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Mon, 17 Mar 2003

Death of Wrox #
Yet another disappointing development in the technology world; the death of Wrox. Wrox Press published technology-related books under the Wrox name (with the scary pictures of its authors) as well as Glasshaus and Friends of Ed.

I first heard about their demise on webdesign-l and then it started to appear on various blogs. Now, making it more official, The Register reports that the parent company of Wrox is liquidating. I guess that what is most disturbing to me is that I really enjoy technology books that are very targeted and specific. Glasshaus was a great example for the web authoring market. If text's such as these are not self-sustaining, all that will be left are the books that try to cover everything but fail to truly inform readers on anything.

|/rant|