iBook Fan Book serves as your guide through the many features and amazing capabilities of the Apple iBook. iBook Fan Book acquaints you with your new laptop and helps you get familiar and comfortable with Mac OS X Panther. It covers: getting started; organizing your digital lifestyle; advanced features; iBook at home, at the office, and on the go; and tips and tricks for minimizing time and stress and maximizing fun and productivity while accomplishing anything and everything you want to accomplish with your iBook.

Something That Reeks of Honesty -- Andrew Leonard writes in this Salon.com book review, "Reading Revolution in the Valley, you may feel as though you're sitting in a bar listening to engineers swap stories. You may not understand every word, but you know you're getting the real thing, and that has value." Learn how the Mac was made: Revolution in The Valley.

DTG's Best Books of 2004 -- DT&G;: Design, Type & Graphics Magazine has announced its selection of the best products in 2004 for the visual communications fields. O'Reilly titles won in several categories: Best in Digital Photography went to Digital Photography Hacks; We the Media took the Best for All Computer Users category; and The Cult of Mac (by O'Reilly publishing partner No Starch Press) was named the Best for Macintosh Computer Users.

O'Reilly Happenings at Macworld SF -- Macworld SF 2005 will be a busy show for O'Reilly. We'll have great specials, lots of books, a full speaker line up, and a menu of activities. We're also partnering with some of the Mac OS X Innovator Contest winners to provide discounts on award-winning software. For all the latest Mac news and articles, visit MacDevCenter.com.

Reclaiming Hacks -- The books in O'Reilly's Hacks series celebrate the positive aspects of the hacking spirit. The curious nature of the hacker ethic, whether prompted by a spark of genius or the urge of an annoyance, is all about rolling up one's sleeves and taking action. But "hack" means different things to different people, and for some it has negative connotations. Hadley Stern discusses some of the issues he faced while writing iPod and iTunes Hacks.

2004 MDJ Power 25 -- MDJ has released its fifth annual list of the 25 most influential people in the Mac world. We're proud to see that our own Tim O'Reilly, David Pogue, and Derrick Story all made this year's list. For all the latest happenings in the Mac world, visit O'Reilly's Mac DevCenter.

David Pogue's "CBS News Sunday Morning" Wins an Emmy -- The National Television Academy has announced the winners of the Annual Emmy Awards for Business and Financial Reporting. In the category of "Outstanding Interpretation and/or Analysis of a Business News Story -- Regularly Scheduled Newscast," David Pogue's "CBS News Sunday Morning" won the Emmy: "David Pogue takes complex technological applications such as Google or Spam and makes them comprehensible to the ordinary, non-technophile viewer." David is the creator of the Missing Manuals Series.

Five Favorite Mac Annoyances -- As much as we love our Macs, we've got to admit that sometimes they annoy the patience out of us. Don't get mad; get clever. Here are John Rizzo's favorite annoyances, along with their fixes, of course, from his book, Mac Annoyances.

Book Review: iLife '04: The Missing Manual -- In this Applelinks book review, Kirk Hiner writes, "iLife '04 is written and laid out in a way that makes it both easy to read from start to finish [and easy] to find only the information you need." The book covers iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, and GarageBand, making it a veritable "Greatest Hits" collection. Get the book that should have been in the box: iLife '04: The Missing Manual.

Hacking iPod and iTunes -- Your favorite toy just got better. Push the envelope of your iPod's capabilities: turn it into a universal remote, permanently install it in your car, run Linux on it, make smart playlists, and tame iTunes with AppleScript. These hacks are excerpted from O'Reilly's iPod and iTunes Hacks.

Mac OS X Power Hound Helpful Hints -- Here are eight tricks to help your Mac OS X run smoother, along with some new ways to personalize your working environment. Examples include activating Exposé with a multi-button mouse, saving iTunes Music Store videos and trailers, and customizing the Dock "poof." You'll get hundreds of secrets for easier, faster, and better ways to use Panther in O'Reilly's new Mac OS X Power Hound, Panther Edition.

The O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference was held October 25 - 28, 2004 in Santa Clara, California. If you weren't able to attend or if you want to touch up your notes from the conference, presentation files from some of the sessions and tutorials are available online. And don't miss O'Reilly Network's conference coverage, including news, weblogs, and photos from the show floor.

Hadley Stern Interview on Engadget -- Hadley Stern discusses the birth of iPod and iTunes Hacks, the strength of the iPod community, the latest iPod rumors, and his favorite iPod hacks, all in this latest installment of the Engadget Podcast. Hadley is the author of iPod and iTunes Hacks.