I skimmed the other book:"Beginning JBoss Seam: From Novice to Professional" from APress before "JBoss Seam: Simplicity and Power Beyond Java EE" was released. The APress book was pretty light on content. It looks like it was just a rushed attempt to be the the first Seam book to market. I would not recommend it. I am glad Michael and Thomas held this book back in order to include some of the emerging features, makes it a more worthwhile read and will get outdated so fast. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4045542#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...