Help Victoria Bushfire Victims with Great Book Deal

If you watch or listen to the news you will be aware that Victoria, Australia is in crisis with the worst natural disaster in its history. The bushfires that have claimed over 181 lives ^[1] are still raging, with several large fires out of control. The people of Victoria need our help and SitePoint has responded by launching a 3-day sale of PDF books, where you get a bargain and all proceeds go to the victims of the bushfires.

Twenty-three bushfires are still burning throughout the state. More than 900 properties properties have been lost and at least 350,000 hectares have so far been razed. Over 7,000 people are homeless ^[2]. And the toll rises by the day.

This is a serious offer, not a stunt. SitePoint, like Mambo, is based in Victoria. SitePoint staff have been directly affected by these fires and wanted to do something to help. The books you can choose from include:

• The Principles of Beautiful Web Design
• The Photoshop Anthology: 101 Web Design Tips, Tricks & Techniques
• Everything You Know About CSS Is Wrong!
• The Art & Science of CSS
• The CSS Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks, 2nd Edition
• The Ultimate CSS Reference
• Build Your Own Web Site The Right Way Using HTML & CSS, 2nd Edition
• The Ultimate HTML Reference
• HTML Utopia: Designing Without Tables Using CSS, 2nd Edition
• Build Your Own Standards Compliant Website Using Dreamweaver 8
• Simply JavaScript
• The Art & Science Of JavaScript
• Build Your Own AJAX Web Applications
• DHTML Utopia: Modern Web Design Using JavaScript & DOM
• The Flash Anthology: Cool Effects & Practical ActionScript
• Simply SQL
• Simply Rails 2
• The PHP Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks, 2nd Edition
• Build Your Own Database Driven Website Using PHP & MySQL, 3rd ed.
• No Nonsense XML Web Development With PHP
• Build Your Own ASP.NET 3.5 Web Site Using C# & VB, 3rd Edition
• The ASP.NET 2.0 Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks
• Run Your Own Web Server Using Linux & Apache
• The Principles Of Project Management
• The Principles Of Successful Freelancing
• Deliver First Class Web Sites: 101 Essential Checklists

If you don't feel that this offer is for you, please consider making a donation to the Australian Red Cross. The Red Cross is ensuring that 100% of all donations go into the bushfire appeal and are not taking any administration fees. You may also wish to send a message of support through the condolence book on The Age (Victoria's major newspaper) website.

Please blog about this offer, tweet it, post it on social networks - do whatever - and help to get the message out.

1. ^[1]http://www.theage.com.au/
2. ^[2}http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/02/10/2487743.htm

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