Any books for .Net 2005?

[dee-u]

Is there any published books for .Net 2005 already?

[mendhak]

I've seen a few but they look more like efforts to make quick bucks by releasing it before the whole thing. Personally, I'd wait till November.

[estherschindler]

Is there any published books for .Net 2005 already?

There are a few, but they're based on beta versions. You won't have to wait until November, though; with the PDC coming up next week, the book publishers are bound to release quite a few titles alongside the event, such as Visual Studio Tools for Office: Using C# with Excel, Word, Outlook, and InfoPath.

I'm an editor at DevSource.com and Informit.com (among other things), and I assign a lot of articles about Visual Studio and related topics. Most of my authors are busy doing the last-minute edits on their books... which is a little frustrating when they've promised me articles! The result is that most of the good "how-to" information is available online, written by people who have just finished a book chapter about the topic. (I like to think that DevSource.com and Informit.com provide the best available info... but I would, wouldn't I?)

--Esther

P.S. Why yes, I *do* pay authors for writing articles. Contact me privately if you're interested.