{"id":527,"date":"2009-11-11T15:17:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-11T15:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/blogs\/kimberly\/post\/SQL-Server-MVP-Deep-Dives-(book-for-charity).aspx"},"modified":"2013-01-11T23:18:38","modified_gmt":"2013-01-12T07:18:38","slug":"sql-server-mvp-deep-dives-book-for-charity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/kimberly\/sql-server-mvp-deep-dives-book-for-charity\/","title":{"rendered":"SQL Server MVP Deep Dives (book for charity)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\"\"<\/a>Well… it's finally been released and last week was the book launch. This book came together first as a goal by Paul Nielsen<\/a> who was motivated by Steve Ballmer's request that MVPs "give back" even more and even outside of the direct technical community. Paul had the idea of a book – written for charity – and contributed to by MVPs. Well, here it is!\n<\/p>\n

\nThe book contains content from 53 MVPs with Paul Nielsen<\/a>, Kalen Delaney<\/a>, Greg Low<\/a>, Adam Machanic<\/a>, Paul S. Randal<\/a> and I as editors. It was great fun going through all of the content and we're really happy that it's now available!\n<\/p>\n

\nTo purchase, click on the book (to the left) and purchase directly from Manning. When purchased through Manning a larger amount of the proceeds go to WarChild.\n<\/p>\n

\nFinally, many of us were able to get together at PASS and "launch" the book. We gathered around a long table and people (if interested) had their copies signed. It was great fun! When it was all done – we took the group shot below.\n<\/p>\n

\nThanks for a great week (to all that were at PASS) and for great fun working on this title!\n<\/p>\n

\nUPDATE November 16, 2009:<\/strong> After a few comments, I realized that a few people were tagged incorrectly in my facebook post of this photo and as a result, I had a few names switched around too. So, I just completely started over again and double-checked all the names… Also, I've added links to their websites so you can find out more information about the authors and editors of this title. Finally, I added that purchases should be made through the Manning website instead of other sites (so that more money goes to WarChild). And, finally, I added the entire chapter list with as many links as possible to everyone's websites. I'll keep this up-to-date as folks send me corrected lnks, etc. ENJOY!!<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

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\nPresent for the photo<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n