Bestsellers

The top 25 best-selling O'Reilly books for this week based on Bookscan. Nielsen Bookscan aggregates point-of-sale data from about 70% of US bookstores, including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Borders, and many smaller chains and leading independent bookstores. Each week they supply us a list of the top 10,000 computer books, which we load into a MySQL-based data mart, categorize, and use to drive our bestseller rankings. You can read more about Bookscan in Tim's blog Book Sales as a Technology Trend Indicator.

Mac OS X Snow Leopard: The Missing Manual

by David Pogue
October 2009
Print: $34.99
Ebook: $27.99
Bundle: $38.49

For a company that promised to "put a pause on new features," Apple sure has been busy-there's barely a feature left untouched in Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard." There's more speed, more polish, more refinement-but still no manual. Fortunately, David Pogue is back, with the humor and expertise that have made this the #1 bestselling Mac book for eight years straight. This one witty, expert guide makes it all crystal clear. Read more.
iPhone: The Missing Manual: Covers All Models with 3.0 Software-including the iPhone 3GS, Third Edition

by David Pogue
Third Edition August 2009
Print: $24.99

The new iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3.0 software have arrived, and New York Times tech columnist David Pogue is on top of it with a thoroughly updated edition of iPhone: The Missing Manual. Each custom-designed page helps you use your iPhone for everything from web browsing to watching videos. The iPhone is packed with possibilities, and with this handy book, you can explore them all. Read more.
CSS: The Missing Manual, Second Edition

by David Sawyer McFarland
Second Edition August 2009
Print: $34.99
Ebook: $27.99
Bundle: $38.49

Cascading Style Sheets can turn humdrum websites into highly-functional, professional-looking destinations, but many designers merely treat CSS as window-dressing to spruce up their site's appearance. Tap into the real power of this tool with CSS: The Missing Manual. This second edition combines crystal-clear explanations, real-world examples, and step-by-step tutorials to help you build new websites with CSS, or refurbish old sites that are due for an upgrade. Read more.
iPod: The Missing Manual, Eighth Edition

by J.D. Biersdorfer , David Pogue
Eighth Edition November 2009
Print: $19.99
Ebook: $15.99
Bundle: $21.99

Get the scoop on iTunes 9 and all of the newest iPods with this bestselling Missing Manual. Apple's gotten the world hooked on portable music, pictures, and videos with its amazing entertainment center, but one thing they haven't delivered is an easy guide for getting the most from it. iPod: The Missing Manual gives you a no-nonsense view of the latest iPod line, with crystal-clear explanations, easy-to-follow color graphics, and expert guidance on the most useful things your iPod can do. Read more.
Dreamweaver CS4: The Missing Manual

by David Sawyer McFarland
November 2008
Print: $44.99
Ebook: $35.99
Bundle: $49.49

Dreamweaver CS4: The Missing Manual helps you master the latest version of this popular web design program. Perfect for beginners who need step-by-step guidance, and for longtime Dreamweaver designers who need a handy reference, the sixth edition of this bestselling Missing Manual offers jargon-free language and clear descriptions for designing, organizing, building, and deploying websites. It's the ultimate atlas for Dreamweaver CS4. Read more.
slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations

by Nancy Duarte
August 2008
Print: $34.99
Ebook: $27.99
Bundle: $38.49

Presentation software requires professionals to think visually on an almost daily basis. But unlike verbal skills, effective visual expression is not easy, natural, or actively taught in schools or business training programs. slide:ology offers practical approaches that combine conceptual thinking and inspirational design, with insightful case studies from the world's leading brands. Written by the President and CEO of Duarte Design, the firm that created the presentation for Al Gore's Oscar-winning film, An Inconvenient Truth. Read more.
Creating a Web Site: The Missing Manual, Second Edition

by Matthew MacDonald
Second Edition December 2008
Print: $29.99
Ebook: $23.99
Bundle: $32.99

The thoroughly revised, completely updated new edition of Creating a Web Site: The Missing Manual explains how to get your site up and running quickly and correctly. Whether you want to build a personal web site, an e-commerce site, a web site for a specific occasion or promotion, or a blog, this book gives you everything from planning to launching, with detailed instructions and clear-headed advice for using ready-to-use building blocks, powerful tools like CSS and JavaScript, and Google's Blogger. Read more.
Facebook: The Missing Manual

by E. A. Vander Veer
January 2008
Print: $19.99
Ebook: $19.99
Bundle: $21.99

Facebook is the wildly popular, free social networking site that combines the best of blogs, online forums and groups, photosharing, clever applications, and interaction among friends. The one thing it doesn't have is a users guide to help you truly take advantage of it. Until now. Facebook: The Missing Manual gives you a very objective and entertaining look at everything this fascinating Facebook phenomenon has to offer. Read more.
Photoshop Elements 8 for Mac: The Missing Manual

