Focal Press Hands-On Guide Series

The Hands-On Guide series serves as the ultimate resource in streaming and digital media-based subjects for industry professionals. The books cover solutions for enterprise, media and entertainment, and educational institutions. A compendium of everything you need to know for streaming and digital media subjects, this series is known in the industry as a must-have tool of the trade.

Books in the series cover streaming media-based technologies, applications and solutions as well as how they are applied to specific industry verticals. Because these books are not part of a vendor-based press they offer objective insight into the technology weaknesses and strengths, as well as solutions to problems you face in the real-world.

Competitive books in this category have sometimes been criticized for being either technically overwhelming or too general an overview to actually impart information. The Hands-On Guide series combats these problems by ensuring both ease-of-use and specific focus on streaming and digital media-based topics broken into separate books.

Developed in collaboration with the series editor, Dan Rayburn, these books are written by authorities in their field, those who have actually been in the trenches and done the work first-hand.

All Hands-On Guide books share the following qualities:

•    Easy-to-follow practical application information

•    Step-by-step instructions that readers can use in real-world situations

•    Unique author tips from “in-the-trenches” experience

•    Compact at 250-300 pages in length

The Hands-On Guides series is the essential reference for Streaming and Digital Media professionals!

Series Editor: Dan Rayburn (www.danrayburn.com)

Executive Vice President for StreamingMedia.com, a diversified news media company with a mission to serve and educate the streaming media industry and corporations adopting Internet based audio and video technology. Recognized as the “voice for the streaming media industry” and as one of the Internet industry’s foremost authorities, speakers, teachers, and writers on Streaming and Digital Media Technologies.

Titles in the series:

•    Hands-On Guide to Webcasting

•    Hands-On Guide to Windows Media

•    Hands-On Guide to Video Blogging & Podcasting

•    Hands-On Guide to Flash Communication Server