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<\/a> <\/p>\nI got an email from the publishers (Sybex) to say that \u201cMastering Windows Server 2008 R2<\/a>\u201d was shipping from the warehouses this week. I\u2019m told that it will be available from retail outlets within the next month. Localised versions (if there will be any) will take longer. I\u2019m supposed to be getting my 2 free copies this week. Of course, being a good mama\u2019s boy the first one will be going down home.<\/p>\n It was expected to be 1200 pages. We tried to include W2008 and W2008 R2. That was because we didn\u2019t produce a W2008 book as planned originally. That was the original project I was working on in 2007\/2008. There would be 3 W2008 books, the first being very basic, the second covering the 80% of stuff that we all need to know and the third covering the advanced stuff. Things happened and there were delays. Eventually it became a pointless task because R2 was coming and it was probably going to have a bigger place in the market than the original Windows Server 2008, thanks to things like Hyper-V and \u201cbetter together\u201d. It was decided to focus on W2008 R2 in a single book but also draw in W2008 because it is still out there. R2 brought us so much new material that the pages kept flowing. Eventually 1200 pages became 1500 pages.<\/p>\n You should start seeing it on the shelves soon in all good book stores and a few rubbish ones too. If you have ordered from Amazon<\/a> then your poor postman will be dragging it to your door quite soon. I\u2019ve read that Sybex are now selling soft versions of their books rather than \u201ctreeware\u201d so that might be an option for you mobility aware folks.<\/p>\n It\u2019s taken quite some time and amount of work but my first book is hitting the shelves soon. When I say \u201cmy\u201d I should clarify that I\u2019m just one of the many contributors, with me having 4 chapters to my name. I got an email from the publishers (Sybex) to say that \u201cMastering Windows Server … Continue reading “My First Book Hitting The Shelves Soon”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[171,116,117],"class_list":["post-10279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","tag-books","tag-windows-server-2008","tag-windows-server-2008-r2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t