The Story behind the Succinctly Series of Books
Daniel Jebaraj , Vice President Syncfusion , Inc .
S taying on the cutting edge
As many of you may know , Syncfusion is a provider of software components for the Microsoft platform . This puts us in the exciting but challenging position of always being on the cutting edge .
Whenever platforms or tools are shipping out of Microsoft , which seems to be about every other week these days , we have to educate ourselves , quickly .
Information is plentiful but harder to digest In reality , this translates into a lot of book orders , blog searches , and Twitter scans .
While more information is becoming available on the Internet and more and more books are being published , even on topics that are relatively new , one aspect that continues to inhibit us is the inability to find concise technology overview books .
We are usually faced with two options : read several 500 + page books or scour the Web for relevant blog posts and other articles . Just as everyone else who has a job to do and customers to serve , we find this quite frustrating .
The Succinctly series This frustration translated into a deep desire to produce a series of concise technical books that would be targeted at developers working on the Microsoft platform .
We firmly believe , given the background knowledge such developers have , that most topics can be translated into books that are between 50 and 100 pages .
This is exactly what we resolved to accomplish with the Succinctly series . Isn ’ t everything wonderful born out of a deep desire to change things for the better ?
The best authors , the best content Each author was carefully chosen from a pool of talented experts who shared our vision . The book you now hold in your hands , and the others available in this series , are a result of the authors ’ tireless work . You will find original content that is guaranteed to get you up and running in about the time it takes to drink a few cups of coffee .
Free forever Syncfusion will be working to produce books on several topics . The books will always be free . Any updates we publish will also be free .
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