Apress
Encyclopedia
Apress, Inc. is a publisher of information technology
books, based in New York City
. It is a division of Springer Science+Business Media
.
Apress was founded by authors Gary Cornell and Dan Appleman. Its original name was Author's Press, shortened to APress, then Apress. In 2003, Apress purchased much of the intellectual property of the designer-oriented publisher Friends of ED. Apress books, for the most part, are characterized by a uniform yellow and black design. Topics covered relate largely to programming issues, on both proprietary and open source platforms. Hardware hacking is also a theme, and Apress has published some books aimed for mainstream consumer electronics users. Authors include Andrew Troelsen
, Andy Budd, Rob Harrop and Jan Machacek
, Rory Lewis, Michael A. Banks
, Keir Thomas, Jessica Livingston
, Marziah Karch, Bob Walsh, and Joel Spolsky
. Their print books are distributed worldwide by Springer-Verlag, and they are also sold as eBooks and distributed online through the subscription service Safari Online. In 2007 Apress was fully acquired by Springer. Prior to this Springer owned a minority stake, and in 2009 Apress' offices in Berkeley, California
closed and the business moved to Springer's headquarters in New York.
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
books, based in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. It is a division of Springer Science+Business Media
Springer Science+Business Media
- Selected publications :* Encyclopaedia of Mathematics* Ergebnisse der Mathematik und ihrer Grenzgebiete * Graduate Texts in Mathematics * Grothendieck's Séminaire de géométrie algébrique...
.
Apress was founded by authors Gary Cornell and Dan Appleman. Its original name was Author's Press, shortened to APress, then Apress. In 2003, Apress purchased much of the intellectual property of the designer-oriented publisher Friends of ED. Apress books, for the most part, are characterized by a uniform yellow and black design. Topics covered relate largely to programming issues, on both proprietary and open source platforms. Hardware hacking is also a theme, and Apress has published some books aimed for mainstream consumer electronics users. Authors include Andrew Troelsen
Andrew Troelsen
Andrew W. Troelsen is a writer of many books about programming in C#. He has also written many articles for MSDN. Andrew is a partner and instructor with Intertech....
, Andy Budd, Rob Harrop and Jan Machacek
Jan Macháček
Jan Macháček is a former Czech rugby player. He is one of arguably the two most famous Czech rugby players, along with Martin Jágr...
, Rory Lewis, Michael A. Banks
Michael A. Banks
Michael A. Banks is a science fiction writer and editor. He is perhaps best known for nonfiction works about the genre and collaborations with Mack Reynolds. Banks has several other novels to his credit, Michael A. Banks (born 1951) is a science fiction writer and editor. He is perhaps best...
, Keir Thomas, Jessica Livingston
Jessica Livingston
Jessica Livingston is an author and a founding partner of the seed stage venture firm Y Combinator. She also organizes Startup School. She has a B.A...
, Marziah Karch, Bob Walsh, and Joel Spolsky
Joel Spolsky
Avram Joel Spolsky is a software engineer and writer. He is the author of Joel on Software, a blog on software development. He was a Program Manager on the Microsoft Excel team between 1991 and 1994. He later founded Fog Creek Software in 2000 and launched the Joel on Software blog...
. Their print books are distributed worldwide by Springer-Verlag, and they are also sold as eBooks and distributed online through the subscription service Safari Online. In 2007 Apress was fully acquired by Springer. Prior to this Springer owned a minority stake, and in 2009 Apress' offices in Berkeley, California
Berkeley, California
Berkeley is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington...
closed and the business moved to Springer's headquarters in New York.
Notable books
- Dive into Python
- Practical Common LispPractical Common LispPractical Common Lisp is an introductory book on Common Lisp by Peter Seibel which intersperses "practical" chapters along with a fairly complete introduction to the language...
- iPhone and iPad Apps For Absolute Beginners:
Books in series
- Beginning Python:
- Beginning Inkscape by Donna Benjamin
- Gimp
- Learn Objective-C on the Mac
- Beginning iPhone Development: Exploring the iPhone SDK
- SharePoint 2007 User's Guide: Learning Microsoft's Collaboration and Productivity Platform
- Pro InfoPath 2007
- Beginning Android Games
- Android Tablets Made Simple
- Droids Made Simple