Books Difficult choice

Recently I ran into the problem of choosing a book (in my particular situation - on photoshop). Having come to the bookstore, I stood in front of the shelves of the relevant subject and realized that it was hardly possible to look through all the books from beginning to end. And then I tried to highlight several criteria for selecting good books. I hope they will be useful to someone.

• Very thick books are bad, because they have little content and a lot of so-called. " Water "
  
• Books in which the first three chapters - " Consider the interface " are bad. They will not teach you anything new.
  
• In a good book and examples should be well executed.
• A good book should be well framed, sverstana. The converse indicates the failure of the author.
• In a good book, the content should be slim and logical. Linearity is quite good in such situations.
• You need to try to understand exactly what book you are looking for, what it should be about, how you will use it and where to apply the knowledge and materials received.
  
• Unusual books are often good.
• When evaluating a book, you should use the introduction and content. Last but not least is a quick look at the illustrations.
• It is better to start the inspection of the assortment with fresh books.
• The leader of sales - the concept is extremely deceptive. If people have not bought any books, except for one copy of the Leader, and then by chance, then this book is also a Leader. In general, large human masses are extremely stupid. The more they are, the more stupid. Exponentially.
  

All the above results are good only in a specific case. They need to think out and recycle. I do not impose them on anyone. My opinion is subjective.

Original in my LiveJournal .