Finally found a useful SharePoint book

I've been buying a lot of books lately looking for good, solid advice on how to manage SharePoint and I've found a lot of fluff. There are a lot of books that talk about install and configure details, a good dozen books that talk about possible big-picture scenarios, but I hadn't found a single book giving advice about to really use SharePoint in a company. A book of what works and what doesn't not what you "could" do or "might" do.

I found one that is relatively small, well written, and packed with useful information: Real World SharePoint 2007: Indispensable Experiences From 16 MOSS and WSS MVPs (Programmer to Programmer) (Paperback). ISBN-10: 0470168358, ISBN-13: 978-0470168356.

The title says "programmer to programmer" but could really be labeled "techie to techie" because it does a good job of distilling information about the decisions you need to make and presenting them in a clear fashion. The chapter on branding a SharePoint site is a perfect example of this. It walks through the four or five options and tells you how much effort it takes for each option and what situations make sense to use each option. As a consultant or project manager, this will give you the information you need to really start planning and testing.