Sybex Snapshot
Recreational readers beware, Sybex is not the publisher for you unless books on graphics, digital photography, operating systems, and programming really turns you on. Its technology heavy books include those in the Mastering, Power Tools, Hidden Power, Essentials, Savvy, Sybex Study Guides series. Sybex publishes about 120 new titles a year and has a backlist of about 450 titles. Its books are translated in over 25 languages and distributed worldwide. The company was founded in 1976 by president Rodnay Zaks. John Wiley & Sons, a publisher of scientific and medical journals, acquired Sybex in 2005.