Company History

Sybex Inc. pioneered computer book publishing when Dr. Rodnay Zaks founded the company in 1976 in Berkeley, California and Paris, France. Since the beginning, Sybex's mission has been to bring practical skills to computer users through comprehensive, high-quality education and reference materials. Authors are selected based on their expertise in the subject, their professional qualifications, and their ability to meet exacting standards of written communication. Sybex has established the premium quality standards by which the computer-book publishing industry is judged.

The first Sybex title, Microprocessors, was an immediate bestseller, selling out in weeks without bookstore distribution. Now, Sybex offers over 400 books.

In 2005, Sybex proudly became part of the John Wiley & Sons stable of educational and reference books.

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About John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., was founded in 1807, during the Jefferson presidency. In the early years, Wiley was best known for publishing the works of Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, and other 19th-century American literary giants. By the turn of the century, Wiley was established as a leading publisher of scientific and technical information.

In recent years, the company has focused its efforts on delivering Wiley's deep reservoir of "must-have" content to global communities of interest. The company has formed many collaborative relationships in order to further this objective; partners include Dow Jones/Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Ernst & Young, and PricewaterhouseCoopers, among others. In 2005, Wiley acquired the Sybex brand, trademarks, bestselling titles, and the Sybex.com Web site.

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