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Participants in the contest submit questions for possible use in future
editions of Booktastic! and are entered to win a personalized, autographed
novel by bestselling young adult author Lynne Hansen.

About Booktastic!

Booktastic! is a fun board game designed for readers, families and
educators. For more
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In addition to Scott Kelby, Peachpit is home to the world's most
renowned authors publishing in the graphics and digital imaging space,
including Katrin Eismann, Jack Davis, Bert Monroy, Sandee Cohen , Ben
Willmore, Lynda Weinman, Elaine Weinmann, Peter Lourekas, and more. Its award-winning books
feature step-by-step explanations, time-saving techniques, savvy
insider tips, and expert advice for computer users of all sorts. The "books" in each store contain
real-life information so players learn about bestselling books and authors.
Even people who do not read enjoy this game with its unique category of
questions with no wrong answer. Her first
novel "The Return" debuted at #1 on the Children's E-book Bestseller list.

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Adobe Photoshop CS2 Restoration + Retouching, 3rd Edition
By Katrin Eismann; ISBN 0-321-31627-4

Adobe Photoshop CS2: Up To Speed
By Ben Willmore; ISBN 0-321-33050-1

Illustrator CS2 Killer Tips
By Dave Cross; ISBN 0-321-33065-X

Real World Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS2
By Bruce Fraser; ISBN 0-321-33409 -4

The Adobe Illustrator CS2 Wow! Book
By Sharon Steuer; ISBN 0-321-32046-8

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Peachpit's complete lineup of CS2 books includes more than 25
titles, slated for availability within the next few months.com.com.

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availability information, free downloadable tip sheets, a training
video hosted by top-selling computer book author Scott Kelby, sample
chapters, and more. It is
the home of the internationally recognized Visual QuickStart Guide
series, New Riders Voices That Matter series, and is the publishing
partner for Adobe Press, lynda. The contest runs
through November 15, 2005, and prize winners will be randomly selected. "Kids will
be too busy having fun to realize they are learning. Her newest book "Rave New World," available from SparkNotes,
features over 1,000 SAT vocabulary words and definitions.

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Her second novel "The Change" won the 2005 EPPIE for Best Young Adult
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Peachpit is offering books on all
of the new applications for all levels of users. to 5 p. Eastern time. Visit www. A
sampling of titles in Peachpit's CS2 lineup includes:

Adobe InDesign CS2 for Macintosh and Windows: Visual QuickStart
Guide
By Sandee Cohen; ISBN 0-321-32201-0

Adobe InDesign Solutions
By David Blatner and Anne-Marie Concepcion; ISBN 0-321-33413-2

Adobe Photoshop CS2 Classroom in a Book
By the Adobe Creative Team; ISBN: 0-321-32184-7

Adobe Photoshop CS2 for the Web Hands-On Training
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Booktastic! today announced the official
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Peachpit Announces Lineup of Adobe Creative Suite 2 Books; The Photoshop CS2 Book for Digital Photographers by #1 Photoshop Author Scott Kelby to Ship the Same

About Peachpit

Berkeley-based Peachpit has been publishing top-notch books on the
latest in graphic design, desktop publishing, multimedia, Web
publishing, and general computing since 1986 .com, Macromedia Press, and others.
Peachpit is a company of Pearson Education, the world's largest
education publisher and a Pearson (NYSE:PSO) company.

"We continue to support teachers and librarians looking for innovative new
ways to keep kids learning," said Laine Keneller, president of Booktastic!
"This contest provides young people an opportunity to have their writing
featured in a board game available throughout the United States.

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The book shows readers how to unlock all the new and
enhanced features in Photoshop CS2, such as Adobe Bridge, the upgraded
file browser providing multi-view file browsing and smooth
cross-product integration.
In conjunction with this announcement , Scott Kelby will be
speaking about Photoshop CS2's new features at the Apple SoHo store
today , 3 p.m.com

Adobe, Photoshop, InDesign, GoLive, Illustrator and Acrobat are
either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems
Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries .

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announced its lineup of books designed to guide readers through
Adobe(R) Creative Suite 2 (CS2), Adobe's software package which
contains all-new versions of Adobe Photoshop(R), Adobe InDesign(R),
Adobe Illustrator(R), Adobe GoLive(R), plus the recently released
Adobe Acrobat(R) 7.
In The Photoshop CS2 Book for Digital Photographers (ISBN
0-321 -33062-5), leading author Scott Kelby shows readers the
step-by-step techniques used by today's cutting -edge digital
photographers, explaining exactly which settings to use, when to use
them, and why . Aspiring digital photographers will also
benefit from Kelby's tips on sharpening, digital body-sculpting , how
to take advantage of the new Camera Raw features, how to color-correct
any photo without breaking a sweat, and other helpful hints. All other
trademarks are the property of their respective owners. To
learn more about the contest, visit
http://www.com/FamilyContest.

"Booktastic ! is covert education at its finest," said Hansen. The game has
received media coverage in USA Today , Publishers Weekly, The Christian
Science Monitor, and The London Telegraph.

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Its first title, The
Photoshop CS2 Book for Digital Photographers, by #1 Photoshop author
Scott Kelby, will ship in early May 2005, on the very same day as
Adobe's Photoshop CS2 software.m. Please
visit www.pearsoned .
Booktastic!, a board game designed for book lovers, families and educators,
celebrated the release by kicking off a contest where children and young
adults can participate in future editions of the popular game."

Since its release in 2004, Booktastic! is now carried in over 1500 various
retail outlets and libraries throughout the United States. For more information, visit
http://www.

About Lynne Hansen

Lynne Hansen is the bestselling author of the Heritage of Horror series of
young adult historical novels from Hard Shell Word Factory.