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Yes, our new "Discovery" release is out online! Check it out!!

I was at the Naked Conversations Launch Party last night with the Scobles, the Israels and a bunch of other Seattle-Geek-Elite - thanks for the invite Robert! :)

Now the book is officially in stores, I have no dobut that it will sell like hot-cakes; why?

 - Robert is an authority in blogging space

 - Shel is an authority in corporate PR

So this combination makes this book invaluable in learning how to make the blogging work with your corporate PR hand in hand. Reviews on amazon.com and overall sales rank indicate that this book is a hit. So what does it mean for Robert? May be he is quitting his day job for good and do something else? :)

Cheers Robert and Shel - good luck with the book!

Three years ago when I joined MapPoint (and Microsoft), I never thought I would fall in love with MapPoint technology so much; now after three fantastic years, I’m humbled to share with you that my book, “Programming MapPoint in .NET” is available in stores. This book comes from by O’Reilly and covers MapPoint 2004, MapPoint Web Service, Microsoft Location Server and Virtual Earth. You can read the full press release here.

I will continue supporting any MapPoint related questions on my blog  as well as the Book’s support site: http://www.programmingmappoint.net. Using these two sites, I will continue to update the book's sections to keep the content up-to-date; in the mean time, if you have any questions, issues, please don’t hesitate to ping me directly. 

You can purchase the book on Amazon and I look forward to hear your feedback.

As always, it goes without saying that writing a book is just not an individual effort – it is a collective effort that involves many friends, peers and mentors - so - a big thank you to each and every single one of you. I’m grateful to my colleagues at MapPoint for creating such a fantastic array of products to write about. Also my special thanks to my editor Simon  and O’Reilly for signing up this book.

Sincerely,
Chandu Thota

Over next couple of days, we will be moving Feedmap to new (and more robust) servers - and I'm expecting this migration to be as pain-free as possible without any data loss. So if you notice any down time, now you know why.

Thanks for your understanding and support.

Cheers!

Hita was born on October 15th, 2005 at 9:47 PM; she is 7lb 9oz and 20.5 inches. Mom and baby are doing well. Now you know why I have not been blogging off late! :)

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