Focal Press is pleased to announce a new
book series entitled the "Hands-On Guide" led by Series Editor Dan Rayburn,
who is recognized as one of the Internet industry's foremost authorities,
speakers, and writers on Streaming and Digital Media Technologies. This is
the only series that provides the ultimate resources that will serve
professionals in streaming and digital media-based subjects with those
looking for solutions at enterprise, media and entertainment and education
institutions.

Competitive books in this category have sometimes been criticized for being
either technically overwhelming or too general an overview to actually
impart information. The Hands-On Guide Series combats these problems by
ensuring both ease-of-use and specific focus on streaming and digital
media-based topics broken into separate books.

"Focal Press is very excited about the opportunity to team with an industry
leader such as Dan Rayburn and fill a much-desired publishing need in the
technology of streaming media. Professionals who use streaming media will
now have an authoritative source to turn to for information in an organized
series of books," said Angelina Ward, Senior Acquisitions Editor for Focal
Press. "All the books will be a compendium of everything you could
possibly want to know on these subjects, and this series will become known
in the industry as a must-have tool of the trade," Ward added.

Books in the series are written by experienced masters of the field, and
include "Hands-On Guide To Windows Media" by Joe Follansbee, released this
month; "Hands-On Guide To Webcasting," also coming out this month and
written by Steve Mack, an accomplished author and partner at LUX Media, a
firm specializing in all areas of streaming media; "Hands-On Guide To Video
Blogging & Podcasting"; and "Hands-On Guide to Flash Communication Server."
All of these unique contributions will have easy-to-follow practical
application information, step-by-step instructions that readers can use in
real-world situations, unique author tips from "in-the-trenches"
experience, and be compact at 250-300 pages in length.

"I constantly hear from authors that books on streaming and digital media
technologies are still quite new to a lot of publishers who don't truly
understand how to market, sell and promote them to the right audience,"
said Dan Rayburn. "Working with Focal Press, we've given authors the
ability to get books published quickly and market and promote them
effectively to a targeted audience," Rayburn added.

Dan Rayburn (www.danrayburn.com) is Executive Vice President for
StreamingMedia.com, a diversified news media company with a mission to
serve and educate the streaming media industry and corporations adopting
Internet based audio and video technology. Recognized as the "voice for the
streaming media industry" and as one of the Internet industry's foremost
authorities, speakers, teachers, and writers on Streaming and Digital Media
Technologies.

About Focal Press

Focal Press has been a leading publisher of media technology books for over
60 years, and is an imprint of Elsevier. Focal Press provides essential
resources for professionals and students in many areas including: film and
digital video production, photography, digital imaging, graphics, animation
and new media, broadcast and media distribution technologies, music
recording and production, mass communications, and theatre technology.
Focal Press can be found on www.focalpress.com.

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