From the Manning web site:
Manning Publications User Group Program
Manning Publications is proud to support User Groups worldwide with review copies of Manning titles, donations of promotional items, UG member discounts on books, newsletters, updates, and contests.
Want to register your group?
Groups wanting to register with the Manning Publications User Group Program should have a membership of at least 5 and communicate regularly through newsletters or an online website. In exchange for review copies, please publish your review on your group’s website, online bookstore, newsletter or other relevant public forum. Please also send a copy of your review to
. We reserve the right to use quotes from reviews in promotional materials, but most of all, we pass reviews along to the editors and authors as valuable feedback. We expect reviews to be published within 60 days of receipt of the book.
Review copies are available in ebook format and/or as print books. We cannot ship review copies outside our normal distribution territories. Foreign requests may be limited to ebooks.
Group leaders can register here!
Questions and Comments:
Contact Manning’s User Group program at