by Barbara Brundage
October 2009
Print: $44.99
Ebook: $35.99
Bundle: $49.49

Photoshop Elements 8 for Mac is more powerful and easier to use than previous versions of the program, but figuring out how and when to use all the tools is still tricky. With this book, you'll learn not only what these tools do, but also when it makes the most sense to use them and why. You get easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions for everything from importing photos to organizing, editing, sharing, and storing your images. Read more.
Head First iPhone Development: A Learner's Guide to Creating Objective-C Applications for the iPhone

by Dan Pilone , Tracey Pilone
October 2009
Print: $44.99
Ebook: $35.99
Bundle: $49.49

Let's say you have an idea for a killer iPhone app. Where do you begin? Head First iPhone Development will help you get your first application up and running in no time. You'll quickly learn to use iPhone SDK tools, including Interface Builder and Xcode, and master Objective-C programming principles that will make your app stand out. It's a complete learning experience for creating eye-catching, top-selling iPhone applications. Read more.
Best iPhone Apps: The Guide for Discriminating Downloaders

by Josh Clark
July 2009
Print: $19.99
Ebook: $15.99
Bundle: $21.99

With over 50,000 iPhone apps to choose from, there's a mind-boggling number of ways to make your favorite device do just about anything you can imagine. But how do you which ones are the best? Best iPhone Apps shines the light on over 200 gee-whiz apps that delight, empower, and entertain. Author Josh Clark stress-tested thousands of titles from the App Store emporium to hand-pick apps that will make the biggest difference in every aspect of your life. Read more.
Windows 7: The Definitive Guide: The Essential Resource for Professionals and Power Users

by William Stanek
October 2009
Print: $59.99
Ebook: $47.99
Bundle: $65.99

This book provides everything you need to manage and maintain Windows 7. You'll learn all of the features and enhancements in complete detail, along with specifics for configuring the operating system to put you in full control. Bestselling author and Windows expert William Stanek doesn't just show you the steps you need to follow, he also tells you how features work, why they work, and how you can customize them to meet your needs. Read more.
Access 2007: The Missing Manual

by Matthew MacDonald
December 2006
Print: $34.99
Ebook: $27.99
Bundle: $38.49

Access 2007: The Missing Manual was written from the ground up for this redesigned application. You will learn how to design complete databases, maintain them, search for valuable nuggets of information, and build attractive forms for quick-and-easy data entry. You'll even delve into the black art of Access programming (including macros and Visual Basic), and pick up valuable tricks and techniques to automate common tasks -- even if you've never touched a line of code before. You will also learn all about the new prebuilt databases you can customize to fit your needs, and how the new complex data feature will simplify your life. With plenty of downloadable examples, this objective and witty book will turn an Access neophyte into a true master. Read more.
iMovie '09 & iDVD: The Missing Manual

by David Pogue , Aaron Miller
April 2009
Print: $39.99
Ebook: $31.99
Bundle: $43.99

Apple's iMovie '09 is vastly more usable and complete than iMovie '08 -- and amazing right out of the box. But the box doesn't include much of a user's guide, so learning these applications is another matter. iMovie '09 and iDVD: The Missing Manual gets you up to speed on everything you need to turn raw digital footage into highly creative video projects. Read more.
Learning Python, Fourth Edition

by Mark Lutz
Fourth Edition September 2009
Print: $54.99
Ebook: $39.99
Bundle: $60.49

Google and YouTube use Python because it's highly adaptable, easy to maintain, and allows for rapid development. If you want to write high-quality, efficient code that's easily integrated with other languages and tools, this hands-on book will help you be productive with Python 3.0 quickly. Each chapter includes a unique Test Your Knowledge section with practical exercises and quizzes, so you can practice new skills and test your understanding as you go. Read more.
Head First Java, Second Edition

by Kathy Sierra , Bert Bates
Second Edition February 2005
Print: $44.95
Ebook: $35.99
Bundle: $49.45

Head First Java delivers a highly interactive, multisensory learning experience that lets new programmers pick up the fundamentals of the Java language quickly. Through mind-stretching exercises, memorable analogies, humorous pictures, and casual language, Head First Java encourages readers to think like a Java programmer. This revised second edition focuses on Java 5.0, the latest version of the Java development platform. Read more.
Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML

by Elisabeth Robson , Eric Freeman
December 2005
Print: $39.99
Ebook: $31.99
Bundle: $43.99

