Three SAS books win international awards

Mary Beth Steinbach
Mary Beth Steinbach|May 16, 2012

This past January, I wrote, “As we wrapped up 2011 and began preparing for 2012,” we were notified by the Society for Technical Communication, Carolina Chapter, that three SAS Press books received awards in the 2011-2012 competition. . . . Entries receiving a Distinguished or Excellence award from the local [...]

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Finding each other through social media

Shelly Goodin
Shelly Goodin|May 9, 2012

Would you like to get to know others who share a common interest in SAS books and documentation? We’ve made it easy for you. Besides reading this blog, here are 3 places to discuss our publications and get real-time announcements. Fans of SAS Books on LinkedIn SAS Publishing on Twitter SAS Publishing’s Facebook [...]

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eBooks, eBooks, eBooks

Sean Gargan
Sean Gargan|February 7, 2012

More than 1,000 attendees from all facets of the Publishing industry gathered in New York in January for the 2012 Digital Book World Conference.  Not surprisingly, the topic of eBooks and their impact on the industry was a focal point of the three day event. Many of the presentations, the [...]

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The 10 most popular SAS Documentation titles of 2011

Shelly Goodin
Shelly Goodin|January 18, 2012

How many of you routinely refer to SAS Documentation? Are there some heavy hitters you continuously turn to? When looking at the high traffic to documentation pages on the support.sas.com site in 2011, it’s evident that some titles are definitely resonating with SAS users. As promised (in a recent post on the 9 Bestselling SAS [...]

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SAS OnDemand and great practice data

Sean Gargan
Sean Gargan|January 12, 2012

You know the old joke about the guy who jumps into a taxi and asks the driver, “Do you know how to get to Carnegie Hall?” and the driver replies, “Practice, practice, practice”.  Well SAS OnDemand may not be your ticket to Carnegie Hall but it’s a great practice environment [...]

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Are you reading SAS eBooks?

Kathy Council
Kathy Council|January 6, 2012

2011 was a year when we immersed ourselves in the process of converting existing titles to eBook format. You can now read most of your favorite SAS books on your Kindle or iPad or access them for any device through the Google eBookstore. We are currently in the process of converting [...]

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An unforgettable customer interaction

Shelly Goodin
Shelly Goodin|December 20, 2011

Bad customer service experiences burn into our brains, creating permanent recall. And although we rightfully expect good customer service across the board, truly exceptional customer care is also unforgettable. This month, I featured an interview with SAS Publishing sales representative Sharon Brandon in the new issue of SAS Publishing News. [...]

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Live Twitter chat with Rick Wicklin - lurkers welcome

Shelly Goodin
Shelly Goodin|November 9, 2011

Do you enjoy talking about SAS statistics and SAS books? Do you know what Twitter is? If you can honestly answer ”yes” to both (or is that all 3) questions, then this post is for you. Tomorrow, SAS Publishing will host its second ever Twitter chat. This time around, we’ve invited SAS [...]

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Tweet leads to new Retail Analytics book

Shelley Sessoms
Shelley Sessoms|October 24, 2011

You know those people. The ones who have an idea for a book, who have maybe written a little bit of a book, but don’t know where to go or what to do next. Emmett Cox used to be one of those people. He was a man with a book [...]

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From triptych to eBooks

Sandy Varner
Sandy Varner|August 10, 2011

Summer is moving along too fast this year. I haven’t read nearly as many books as I had planned but last week I finished Triptych by Karin Slaughter (a good read). After finishing the book I looked up the meaning of the word ‘triptych’ and the first definition was a [...]

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