70-536 - Kalani book delayed till 2007

For a long time the publication date for Amit Kalani's book
"MCTS 70-536 Exam Prep: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Foundation Exam" on
Amazon.com was 17 July; then it changed to 1 September:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/078...lance&n=283155

Now the date on Amazon.co.uk for this book is 5 February 2007
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0...lance&n=266239

My bookseller emailed the publisher on 26 August and confirmed that the book
will not be published until 2007.
I also noticed that the quepublishing site appears to be remarkably quiet
about any of the upcoming books from Amit Kalani.

Doe anyone know what's going on here?

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Mosaic wrote:

> Does anyone know what's going on here?

Writer's block, maybe ?

Cerebrus

> Writer's block, maybe ?

Or overwork? Lets hope not ;.)

The date for the 70-547 book seems to have been postponed from 28 Feb 2007
on the Uk site:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0...66239&v=glance
to 1 June 2007 on the US site
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0...lance&n=266239

The date for the 70-528 book appears to be unchanged at 22 November 2006,
both on the UK site
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0...lance&n=266239
and on the US site
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/078...lance&n=283155

Amit Kalani's books are very good (I've used several) but waiting that long
for the foundation exam is not really an option for me. I expect am not the
only one. A real shame.

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Mosaic wrote:

> Amit Kalani's books are very good (I've used several) but waiting that long
> for the foundation exam is not really an option for me. I expect am not the
> only one. A real shame.

Yes, I understand. One really can't schedule career decisions based on
the availability of a book, however good it might be. Maybe other
sources will have to suffice till we can get our hands on this book.

Cerebrus

> Maybe other sources will have to suffice

Quite. There are quite a few good sites to choose from. I use msdn all the
time, and I find Bill Bozeman's blog very convenient too:
http://www.bozemanblog.com/PermaLink...f4c494238.aspx
Plus any free assessments I come across, like this one
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/as...lt.mspx#vs_net

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Is there any other good books for 70-536?
How about this book "MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-536): Microsoft
..NET Framework 2.0 Application Development Foundation" ?

Did anyone try this?

Let me know.

Thanks..

"Mosaic" wrote:

> > Maybe other sources will have to suffice
>
> Quite. There are quite a few good sites to choose from. I use msdn all the
> time, and I find Bill Bozeman's blog very convenient too:
> http://www.bozemanblog.com/PermaLink...f4c494238.aspx
> Plus any free assessments I come across, like this one
> http://www.microsoft.com/learning/as...lt.mspx#vs_net
>

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>>Did you see what Vee () graced us with
in FD106E15-0A4E-44D2-B8F4-?<<
> Is there any other good books for 70-536?

http://www.certguard.com/products.asp

> How about this book "MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-536):
> Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Application Development Foundation" ?
>
> Did anyone try this?
>
I'm in the middle of reading it now, pretty good so far.

--
BD
MCNGP #51
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-- www.CertGuard.com; www.SWPPM.com

BD [MCNGP]

BD [MCNGP] wrote:

> I'm in the middle of reading it now, pretty good so far.

Really ???

Cerebrus

>>Did you see what Cerebrus () graced us with in
. com?<<
> BD [MCNGP] wrote:
>
>> I'm in the middle of reading it now, pretty good so far.
>
> Really ???
I read alot....if I'm going to recommend the books, I should at least try to
read them.
--
BD
MCNGP #51
-- MCNGP.com - You know IT!?
-- www.CertGuard.com; www.SWPPM.com

BD [MCNGP]

Yep,

It's pretty good. Although I did find some areas a little lacking,
particularly threading, and noticed a couple of errors, but no more than any
other book of this ilk. I combined it with some the excellent web casts
provided by MS and MSDN2 which filled in anything I was unsure about.

Passed this morning, ****ed this evening.

Enjoy

Glenn

"Vee" <> wrote in message
news:FD106E15-0A4E-44D2-B8F4-...
> Is there any other good books for 70-536?
> How about this book "MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-536): Microsoft
> .NET Framework 2.0 Application Development Foundation" ?
>
> Did anyone try this?
>
> Let me know.
>
> Thanks..
>
> "Mosaic" wrote:
>
>> > Maybe other sources will have to suffice
>>
>> Quite. There are quite a few good sites to choose from. I use msdn all
>> the
>> time, and I find Bill Bozeman's blog very convenient too:
>> http://www.bozemanblog.com/PermaLink...f4c494238.aspx
>> Plus any free assessments I come across, like this one
>> http://www.microsoft.com/learning/as...lt.mspx#vs_net
>>

Glenn