DELMAR ACQUIRES PROMPT PUBLICATIONS FROM SAMS TECHNICAL PUBLISHING.Delmar (Albany, NY), a division of Thomson Learning (Stamford, CT), has acquired the PROMPT Publications division of Sams Technical Publishing (Indianapolis, IN). No terms of the deal were given. Sams Technical Publishing is a publisher of repair documentation and technical books. PROMPT Publications releases approximately 20 new repair documentation and technical titles per year in the computer technology field, including such titles as "Exploring Microsoft Office Microsoft's primary desktop applications for Windows and Mac. Depending on the package, it includes some combination of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook along with various Internet and other utilities. XP" and "Administrator's Guide to the Extranet/Internet." Delmar said the purchase will "expand the scope of products Delmar has to offer for its leading electronics program in the education market, as well as add products specifically designed for the professional electronics market." In a statement, Delmar president Greg Burnell said the acquired publications complement "our existing electronics and electrical technology product lines, provide us with an entree into the rapidly expanding field of consumer electronics and telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. , and enhance our ability to meet the lifelong learning Lifelong learning is the concept that "It's never too soon or too late for learning", a philosophy that has taken root in a whole host of different organisations. Lifelong learning is attitudinal; that one can and should be open to new ideas, decisions, skills or behaviors. challenges faced by technical professionals throughout the world." Delmar provides lifelong learning products for the health care, technology and trades, and career education markets. Its imprints include Autodesk Press, OnWord Press, Singular Publishing Group, Milady and West Legal Studies. The purchase of PROMPT is Thomson Learning's fourth acquisition since the end of July. Last month, Thomson Learning unit The Gale Group See Thomson Gale. acquired Blackbirch Press (Woolbridge, CT) from management and the European Research and Development database from Elsevier Science (New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of ) while sister company Wadsorth Group (Belmont, CA) purchased the political textbook textbook Informatics A treatise on a particular subject. See Bible. list of Bedford, Freeman & Worth (New York), a unit of Holtz-brinck Publishers. |
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