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Wrox and Glasshaus going out of business

Posted on March 24, 2003

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by Ray Hill (rhill)

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Ray Hill

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Since their parent company ran out of money, Wrox and Glasshaus are folding. I don't know how long their existing titles will remain on retail shelves, or if they'll be picked up by other publishers. But if you need any of the info on their web sites, I suggest you back it up now, before the site comes down.

Additional Details:
- The Register, UK: Wrox hit the rocks as Glasshaus cracks
- The Enquirer, UK: Online tech book publisher to close?

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Need a website copier?

Submitted by 4serendipity on March 29, 2003 - 20:09.

Whenever I encounter a site that I fear might go down or become inaccessible at any moment, I turn to HTTrack. It does a very good job of quickly copying entire sites or sections of sites.

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Hmm.

Submitted by g1smd on March 30, 2003 - 13:33.

Oh my! Are we just going to be left with ".... 4 dummies" stuff everywhere?

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No!!!!!!!!!!!

Submitted by Jimmy_C on April 6, 2003 - 07:12.

I've always enjoyed Wrox's books. They seem to have better examples and case studies than O'Reilly's. Their "Professional Javascript" title was extremely well written (despite being outdated now). "Beginning Java" was a text book for one of my classes and "The Revolutionary Guide to QBASIC" is the bible for hacking that old language. Wrox will be missed.

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Apress buys wrox etc,

Submitted by benjer on May 19, 2003 - 04:48.

more info here: http://www.meet-the-makers.com/news/80278870/

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Wrox Rocks!

Submitted by Rich Gilmour on February 15, 2007 - 18:41.

I truly hope Wrox can stay afloat somehow. I've been a regular buyer of computer manuals since the DOS days, having purchased many titles from Que, O'Reilly, Sams and others. I've always found Wrox to have the highest quality overall. They certainly delivered on their "Programmer to Programmer" motto. I will be sad to see them go.

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