The main focus of New York Times tech columnist J.D. Biersdorfer’s latest iPad 2: The Missing Manual 3rd Edition is on acquiring and consuming content—iTunes, iBooks, apps from The App Store, games, social networking, organizing and viewing photos, downloading and watching videos and movies and such. If those are the sorts of activities that reflect your primary focus as an iPad user, you’ll probably like this book, and find it book a valuable reference and resource.

A few months back, I received a review copy of David Pogue’s Digital Photography: The Missing Manual, but it sat on my bookshelf behind a slew of other reviews I’ve allowed to pile up. But now that summer’s here and my camera’s out more often, I decided to check this out to see what tips David had for me this time. Ends up, I should’ve looked at this book sooner, because it may be the most practical Pogue book I’ve ever read.