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(Select this link to Discover now how you can claim your piece of the booming internet investment properties) Featured Book Introduction to the .NET Book Club The .NET Book Club is an organization to promote reading and discussion amongst professional developers and to also provide a forum for linking publishers, authors, and their respective audiences. What do you get out of this? A community to share thoughts and ideas with your peers and actually communicate with the authors of the books you've have been reading. Basic membership to the club is free and offers members discounted books, chapter previews to popular books related to .NET technologies, an online forum, author interviews, and book reviews along with the option to participate in writing your own reviews. Members will also be invited to interact with the authors of certain books in live Webcast. * Find A Book Club Chapter * Find Out How To Create A Chapter * Register A Book Club Chapter News Microsoft Book Club Webcast - Bill Evjen 12/5/2004 6:32:00 AM The first book club webcast is has been announced. Bill Evjen's ASP.NET 2.0 Beta Preview will be the first featured book of our club to have a live webcast where you will be able to interact with the author while he discusses the topics of the book. During the webcast, John Alexander and Jeff Julian will interview the author, then hand it off for a session specifically about the book's topics. These webcast events will happen on a monthly basis with the book club's featured books. Featured Book of November: The .NET Developer's Guide to Windows Security 11/2/2004 11:22:00 PM cover One of the best reads of this autumn season is Keith Brown's The .NET Developer's Guide to Windows Security. If you haven't checked out this, I highly suggest you do. In fact, the .NET|BookClub is proud to have it as the Featured Book of the Month for November. Also, be on the lookout for some BIG news coming from the .NET|BookClub in the coming months. Description of The .NET Developer's Guide to Windows Security Making applications secure has been one of the biggest priorities of Microsoft developers. However, very few books have been written for developers; most security books are aimed at administrators. Surprisingly enough given this focus on security there is not yet a leading book on .NET security. Keith Brown is one of the most respected names in the field, and has written the first book to explain how to make Windows Server 2003 applications secure using .NET. Furthermore, it is written in the format which has proven so successful for Scott Meyers and others: it is made up of 75 brief items which build on the previous ones, giving developers of all levels a complete, deep understanding of what tools are available, and how to use them to create secure applications for Windows. Featured Book of October: ASP.NET Developer's Cookbook 10/1/2004 2:04:00 AM I am pleased to announce the Featured Book of October is ASP.NET Developer's Cookbook, written by Steve Smith and Rob Howard. Steve Smith, host a weblog about serving in Iraq. Steve is the founder of many different communities we all know and love. Rob Howard, formerly of the ASP.NET team, has recently founded Telligent Systems, a custom software provider specializing in Microsoft technologies. Writing a book? Let us know! 9/19/2004 9:33:00 AM As a book club, we like to feature recently released books. The problem is, there is not definitive feed for books coming out within the year. If you are planning to release a book before the summer of 2005 and want to have it featured at sometime by the book club, please let us know. Just send the title, ISBN, author list, and publisher. How is the reading? 9/17/2004 12:21:00 AM Our reading period is coming to an end and I want to take a quick poll to see how the reading is going. # What did you like about this book? # What didn't you? # What would you like to see different next month? # What is the maximum price you want to pay for the book? Also, our contest is still open for the Windows Server 2003 (25 CAL) Edition givewaya, so if you haven't signed up, DO! .NET Book Club Contest! 8/29/2004 2:21:00 PM Win a copy of Windows Server 2003 (25 CAL) or one of ten copies of "Expert C# Business Objects" To enter this contest, just register and fill our the questionaire. A drawing will occur at the end of the contest to decide on the winner. To register, you must be a member on this club. Membership is free so sign up and cross your fingers. Enter Now! Rating system added to the club's site 8/29/2004 3:54:00 AM Over the weekend I finished up a rating system for book on the .NET Book Club site along with other things. I also added a chapter preview portion to the book detail pages so you can preview a book before purchasing. I now need to work with the publishers to get more, but if there is a book you would like to see a preview for that we don't have, please email us. - Jeff Contest Prizes Arrive 8/27/2004 9:44:00 AM Thanks to the wonderful individuals at Apress, we received a portion of the prizes we will be offering in our first contest. I think the picture shows it all, so check it out Yup that is 1..2..3...10, 10 copies of Rocky Lhotka's Expert C# Business Object Book. The grand prize will be announced at the beginning of the week so stay tuned. To enter, you will have to be a member, so sign up for free today. Starting your chapter yet? 8/19/2004 1:39:00 AM Starting a User Group chapter of the .NET Book Club is a challenge so I wanted to get a feeler out to see if anyone is attempting it? Also, let me know what you need from me to get the ball rolling. We have lots of bookmarks, so please feel free to email me your address and I will get you some. - Jeff Julian Integrated Book Reviews 8/18/2004 2:56:00 AM Our book review system is now integrated directly into the site. To view our reviews, go to the "Book" menu and pick a category from the "Reviews" sub-menu. Next step is forums integration and a book search. Sponsors Spotlight Chapter West Michigan .NET User Group Grand Rapids, MI Spotlight Books .NET Book Club - Chapters Terms of Use Privacy Statement