by the deadline, so you can continue to enjoy great books for free!

ADOBE TV
On Wednesday, April 9, Adobe launched Adobe TV and Adobe Media Player with tons of free video content for designers, photographers, video pros, and developers, and Peachpit TV content is included! Go to http://tv.adobe.com and type peachpittv in the search field to view Peachpit authors Stephanie Sullivan and Greg Rewis talk about their new book, Mastering CSS with Dreamweaver CS3. There are other author interviews as well, including Steve Krug discussing user and usability testing; Robert Hoekman discussing Miskeeto and his latest book; and interviews with Dan Brown, Andy Clarke, and much more! If you like what you see, don't forget to give us a good rating!

CONTESTS AND FREE STUFF FOR YOUR MEMBERS

Inspired CSS: Styling for a Beautiful Web
For the next month we're offering you exclusive access to Andy Clarke's new online video, Inspired CSS: Styling for a Beautiful Web. Andy will show you how to take your design to the next level using typography, microformats, advanced CSS selectors, layout techniques employing floats, positioning, and margins, and CSS3. Throughout the video, Andy demonstrates these concepts using examples from a fictitious Web site he created.

Simply go to www.peachpit.com and use the following log in:
E-mail address: PPvideoreview@gmail.com
Password: eleninicole
Under Digital Purchases choose Inspired CSS: Styling for a Beautiful Web and start viewing right away. Requires the free QuickTime Player software.

After viewing we would appreciate hearing what your thoughts are about it, what you liked and didn't, what areas we can improve, etc. Send your feedback to usergroups@peachpit.com.

Win a free pass to our Voices That Matter: Web Design Conference
One of your members can win a full three-day conference pass to our upcoming Voices That Matter: Web Design Conference taking place in Nashville, TN, June 11-13! So here's what we'd like you to do: nominate a member from your group whose name will be submitted to the general raffle. Submit your nominee by Monday April 21, to usergroups@peachpit.com. We will announce the lucky winners on April 30.

The winner will be responsible for all travel, hotel, and related costs. The ticket is non-transferable, not redeemable for cash or credit. Unused ticket is forfeited. The ticket is good for the full three-day core conference, June 11-13. Pre-conference workshop is not included.

Create a Widget for the Mac OS X Dashboard Contest
Submit a widget you've created for the Mac OS X Dashboard for your chance to win a library of five Peachpit books, plus an Apple iPod Nano! Enter by April 28, 2008 at www.peachpit.com/widgetcontest.

The Moment It Clicks flickr Group Contest
Share photos you've taken where you have used some of author Joe McNally's techniques. We invite you to post your original photos on The Moment it Clicks flickr group and let us know about the moment it clicked for you. If your image is Joe's favorite, you'll win a print signed by Joe McNally, a one year NAPP membership, the Adobe Photoshop CS3 Power Session DVD by Matt Kloskowski, and your choice of any five Peachpit or New Riders books.

Purchase a Visual QuickStart Guide from Amazon and receive a free Video QuickStart!
Purchase any Visual QuickStart Guide on www.amazon.com through May 31, and you'll get free access to Peachpit's InDesign CS3 Basic Layout: Video QuickStart Guide—a $30 value. The Video QuickStart Guide is organized into the topics and tasks most relevant to beginning and intermediate Adobe InDesign users, and users new to InDesign CS3. Start learning InDesign CS3 at your desktop!

Adobe Launches Photoshop Express Beta
Adobe has launched a public beta of Adobe Photoshop Express, a free Rich Internet Application (RIA) available to anyone who wants to store, sort, and show off digital photos with eye-catching effect. Photoshop Express lets you store up to 2 GB of images online for free, make edits to your photos, and share them online in creative ways, including downloading and uploading photos from popular social networking sites like Facebook.

Also visit our Adobe Photoshop Express page where you can download a free chapter from Jeff Carlson's upcoming book, The Adobe Photoshop Express Beta Pocket Guide, and also purchase the Rough Cut.

PEACHPIT AUTHOR WINS BRONZE AWARD
Martin Evening, author of The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book: The Complete Guide for Photographers, is the winner of a prestigious Bronze award in the recent UK Association of Photographers 2008 Awards, in the Personal Classic Landscape category.

Now in their 25th year, these awards are regarded as THE photographic awards within the industry and just being selected for entry into them is considered one of the highest accolades for professional photographers. For more about the awards and to view Martin's photo, visit www.the-awards.com.

Upcoming Conferences

NAB SHOW
April 14-17, 2008
Las Vegas Convention Center
Las Vegas, NV

BEA
April 16-19, 2008
Las Vegas Convention Center
Las Vegas, NV

SOUTHWEST COMPUTER CONFERENCE
May 30-June 1, 2008
Town and Country Resort & Convention Center
San Diego, CA

The conference is now open to all computer enthusiasts—not only computer club members. You will have an opportunity to network with other computer users who have similar interests: share ideas and experiences as well as solutions to problems. Speak directly to the vendors whose products you use or want to use. $60 Early-bird registration closes May 1.

VOICES THAT MATTER: WEB DESIGN CONFERENCE
June 10-13, 2008
Loews Vanderbilt Hotel
Nashville, TN

USE THE EXCLUSIVE USER GROUP DISCOUNT CODE, WD2MAL5, AND RECEIVE $200 OFF THE CORE CONFERENCE! If you register before May 2, you'll get the Early Bird price of $1095, in addition to the user group discount of $200, bringing your price to $895!

Check out www.voicesthatmatter.com/webdesign2008 for the full lineup of speakers and workshops!