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that was such a dump it was considered a 'pit.'" Computer writer Elaine Weinmann described how Nace let authors typeset and illustrate their own books and described his publishing approach as user-friendly and innovative. The company grew in size and sales, and had a publishing orientation towards
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computers, and was described as a leader in books about digital graphics. Nace served as publisher from 1986 until 1996, when Nancy Aldrich-Ruenzel assumed the publisher position. In 1994, Nace sold Peachpit Press to London-based media conglomerate
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Gardner served on the board of the company from 1986 to 1994 but did not take an active role in the company. Nace and Gardner named the company Peachpit because at the time, Nace and several of his friends were "living and working in a
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of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention. If notability cannot be shown, the article is likely to be
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Peachpit Press also publishes or partners with Adobe Press, Apple Certified,
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and Michael Gardner, and the two co-authored the company's first book,
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Ecolinking: Everyone's Guide to Online Environmental Information
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Avatars! Exploring and Building Virtual Worlds on the Internet
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series, in addition to the design imprint New Riders and its
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by Frank Merritt Braswell, published originally in 1989 by
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Publishing companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area
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series. Peachpit is the official publishing partner for
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Peachpit Press, Adobe Press, Apple Certified, New Riders
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