Hi Guys,
Here's a link to a page that provides free downloads of chapter 1 and the TOC:
http://www.mhprofessional.com/book.php?isbn=0072260882
Also, there is a HUGE (but temporary), PROBLEM with the KINDLE version of the book:
Somewhere between the publisher and Amazon, someone got confused about some of the "<" ">" characters used in the
Java code, and took them to be some weird HTML
This is making a fair number of the questions pretty darned useless. grr... I am assured that the culprits are working to correct this problem, and I've asked them to allow folks who purchased the kindle edition to re-download the book for free when the problem is fixed. They haven't said yes or no to that request yet - in fact it might already be their policy to do that - I'll keep everyone here posted as I learn more.
Thanks for your patience!
Bert