The Manning Publications Company recently announced two new books about Drupal. Manning is a well known publisher of many high quality technical books and the popular "in Action" series. Their decision to release two books about Drupal highlights the growth of interest in the Drupal platform. Manning's decision to work with established members of the Drupal community and also donate a portion of sales to the Drupal Association shows their desire to be a responsible member of the Drupal world.

The books are scheduled to be published in 2009, but are currently available as part of the Manning Early Access Program (MEAP). MEAP follows the tradition of the Open Source software world to "release early, release often." Early versions of the initial chapters in the book are available now. Readers from the MEAP program are encouraged to discuss the book with the authors in a dedicated forum on the Manning Website. You can purchase a MEAP copy now and then you will getearly versions of the first several chapters are currently available as part of the Manning Early Access Program (MEAP). MEAP follows the tradition of the Open Source software world to "release early, release often." Readers from the MEAP program are encouraged to discuss the book with the authors in a dedicated forum on the Manning Website. Your feedback is appreciated and will help the authors improve the quality of the books! You can purchase a MEAP copy now and receive update e-mails whenever a new chapter is added to the downloadable MEAP e-book.

Use special coupon code drupal20 and receive a 20% discount on the MEAP version of each book!

Hello Drupal by Greg Holsclaw

Hello! Drupal is a fun, engaging tutorial that introduces Drupal and shows you how to build Drupal-powered sites quickly and easily. This friendly, fully-illustrated book starts with the absolute basics for the new Drupal user—setting up your computer to use Drupal, building your first pages, creating user accounts, and so forth. By following a series of interesting examples, you'll learn to manage both small and large blocks of content as well as how to add navigational features like tags, menus, catalogs, and search. Part 2 of the book will introduce many of the most popular contributed modules to the Drupal novice, including PathAuto, Views, Panels, Media module and a quick spin through themes as well.

Hello! Drupal is for readers with little or no experience with Drupal. If you've done websites using another technology, this book will help you use what you already know inworked with websites using another technology, this book will help you apply that experience to Drupal. If you're brand new to the web, Hello! Drupal is a great place to start your adventure.

Drupal in Action by Ezra Barnett Gildesgame and Greg Knaddison

Drupal In Action is a comprehensive review of Drupal including coverage of the Core and Contributed modules for Drupal 6, a guide for successful interaction with the Drupal community, and related topics like performance and site migrations. The book is focused around the publishing industry to help provide a framework for the chapters, but the content is still useful and applicable to other types of Drupal websites like social networking,media sites, or generic web applications.

Beyond a review of Drupal core, this book will also cover popular contributed modules like Views, Panels, Imagefield/Imagecache, and Workflow Core and Contributed modules for Drupal 6, integrating those modules to build a successful site, and related topics like website performance and site migrations. The book is focused around the publishing industry to help provide a framework for the chapters, but is still applicable to other types of Drupal websites like social networking, media sites, or generic web applications.

For more information, see the book's MEAP page and feel free to ask questions in the official Drupal in Action Forum.

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