http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00D85K9XC (kindle version) I love the mixed reviews on that edition :-) https://www.packtpub.com/big-data-and-business-intelligence/instant-apache-solr-indexing-data-how-instant (digital version from publisher). If you join my Solr Resources mailing list at: http://www.solr-start.com/ you should get 50% off coupon in the welcome email (let me know if you do not).
Either way, it is a small book, not worth waiting for it to be POD printed and shipped. But really, I recommend you find it in some _other_ way. It is only good as a supplementary material now. And I am too busy to update it as I am working on a much bigger Solr book: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1491920149 Regards, Alex. ---- Solr Analyzers, Tokenizers, Filters, URPs and even a newsletter: http://www.solr-start.com/ On 23 October 2015 at 15:08, Robert Hume <rhum...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Alex, > > What's the title of your book? An amazon link would be useful too. > > Thanks! > Rob > > On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 2:50 PM, Alexandre Rafalovitch <arafa...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Definitely 5.x. Lots of new goodies. It is true that some of the >> startup scripts are different and the example schemas could be >> slightly confusing if following a book, but I think it is well worth >> starting on a good foot. Just remember, no "collection1" anymore, all >> cores/collections are explicit. And there are tutorial and reference >> guide available to help you along. >> >> And "Solr in Action" is a great book to purchase. Though, I'd >> recommend an electronic copy unless you want an exercise regime as >> well :-) >> >> I would say grab my book as well if you just want step by step >> introduction, but frankly it is definitely out of date (Solr 4.3!) and >> publisher pushed the price up into the ridiculous territory last time >> I checked. So, don't buy it. But if you have O'Reilly Safari account >> of some other ways to get to it, give it a glance too. >> >> Regards, >> Alex. >> ---- >> Solr Analyzers, Tokenizers, Filters, URPs and even a newsletter: >> http://www.solr-start.com/ >> >> >> On 23 October 2015 at 14:22, Robert Hume <rhum...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I'm investigating installing a new Solr deployment to be able to search >> > about two million documents (mostly HTML and PDF). >> > >> > QUESTIONS: >> > >> > A. Should I use Solr 4.x or 5.x? My concerns are mostly to do with >> > support. Is 5.x too new to be able to get good answers and advice from >> the >> > community? Or should I stick with the latest 4.x release? >> > >> > B. Anyone have a good book recommendation? I was thinking of buying >> "Solr >> > In Action" but it looks like it was published in April 2014 so it won't >> > have any 5.x info in it? >> > >> > Thanks! >> > Rob >>
