::JavaOne bestsellers:: [/tech/books] (18:05)

One of the more interesting aspects of the conference for me has been the bookstore. I've been waiting to see the first copies of the JBoss Notebook on the shelves. It's an ego thing, for sure, but it was sure nice to see the book finally for sale.

I've had high hopes for the book, but I hadn't expected it to be one of the top books at the conference. The bookstore publishes a best seller lists and my two JBoss books were solidly in the top 10, at least after the first couple days. With

Hibernate in Action also in the top 10, JBoss has 3 of the top 10 books this year. That's very cool.

There are several Spring books on the bestseller list too. I am happy to see Craig's Spring in Action leading the pack. Craig is a great author, and I'm glad to see his book getting out.

Seeing Swing Hacks near the top of the list was a surprise. I'm not knocking the book in any way, but I didn't know there was such a big market for Swing books out there.

For anyone who is interested, here's the full list, in order:

• Java Puzzlers
• Swing Hacks
• Hello World(s): From Code to Culture
• Maven: A Developer's Noteboo
• Head First Design Patterns
• Hibernate in Action
• JBoss 4.0: The Official Guide
• JBoss: A Developer's Notebook
• Spring in Action
• Java Language Specification, 3rd Edition
• Refactoring to Patterns
• Spring Live
• Killer Game Programming in Java
• J2EE Development Without J2EE
• Innovation Happens Elsewhere