Tuesday, May 12, 2009 | News | All
In April, Packt began celebrating its five year anniversary, announcing a month of offers and discounts on its website. With this month of celebration drawing to an end, Packt will be rounding off by giving away five fabulous prizes every day for a week, commencing May 18. These prizes include a Sony eBook reader, iPod Touch, Blu-ray player, Seagate portable hard-drive, and a Canon digital camera. Prizes will be distributed randomly to a customer who has bought a Packt book or eBook that day.
A full list of the daily prizes is as follows:
Monday 18 May Sony eBook reader - winner, Nick Price from Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Tuesday 19 May iPod Touch - winner, Nathan Perry from Victoria, Australia
Wednesday 20 May Blu-ray player - winner, Md Shajamal from London, United Kingdom
Thursday 21 May Seagate Portable hard-drive - winner, Daniel Klee from Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Friday 22 May Canon digital camera - winner, Vincent Bouttard from Alsace, France
As well as giving away these prizes, Packt is running further exclusive offers, including giving away an eBook free to every customer that buys the print book and buy 2 eBooks, get the 3rd free!
During its month of celebrations, Packt has offered its customers five books for $99 and given away five free eBooks to customer account holders. These eBooks are still free to download and include:
- Building Online Communities with phpBB
- Upgrading to Lotus Notes and Domino 7
- Invision Power Board: A User Guide
- Building Websites with e107
- The PEAR Installer Manifesto
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