Hi, My forthcoming book: "Programming in Python 3: A Complete Introduction to the Python Language" is now available from Safari Books Online. The online version contains about half the book so far and is about six weeks behind my working copy. It is accurate for Python 3.0 alpha 4. More text will be added and updates made as the book and Python progress. The book began life last year once it was clear that Python 3 was going to come out this year. The printed version should be available in October in the U.S.---but it will only go to press once all the examples and snippets have been tested against Python 3.0 final, so the date will slip if Python's release date slips. The book is aimed at a wide audience, but assumes some programming experience (not necessarily Python, not necessarily object-oriented). It teaches solid procedural style programming, then builds on that to teach solid object-oriented programming, and then goes on to more advanced topics. But even newcomers to Python 3 should be able to write useful (although small and basic) programs after reading chapter 1. There is no Python 2 coverage (except for an appendix on migration), so as to avoid confusion and to allow the book to use Python 3 to its best advantage. Clearly Python 3 is going to change between now and September, but the book is up to date now, and will continue to be kept up to date as every alpha, beta, and release candidate is made available. The table of contents, a brief overview, and some very short extracts are available from the Safari site: http://safari.informit.com/9780137155149 The book is being greatly benefited by feedback from several technical reviewers, including Jasmin Blanchette, David Boddie, Georg Brandl, Trenton Schulz, and Phil Thompson. -- Mark Summerfield, Qtrac Ltd., www.qtrac.eu <P><A HREF="http://www.qtrac.eu/py3book.html">Programming in Python 3</ A> - A new book on the Python 3 language. (02-May-08)