This afternoon I finished reading Peacock's book on the package of e-Commerce modules. The book was published by [PACKT].  [PACKT] sent me a review copy some weeks back.  It made for an easy going read that was written conversationally.

The examples in the book were straight forward and gave a good sense how to set up a site.  The book has been written from a administrator's point of view (for the most part) allowing those who aren't heavy-duty themers or developers to set up a credible e-Commerce site.  The book goes beyond simply the e-Commerce modules and looks at simple SEO, use of WAMP, and some basics in CiviCRM (as they could be used within an online shop).  It assumes very little Drupal knowledge and walks the reader through setting up and configuring Drupal, installing modules and themes, and some basic theming.

[Packt] Publishing sent me a copy of the Drupal 6 book to review. Slowly but surely, I've consumed the book from the start to the finish. In many ways, this book is designed for the beginner. It makes no assumptions of experience with PHP or MySQL. It isn't designed as a book to teach you CSS nor does it assume you know CSS.

I've started reading "Drupal 5 Themes" by Ric Shreves, available at PACKT publishing. I've gotten through the first couple of chapters so far but have found it easy to read. So far, I haven't learned much I didn't know--but it has put into a single place lots of information that I would have gone to several sources in the past.