Finally: After two years in the making, the Python brochure is available as PDF preview!

Please download [the PDF preview] of the Python brochure
and have a look.

This is your last chance to place your ad in the brochure.

Your will benefit from reaching out to a fantastic audience, including Python developers, Python users and many people from around the world, who don't yet realize what they are missing. This is your chance as a company to be one of the first to get your name out to these new high potential future Python users.

You can present your products and consulting services, or show case your company for recruiting purposes. With over 10,000 printed copies distributed world-wide this is an excellent way to reach out to new customers and developers.

As additional benefit, you will also receive a box with high quality printed brochures to directly present to your customers or use for recruiting.

Don't miss the opportunity to place your ad in this very first Python image brochure.

Ads

The brochure will have an addendum with 2 double pages for ads. You can buy a half page or a full page ad .

After production, you will receive a box of around 120 free copies of the printed brochure.

We have already sold 6 ads. There is still room for up to 2 half page ads.

Reference Entry

For Python service and consulting companies, we have added a more affordable option in form of a reference listing with fixed layout on the last two pages of the Python Brochure.

Each entry will have a full color logo, space for a one line description of the service and contact details. There is room for 30-40 entries.

We have already sold 5 ads. There is still room for up to 25-35 reference entries.

Pricing

• A half page ad costs EUR 2,650.00 (+ 19% German VAT, if applicable).
• A full page ad costs EUR 5,300.00 (+ 19% German VAT, if applicable).
• A reference entry can be purchased for EUR 500.00 (+ 19% German VAT, if applicable).

Ad Placement

We follow "first pay, first serve" until all ad slots are booked. Subsequent orders will be placed on a waiting list for the next edition.

Individual ad placement is not possible.

Deadline for Data & Approval

Ordering Procedure

For the order you will be redirected to the secure SSL encrypted site hosted by our production partner evenios publishing. The terms & conditions and data privacy statement for the order are published on encrypted.evenios.com .

Please note that the payment is not processed by the PSF! You will receive an invoice issued by evenios publishing, the company producing and distributing the brochure.

Order a half page ad

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Order a full page ad

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Order a reference entry sponsorship

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The Python brochure is ready to print. Now is the time to place your ad in the brochure.

You can benefit from the PSF Python Brochure by buying ads or a reference entry in the brochure, to e.g. show case your company for recruiting purposes or consulting services. With over 10,000 printed copies distributed world-wide this is an excellent way to reach out to new developers and customers.

Don't miss the opportunity to place your ad in the very first Python image brochure.

Ads

The brochure will have an addendum with 2 double pages for ads. You can buy a half page or a full page ad .

You will receive a box of around 120 free copies of the printed brochure after production.

We have already sold 4 ads. There is still room for up to 4 half page ads.

Reference Entry

You can also buy a reference entry with a fixed layout on the last two pages of the Python Brochure including your full color logo and contact details. There is room for more than 30 entries.

Pricing

• A half page ad costs EUR 2,650.00 (+ 19% German VAT, if applicable).
• A full page ad costs EUR 5,300.00 (+ 19% German VAT, if applicable).
• A reference entry can be purchased for EUR 500.00 (+ 19% German VAT, if applicable).

Ad Placement

We follow "first pay, first serve" until all ad slots are booked. Subsequent orders will be placed on a waiting list for the next edition.

Individual ad placement is not possible.

Deadline for Data & Approval

Ordering Procedure

For the order you will be redirected to the secure SSL encrypted site hosted by our production partner evenios publishing. The terms & conditions and data privacy statement for the order are published on encrypted.evenios.com .

Please note that the payment is not processed by the PSF! You will receive an invoice issued by evenios publishing, the company producing and distributing the brochure.

Order a half page ad

[take me to the order page]

Order a full page ad

[take me to the order page]

Order a reference entry sponsorship

[take me to the order page]

In the last months, we have been very busy collecting, editing and integrating case studies and success stories into a beautiful and fresh looking layout. Now that we're almost ready to finalize the brochure and go to print, we have to rely on you, our sponsors, to prepare the next step, since the production costs of the brochure will be refinanced using sponsorship ads.

We'd like to invite you to come on board so you don't miss your chance to present your company in the first Python image brochure – remember: space is limited.

In order to give you an impression of how the final brochure will look like, we've created a preview of the brochure which will get distributed at PyCon US 2012 to all attendees (more than 2000!) and have also put a PDF version on our website:

Have a look at the teaser preview PDF of the brochure!

Sponsoring options

You can support the PSF Python Brochure by buying ads or a reference entry in the brochure, as well as pre-ordering extra copies for your own use or for educational institutions to distribute.

The order system is now switched online. If you have questions about these sponsoring options, please don't hesitate to ask: brochure@getpython.info

Ad sponsors

The brochure will have 4 DIN A4 pages for ads. Ad sponsors can buy a half page ad in the first edition. Each ad sponsor will receive a box of around 120 free copies of the printed brochure after production. There is room for a total of only 8 ad sponsors.

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Reference sponsors

To help develop the business community around Python, we will have 2 pages of fixed-layout reference listings for interested companies. Reference sponsors can buy a listing in the first edition. The companies will get listed using their logo, a one line description of what they do, and their address details. Each reference sponsor will receive a box of around 120 free copies of the printed brochure after production. There is room for 30-40 reference sponsors.

