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The Alpha Book Program

Want to get an early look at our titles? Try an Alpha Book! An Alpha Book is a pre-release, still-in-development version of an Apress title. When you purchase an Alpha Book, you get the opportunity to review its content as it advances through the production process. Alpha Book files are updated on a regular basis in your account as new material is completed, all the way through final publication. Following is our current roster of Alpha Books:

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  • Healthcare, Insurance, and You

    Healthcare, Insurance, and You

    Lisa Zamosky

    Healthcare, Insurance, and You is a practical guide that explains in plain language the impact of healthcare reform and the complicated issues of buying insurance, understanding medical bills, and finding great care. It empowers you with tips, resources and strategies for navigating the healthcare system to get the most for your health and your money.
  • Cloud Capacity Management

    Cloud Capacity Management

    Navin Sabharwal, Prashant Wali

    Cloud Capacity Management helps readers in understanding what the cloud, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS are, how they relate to capacity planning and management  and which stakeholders are involved in delivering value. It explains the role of capacity management for creators, aggregators, and consumers of cloud services.

  • Beginning Modern Cocoa

    Beginning Modern Cocoa

    Alex Cone

    Beginning Modern Cocoa is a modern or apps era Cocoa programming tutorial that introduces you to the world of Mac OS X app programming as Apple redefines the platform to its core.  Action packed with examples, this definitive tutorial is written by one of the founders of the Cocoa framework and - by extension - Cocoa touch.
  • Big Data Imperatives

    Big Data Imperatives

    Soumendra Mohanty, Madhu Jagadeesh, Harsha Srivatsa

    Big Data Imperatives, focuses on resolving the key questions on every one’s mind: 'Which data matters? Do you have enough data volume to justify the usage? How do you want to process this amount of data? How long do you really need to keep it active for your analysis, marketing, and BI applications?

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