a short update: the book is now complete on O'Reilly's site (and has been so for a few weeks). It is still in the "early release' state because the last corrections haven't made it yet to the electronic versions. The final electronic version will be published within the course of next week.

And the book went to the printer today, will be printed next week, and available with the distributors (Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc.) within a couple of weeks.