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Subscription sponsors

You can pre-order additional copies in excess of the 10,000 copies we will have printed and distributed by the PSF. You can use these copies for local distribution, marketing Python to your customers, at conferences and events. These sponsors will not get a listing in the brochure itself, but will help refinance the costs of producing the brochure and also help spread the word more widely. We can ship world-wide. The costs for the subscriptions vary depending on the destination country. Please contact us for more detailed information and other destinations.

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Education sponsorship

Sponsor educational institutions by having the PSF send subscription packages to universities and schools on your behalf. You can direct the PSF to send the packages to a specific institution or let the PSF select one from a list of interested institutions.

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A word from the chairman of the PSF

“As chairman of the PSF I am happy to see the Foundation support this effort to bring Python to the attention of a wider public. Businesses need to understand how Python can lower their programming and maintenance costs. Programmers need to understand how well Python integrates with other languages. Politicians need to understand the significance of open source to national strategies for science and education. I really hope that we can eventually have the brochure translated, and include examples of Python use from all over the world. The Python Software Foundation would love your help in bringing Python to a broad international community.” – Steve Holden, Chairman of the Python Software Foundation

image: CC by flickr.com/sky#walker

We heard of some very exciting projects out there on the seven seas of programming. And we found our first ad sponsors.

But we are still in coastal waters and need your help to get offshore. If you know of any Python project which might fit into the brochure, please contact us.

What projects are we looking for?

For the brochure we want to present case studies that demonstrate how well Python can be used to implement and run real-life use cases in business, science, industry, education, media, government, public sector and charity. Topics that are interesting to people without having to know a lot about computers or programming.

For more details, please have a look at our newsletter #1.

Meet us in Florence

Members of the PSF Python brochure team will visit the Europython in Florence. We are happy to talk to you about the python brochure.

Please get in contact and share your experience with us. Our EuroPython 2011 Special lists the crew members who will take a shore leave in Italy.

you will be pleased to learn that work on the Python brochure has begun. We discovered some amazing projects during the PyCon US 2011 conference in Atlanta, which we are going to showcase in the brochure.

Still, there is a lot of space left to describe your stunning Python project too. So please let us know what you are doing with Python. If you work on or know about a project worth mentioning in the brochure, please ping us at brochure@getpython.info.

What exactly are we looking for?

For the brochure we want to present case studies that demonstrate how well Python can be used to implement and run real-life use cases in business, science, industry, education, media, government, public sector and charity.

We're not interested in the latest in decorator designs, meta-class overloading and context manager tweaks. We want to show people that Python is mature enough to be used in mission-critical systems to e.g. move billions of dollars through financial trading systems, run tests for NASA's Space Shuttle, collect VAT taxes from traders at the national level, or semi-autonomously control giant robots.

Topics that are interesting to people without having to know a lot about computers or programming.

Things we need

In general, we need information about the projects you are working on or know about and contact details, so we can follow up and reference the project:

• name, company name

• project name

• postal address

• phone number

• email address

• company website

• project website

Images and high-level summaries

Since we'll be focusing on making the brochure visually appealing, we'll need images and pictures as well as statements, quotes and high-level summaries of what the projects are about.

In order for us to better understand the projects, it would be useful if you could include:

• PDFs of slides or posters showcasing the project

• additional notes and texts (not only for publication, but also for us to get a better understanding of the project)

• (URLs or file of) videos or audios of presentations

• URLs to reference the project

• URLs to use for getting more information

• contact information of people in charge of the project's or company's PR and marketing (in order to get the use permissions for images and texts)

Quotes and statements

To make the presentation of the project more interesting for the reader, we'd also like to get a statement or quote from you, the project leaders – or, if possible, from the CEO or CIO or the company behind the project.

So many words, so little space

We cannot guarantee that your project will be showcased in the brochure, because space is limited, but we plan to create a supporting website for the brochure, where we'll try to list most, if not all content contributions we receive.

Looking for inspiration?

These are some initial questions that may help you describe the project and notes that explain what we're after.

• In one sentence, what is the project all about?

  We need to get readers of the brochure interested in the project. A terse and to-the-point description of the project will help a lot.

• In which mission-critical parts of the project is Python being used?

  We are interested in learning how Python makes the world go round, so we emphasize on mission-critical use of Python. Having Python being used e.g. just for testing is not necessarily all that interesting – unless those tests are mission-critical in their own right, e.g. to save lives, prevent the rocket from blowing up, etc.

• How did you arrive at the decision to use Python in the project?

  We're interested in learning how the decision process worked, which criteria were used and why Python won in the process. This information is very interesting to people in charge of other projects, since it provides them with arguments for pushing Python in their own space.

• How would you describe the overall impact of the project in your field of business?

  Your project should be visible to a larger audience, affect a good number of people or have a sustained effect on the application area. Smaller projects are also welcome if they have an interesting twist or potential to arouse attention in a brochure context.

• Was it fun working with Python in the project?

One of the most important success factors in today's innovative IT projects is the joy of programming. Python usually makes the process very enjoyable and often creates motivational surprises, when finding how easy and elegant solutions can look in Python. We'd like to underpin this with real-life examples.

We're looking forward to hear from you!

Thanks,
Your Python Brochure Team

>>> Please see our PyCon US Special for more information.