I'm very pleased to announce the publication of XML in a Nutshell, 3rd edition by myself and W. Scott Means, soon to be arriving at a fine bookseller near you. XML in a Nutshell is quite simply the most complete and succinct treatment of the major technologies in XML you'll find anywhere. Topics covered include elements, attributes, syntax, namespaces, well-formedness, DTDs, schemas, XPath, XSLT, XSL-FO, CSS, SAX, DOM, internationalization, XHTML, and more. The third edition is a major update that syncs the book with the latest developments in XML including:
If you don't have a copy, you need a copy. Do you need to upgrade your old copy? If you're sticking to XML 1.0 (a recommendation I've made in my two previous books and continue to stand by in this one), the second edition will probably continue to serve you well. However, if you're still thumbing through a very dog-eared copy of the first edition, it's definitely time to upgrade. XML hasn't stood still in the three years since the first edition was published, and there's a lot of new and improved material here.
My author's copy arrived a couple of days ago, and generally it ships to me from the warehouse at the same time it ships to bookstores, just by slightly faster courier, so bookstores should have it in stock any day now. Amazon is still listing it at the full cover price of $39.95, but they normally drop that as soon as it gets in stock, so you may want to wait a day or two to order it. Update: Sometime today they dropped the price to $27.17, a 32% savings, plus they'r eoffering free supersaver shipping. They normally don't do this until they have the book in stock, so I expect it to arrive any day now. Go ahead and order it. Powell's, Barnes & Noble, and other bookstores should have it momentarily as well. It will also be available on Safari in the not too distant future for those readers who prefer their books in electronic format. The book is XML in a Nutshell, 3rd edition. The ISBN is 0-596-00292-0. It's published by O'Reilly, and written by W. Scott Mean and me, Elliotte Rusty Harold. Check it out!