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Title: Many Cooks, Substantial Stew
Review: This is one of those books where having lots of authors results in a better value. For such a wide and still fast-growing field as Flash development, it takes many points of view to ensure that your own is part of the mix. In my experience, most tech books have one or two tech editors. This one had 9.Finding a Flash solution is easy because the book's format is consistently Problem -> Solution -> Discussion. This facilitates homing in on what you need. The discussion is where the true learning value is concentrated for those who want to go beyond dealing with their current production challenge.One important aspect of this book should be mentioned. The authors concentrate on Flash-based, authoring-time solutions. ActionScript is not the focus -- even though it plays a role in many solutions here. If you are looking for a focus on ActionScript, you may want to consider a different book.With that proviso only, I recommend this book.
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