My suitcase is out and ready to be packed because I’ll soon make a cross-country trip to San Diego for JSM 2012. I, along with my colleague Brenda Hairston, will manage the SAS Books booth in the Exhibit Hall from July 29-Aug. 1.

Be sure to visit us and take a look at our collection of statistics and programming books, all of which are offered at a 20% discount. You can also pick up five specific titles at a 50% discount (but I’m not telling you which five because I want you to stop by, say hi and see for yourself!). If you need help deciding which books to buy, check out our interactive whiteboard. Authors and attendees will be listing the books which have been most helpful to them.

You’ll also have ample opportunity to win free books:

• Drop your business card in our fishbowl to enter a drawing for a free book.
• Follow @SASBooks on Twitter and the conference hash tag #JSM2012 for a chance to win free onsite books.

And if all this talk about books has you thinking of writing one, please stop in and let’s chat. I’ll be onsite the entire conference talking to potential authors about their ideas. If you’d like to set up a time to talk, let me know.