No Starch Press one of Top 101 Independent Book Publishers

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Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 16:16:37 CST

November 13, 2003
For Immediate Release

No Starch Press one of Top 101 Independent Book Publishers

San Francisco, CA - John Kremer, author of 1001 Ways to Market Your Books
and editor of the "Book Marketing Update" newsletter, has made his
selection of the top 101 independent book publishers, and No Starch Press
makes the cut again.

Among the criteria Kremer uses in selecting this list:

* The publisher must publish books with great cover and interior text designs.
* The publisher must publish books with good content and editorial selection.
* The publisher must carry out great marketing programs.

Some recent No Starch Press titles of note include best-sellers like Steal
This Computer Book, Hacking the Xbox, Absolute BSD, The Book of JavaScript,
and Absolute OpenBSD. These, and many other No Starch Press titles have
been widely recognized for their high quality by numerous reviewers and
readers alike, with comments like:

"A piece of simple, succinct eloquence, this has fast become one of the
most treasured books we own." - PopularMechanics review of Hacking the Xbox

"It's by far the most entertaining Unix book I've ever read." -
Freshmeat.com review of The Linux Cookbook

"This is (another!) very useful and inspiring No Starch title." - WUSB 90.1
FM, about Steal This Computer Book 3

"a very fine piece of work." - ;login review of Absolute BSD

"If it was possible I would rate this book ten stars. It is an excellent
source for FileMaker." - 5 star customer review of The Book of FileMaker 6
on Amazon.com

"Programming Linux Games and The Linux Cookbook are ridiculously well
written and so informative and helpful." - Chris Nehme, satisfied customer

Founded in 1994, No Starch Press publishes unique books on computing, with
a focus on Open Source, security, hacking, web development, programming,
gaming, and alternative operating systems. Our titles have personality, our
authors are passionate, and our goal is to make computing accessible to
everyone.

Founder and publisher William Pollock is available for interviews. For more
information, or to schedule an interview, please contact Leigh Sacks,
Marketing Coordinator, at leigh@nostarch.com or 415-863-9900

Additional resources:
No Starch Press website: www.nostarch.com
Top 101 Independent Publishers list: http://www.bookmarket.com/101pub.html

No Starch Press books are available in fine bookstores everywhere
To order from the publisher: visit www.nostarch.com, email
orders@nostarch.com, or call 800-420-7240

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