Tired of reading HTML books that only make sense after you're an expert? Then it's about time you picked up Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML and really learn HTML. You want to learn HTML so you can finally create those web pages you've always wanted, so you can communicate more effectively with friends, family, fans, and fanatic customers. You also want to do it right so you can actually maintain and expand your web pages over time, and so your web pages work in all the browsers and mobile devices out there. So what are you waiting for? Leave those other dusty books behind and come join us in Webville. Your tour is about to begin. Read more.
iPhone Game Development: Developing 2D & 3D games in Objective-C

by Paul Zirkle , Joe Hogue
November 2009
Print: $34.99
Ebook: $27.99
Bundle: $38.49

What do you need to know to create a game for the iPhone? Even if you've already built some iPhone applications, developing games using iPhone's gestural interface and limited screen layout requires new skills. Loaded with descriptive examples and clear explanations, iPhone Game Development provides everything from game development basics and iPhone programming fundamentals to guidelines for dealing with special graphics and audio needs, creating in-game physics, and much more. Read more.
QuickBooks 2010: The Missing Manual

by Bonnie Biafore
October 2009
Print: $29.99
Ebook: $23.99
Bundle: $32.99

With QuickBooks 2010: The Missing Manual, you don't just learn how to use this popular program, you learn why and when to use specific features. You also get basic accounting advice so that everything makes sense along the way. Get more out of QuickBooks 2010 whether you're a beginner or an old pro. Read more.
QuickBooks 2009: The Missing Manual

by Bonnie Biafore
October 2008
Print: $29.99
Ebook: $23.99
Bundle: $32.99

With QuickBooks 2009: The Missing Manual, you don't just learn how to use this popular program, you learn why and when to use specific features. You also get basic accounting advice so that everything makes sense along the way. Get more out of QuickBooks 2009 whether you're a beginner or an old pro. Read more.
iWork '09: The Missing Manual

by Josh Clark
April 2009
Print: $39.99
Ebook: $31.99
Bundle: $43.99

With iWork '09: The Missing Manual, you'll quickly learn everything you need to know about Apple's incredible productivity programs, including the Pages word-processor, the Numbers spreadsheet, and the Keynote presentation program that Al Gore and Steve Jobs made famous. This book gives you crystal-clear and jargon-free explanations of iWork's capabilities, advantages, and limitations to help you produce stunning documents and cinema-quality digital presentations in no time. Read more.
Head First C#

by Andrew Stellman , Jennifer Greene
November 2007
Print: $49.99
Ebook: $39.99
Bundle: $54.99

Head First C# is a complete learning experience for object-oriented programming, C#, and the Visual Studio IDE. Built for your brain, this book covers C# 3.0 and Visual Studio 2008, and teaches everything from language fundamentals to advanced topics including garbage collection, extension methods, and double-buffered animation. You'll also master C#'s hottest and newest syntax, LINQ, for querying SQL databases, .NET collections, and XML documents. By the time you're through, you'll be a proficient C# programmer, designing and coding large-scale applications. Read more.
The Twitter Book

by Tim O'Reilly , Sarah Milstein
May 2009
Print: $19.99
Ebook: $15.99
Bundle: $21.99

This practical guide will teach you everything you need to know to quickly become a Twitter power user, including strategies and tactics for using Twitter's 140-character messages as a serious--and effective--way to boost your business. Co-written by Tim O'Reilly and Sarah Milstein, widely followed and highly respected Twitterers, the practical information in The Twitter Book is presented in a fun, full-color format that's packed with helpful examples and clear explanations. Read more.
Using Drupal

by Angela Byron , Addison Berry , Nate Haug , Jeff Eaton , James Walker , Jeff Robbins
December 2008
Print: $44.99
Ebook: $35.99
Bundle: $49.49

With the recipes in this book, you can take full advantage of the vast collection of community-contributed modules that make the Drupal web framework useful and unique. You'll get the information you need about how to combine modules in interesting ways (with a minimum of code-wrangling) to develop a variety of community-driven websites -- including a wiki, publishing workflow site, photo gallery, product review site, online store, user group site, and more. Read more.
iPhoto '09: The Missing Manual

by David Pogue , J.D. Biersdorfer
April 2009
Print: $34.99
Ebook: $27.99
Bundle: $38.49

Intuitive as iPhoto '09 may be, it still has the power to confuse anyone. This updated Missing Manual offers clear and objective guidance on every iPhoto feature, including new tools such as face recognition, place recognition based on GPS data, themed slideshows, online sharing, enhanced editing, and travel maps. You'll find step-by-step instructions, along with many undocumented tips and tricks. Find out why it's the top-selling iPhoto book. Read more.