2nd edition awesome!

I think the overall rating for this book is at 4.0, only because of some people using the older first edition and finding that it is already out of date. Also it would be nice if amazon separates product ratings from the shipping/supplier ratings, because the book's rating unfortunately suffers because of a bad shipment rating!

I was waiting eagerly for the 2nd edition and it is out now. It is written extremely well. It still has the same flow, clarity and style as the first edition. If you need to know lucene well, then the 2nd edition is a must-have! It also has lots of new chapters (like the one on tika).

Thanks to apache software foundation for their open source software development & support!

Other Reviews

• A must-have for people delving into core Lucene
• Perfect Balance
• 2nd edition awesome!
• Useful but the details are out of date
• Good, but soon to be obsolete