It's official, the ink has dried on the contract and the table of contents has been approved: My next book project is the Drupal Bible!
This will be my fourth title for U.S. publisher Wiley & Sons and my second book in the popular Bible series. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the Bible series of tech books, Wiley pushes authors to provide "the ultimate resource" on the topic at hand. The books strive to be comprehensive and authoritative.
The Drupal Bible, like the Joomla! Bible I am currently working on, will cover how to obtain and install the core, how to configure the system optimally, and how to manage the various core features. Looking beyond the core, I dive into customization, common extensions, and the basics of ongoing site management.
The Bible series includes explanations, tips and practical examples. Weighing in at well over 700 pages, it is expected that this book will provide a much-needed resource for site administrators and those who are looking to deploy sites using the Drupal CMS.
Current plans are for a publication date in late Q4, with the hope being that we can focus on the upcoming Drupal 7 release.
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Drupal 7 Bible Release Date
Hello Mr. Shreves!
I looked at ALL of the other books based on Drupal 7 and decided to wait and get yours post release of Drupal 7.
My way of thinking is:
- how can a book be written prior to a product being released?
- how can the book be accurate (or close to it) with so many changes to be made prior to the final product release?
Anyways, I tried getting the TOC at http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470530308.html and it is not available. Where can I see it or how can I get a copy?
Also, anyway to be notified automatically when the book is finally released in April?
Thank you!
angel
p.s. total Drupal newbie and owner of many for dummies/wiley books.
more info
Thanks for the kind words.
There's a bit more info on the Amazon.com page for the book, but I just checked it and the publisher hasn't posted the ToC yet. I will ping them now and push them to add that. I can't unfortunately release that directly to you as they would freak out...
Thanks for your support!
best,
ric