ActiveMQ In Action Now Available

ActiveMQ in Action is now available in print! After the long road of writing the book, it's very nice to actually see it in print. One of the first things I noticed about the final PDF was the color in the images. Manning did a very nice job of adding color. I've already had four people mention to me that they really like the colored images.

One really nice thing about Manning print books is that they include a complimentary ebook which comes in three formats: PDF, mobi, and epub when available. So if buy the print book, you will get an electronic copy include at no additional charge. This can be very handy when you don't care to lug around a print book wherever you go, but you would still like to search it for particular items.

If you want to learn about ActiveMQ and JMS, pick up your copy of ActiveMQ in Action today!

ActiveMQ In Action Going to Print!

This week we received the final cover art for ActiveMQ In Action and the book went to the printer! Yay!!! It's been a long road, but Dejan, Rob and I can finally celebrate all our hard work on this project.

You can check out the cover art here and be sure to mouse over the image and click the link to view the full size.

There are certainly many people to whom we owe a great deal of gratitude including:

• Jeff Bleiel, our development editor - Without Jeff's input, the book would not be what it is today
• Gary Tully For his tireless technical reviews of the entire book
• The Manning staff - For their arduous work on the book
• Filip Hanik - For his assistance with Tomcat
• Jan Bartel and Greg Wilkins - For their assistance with Jetty
• David Jencks and Kevan Miller - For their assistance with Geronimo
• Jaikiran Pai - For his assistance with JBoss

We would also like to thank the following list of reviewers who read the manuscript at different stages during its development and provided valuable feedback:

• Jeff Davis
• Deepak Vohra
• Robert Hanson
• Davide Piazza
• David Strong
• Tijs Rademakers
• Prasad A. Chodavarapu
• John Merryman
• Jeroen Benckhuijsen
• Pratik Patel
• Scott Dawson
• Jason Kolter
• Rod Biresch
• Roberto Rojas

Finally, a big thanks to the readers of Manning’s Early Access Program (MEAP) releases of the book for their comments and input via the Author Online forum.

We authored the book using DocBook XML and it was processed using the Docbkx Tools Maven plug-in on Mac OS X (To those folks who keep asking about my experience with DocBook, yes, it is worth it! Shoot me an email if you have any questions). Other items that went into the book include MacBook Pros, Google Docs, GMail, Foonz (until it shut down), FreeConferenceCall.com, barking dogs during conference calls, company acquisitions, lots and lots of music, loud construction next door, sleepless nights, too much work on airplanes, and plain old exhaustion.

40% Off ActiveMQ In Action To Celebrate Going Into Production!

Good news -- ActiveMQ In Action has now entered the Manning production process! This means that we are done with the writing of content for the book and it is currently being copy edited and undergoing technical review. In fact, we are currently seeking reviewers for the book. If you are interested to review the book, please send an email to mkt@manning.com.

Also, we are currently offering 40% off your purchase of ActiveMQ In Action! Just use the coupon code *activemq40* at the time of checkout. Hurry and make your purchase today as this discount won't last long!