Wrox Press (established in 1992) is a

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, originally based in

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, England. Wrox uses a "programmer to programmer" approach, as all books published by Wrox are written by

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s. The original books were easily recognized by their red covers and black and white pictures of the authors. The holding company of the original Wrox Press, Peer Information, liquidated its assets in an insolvency process executed during 2003. The name and some of the more successful titles (but not the company itself) were acquired by

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, which continues to publish under the Wrox imprint.

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External links

Wrox website
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