Discounts & Special Offers For User Groups
There are several user group programs that will give your members discounts on various products – a benefit of their membership in your group. Many of the book programs also have review programs and more. All of the companies have logos or banners they would like displayed on your group’s website with a link to their website.
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Book Programs
Pearson / Que / Informit / Sams Program – 35% Discount
Contact: community@informit.com
Enroll in the program: http://bit.ly/2dK4L
Their program represents well-known Pearson technology brands such as Addison-Wesley Professional, Cisco Press, Exam Cram, IBM Press, Prentice Hall Professional, Que Publishing, and Sams Publishing.
In an effort to assist qualifying technology user groups, Pearson Education imprints support you in educating your group members and building membership attendance. The Pearson Education User Group Program offers great discounts, contests, and a common place to find resources and information about the latest tools and materials available on key technology topics.
What Qualifies a User Group?
User groups are typically volunteer, not-for-profit organizations, or special interest groups. Companies and colleges are not included in the program. While they appreciate outside interest in their program, they respectively request that only leaders of legitimate user groups apply.
BENEFITS
- Permanent membership codes extending discounts of 40-45% off, valid for both print & digital products
- Groups which meet in North America will obtain a spot on a topical “review copy/promotional” mailing list aligned with their stated interests, to receive sample books periodically throughout the year
- Groups everywhere else in the world will be entitled to receive digital download vouchers for eBooks, LiveLessons video training, and other digital learning products
To qualify, groups must have:
- Active membership of 10 or more people
- Valid and active website for shared information
- Regular online or face-to-face meetings
They request that group leaders relay product information and materials to all group members and provide attendance levels and/or contact information (members’ e-mail addresses) to help raise awareness of available promotional offerings.
Vendor Discount Programs
Take Control Books
About Take Control Books – Apple and Windows eBooks
Use the form at https://apcug2.org/contact-us/ to request the discount code.
Subject – General
Body of form – Name of your computer club and discount code
Take Control was started in 2003 by the husband-and-wife team Adam and Tonya Engst. By the time they began Take Control, they had authored or edited more than 25 traditional books and written hundreds of magazine articles for major Mac magazines. And they’d spent the last 15 years gaining experience in internet publishing with TidBITS, a website and weekly email newsletter about Apple and internet topics. These experiences helped them develop the Take Control model, which results in highly practical ebooks that cover much more detail than a magazine article but that are shorter, more focused, and more timely than a typical printed book.
In May 2017, Adam and Tonya sold the Take Control series to alt concepts, inc.—a company run by the most prolific Take Control author, Joe Kissell. Along with his wife, Morgen Jahnke, Joe has continued to expand the Take Control series while maintaining the essential ingredients that made it successful from the very beginning.
Although Joe still occasionally writes Take Control books (and serves as the Editor in Chief for the series), most of our titles are written and edited by other well-known tech experts, such as Andy Affleck, Caroline Rose, Glenn Fleishman, Jason Snell, Jeff Carlson, Jeff Porten, Josh Centers, Kelly Turner, Kirk McElhearn, Michael E. Cohen, Robyn Weisman, Scholle McFarland, and Sharon Zardetto.
Joe and Morgen live in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada with their two sons and their cat. They previously lived in San Diego.