August 27, 2009 -- 

Snow Leopard is fast, fun, and maybe even fabulous, and we're extremely pleased to bring you not one, but two new ebooks about Snow Leopard: Joe Kissell's Take Control of Upgrading to Snow Leopard and Matt Neuburg's Take Control of Exploring & Customizing Snow Leopard.

Take Control of Upgrading to Snow Leopard provides the guidance you need to upgrade calmly and successfully, as have many thousands of Mac users who have previously relied on Joe's older "Take Control of Upgrading..." titles. Joe's friendly, expert steps - developed over innumerable test installations - help you to avoid trouble, understand what's going on when you install Snow Leopard, and, by using the bootable duplicate that Joe helps you make before you start the upgrade, easily recover from problems that might arise. The ebook is 81 pages long and costs $10. A print version - which you may find handy while installing - is available for $19.99.

Take Control of Exploring & Customizing Snow Leopard picks up at the next step, with Matt providing a tour of the new features in Snow Leopard, including both those that are totally new (such as the revamped Services feature and system-wide automatic text replacement features), and those that have been enhanced from Leopard (like the new Dock-related Expose capabilities and additional Time Machine controls). Existing Leopard features are also fully explained, complete with customization options to make them work the way you want. The ebook is 165 pages long and costs $15. A print version is available for $27.99.

The ebooks are available separately or in a 20%-off bundle for $20.

If you own a previous edition of either ebook (note that we added "Exploring" to the title of the second ebook), be sure to check your email or to click the Check for Updates button on page 1 of your ebook, since updater discounts are available.

If you haven't yet bought a copy of Snow Leopard, we'll earn a few extra bucks if you order it from Amazon using these affiliate links:

• Upgrade from Leopard for $29
• Family Pack (5 Macs) for $49
• Mac Box Set (10.6, iLife ’09, iWork ’09) for $169

—Adam C. Engst