Drupal Books

Aaron Winborn reviewed the book Cracking Drupal.

One choice paragraph:

I know that's a cliche, but when I first learned about Greg Knaddison's book (greggles in Drupal-land), I'd assumed it would be aimed primarily at Drupal contributed module developers. By the time I finished the excellent book about Drupal security, I realized it was an essential read for anyone connected with developing, theming, or maintaining a Drupal site.

Book: 

Flash with Drupal

Due to its power and expandability, Drupal has become one of the most popular open source content management systems. At the same time, Flash has been adopted for its ability to create beautiful and dynamic web applications. By combining these technologies, you can create Flash applications that are both visually stunning and rich in content.

From Du Vient Trang's site.

I've praised and spoke highly of this book but what about the cons? the only thing i was a bit annoyed about is why it didn't tackle or provide some examples about preprocess functions that exist in Drupal theming layer? Perhaps, it requires a more in-depth knowledge of PHP to utilise the power of preprocess functions that allow a developer to setup variables to use within the template files (.tpl.php) and this book isn't aim at developers seeking a more advanced level of theming.

Steph from TopNotchThemes reviewed the Using Drupal book.

In summary she said:

This is the book I wish I had when learning Drupal. I would recommend it wholeheartedly to anyone new to Drupal, intermediate users who want to take their skills to the next level or brush up on Drupal 6/Views 2, or anyone who actually needs to build a site similar to the recipes listed above. And, y’know, anyone else who’s ever built or wanted to build a website :)

On the Amazon page for the book, Doug says:

Whoa!
This book does not seek to alarm you as much as it seeks to inform you.
The problem is not that Drupal is not secure. What Gregg shows is that its up to the admin to make sure that all of the security features are used properly to ensure a secure site. By showing what hackers might do the reader is informed on how to make sure that those attacks would not cause damage to their sites.
In a word, this book is PRACTICAL. And for a second word I would add ESSENTIAL.
This book is causing a lot of conversation in the Drupal community. We're all glad that it has become an easy to read, one-stop-shop to get the facts on security.