EndUserSharePoint.com: Book Review – The SharePoint Shepherd’s Guide for End Users
The SharePoint Shepherd’s Guide for End Users
Robert L. Bogue
Availtek Press, 2008
377 pages
I do not know Robert L. Bogue, but I admire what he has done. It takes a lot to write a book; time, mental energy, knowledge transfer. One of the most difficult types of books to write is for beginners because the author usually has so much experience, it is hard to mentally move into the space of conscious incompetency after years of working with the subject.
Along that line, Rob has provided a valuable service to the SharePoint End User community with the self publication of his book “The SharePoint Shepherd’s Guide for End Users”.
You will be hard pressed to find a more thorough coverage of every aspect of the functionality that is available Out-of-the-Box in SharePoint. With hundreds of screenshots, step-by-step procedures and easy to understand language, this is a must-have resource for information workers and End Users trying to graze in the plethora of pastures called SharePoint.
Mark Miller, EndUserSharePoint.com
The one exciting aspect about how Rob has made his book available that will be of interest to companies or organizations is how it’s licensed. He specifically did not go through a traditional publisher for this book so that he can offer bulk licensing to groups that will be using it as a training resource for their information workers. That way a company doesn’t have to buy individual copies for each person and can save some money.
I haven’t gotten a chance to check out the book or the licensing process myself, but I’m definitely looking forward to doing so once work calms down. Based on Rob’s contributions to our local SharePoint user group I’m not surprised to hear how thorough and useful his book is for end users, and I’m glad to hear that you liked it.
Thanks for all the great content and keep it up!
John