# Buying Flash mx book- help Please? **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [July 15, 2004, 5:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buying-flash-mx-book-help-please/57728 "2004-07-15T17:39:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Circles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@Circles](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Circles)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2004, 5:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buying-flash-mx-book-help-please/57728/1 "2004-07-15T17:39:36Z")
I am planning to buy myself a flash mx book to use as a reference. Can anyone suggest a good book for me…so I don’t buy one that is garbage ahaha \*I don’t know much about actionscript, only basics \*I want to learn about adding music, text , video etc. from external sources \*or anything else that you guys may think is necessary to learn thanks for your help 🍺 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2004, 8:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buying-flash-mx-book-help-please/57728/2 "2004-07-15T20:39:52Z")
i recently taught myself flash as well, tho i did have a macromedia director background, but here are some great books: Katherine Ulrich - Flash MX, visual quick start guide (try amazon used) Phillip Kerman - Sams teach yourself flash in 24 hours PS Woods- Flash MX developers guide but the best resource i found is the tutorials on this site. If i were to buy one book it would be the Katherine Ulrich book, then just use this site for everything else. Seriously, the tutorials on this site are excellent. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2004, 8:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buying-flash-mx-book-help-please/57728/3 "2004-07-15T20:40:26Z")
> I am planning to buy myself a flash mx book to use as a reference. Can anyone suggest a good book for me…so I don’t buy one that is garbage ahaha \*I don’t know much about actionscript, only basics \*I want to learn about adding music, text , video etc. from external sources \*or anything else that you guys may think is necessary to learn Probably “Flash MX Bible” (good book for foundation). “Flash MX ActionScript Bible” great actionscript book. Thank’s just my opinion :sigh: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2004, 8:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buying-flash-mx-book-help-please/57728/4 "2004-07-15T20:40:56Z")
- the developers guide is best for action script and advanced stuff… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2004, 8:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buying-flash-mx-book-help-please/57728/5 "2004-07-15T20:41:29Z")
mine are cheaper… hahaha! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2004, 11:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buying-flash-mx-book-help-please/57728/6 "2004-07-15T23:08:26Z")
Here’s mine: 1. Macromedia Flash MX Advanced - Visual Quickpro Guide - by Russell Chun. Although it’s entitled Advanced, if you want to go straight to the Actionscripts and direct to “test drive” then I recommend you this book. 2. Phillip Kerman - Actionscripting in Flash. He will teach you gently from basic to advance of terminology and jargon of any Actionscripting, and in each section you will get a “workshop”. I take it that you are a beginner in Actionscripting, so that’s my recommendation. If you want more, read Senocular tutorial in this site. I printed them out and read it. Cheers ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2004, 5:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buying-flash-mx-book-help-please/57728/7 "2004-07-16T05:35:10Z")
great thanks guys…I look into those books I do go through many tutorials on the site…they are great and easy to learn ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2004, 5:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buying-flash-mx-book-help-please/57728/8 "2004-07-16T05:43:34Z")
Circles, next time search please. 1. Colin Moock - Actionscript - The Definitive Guide Edition 2 2. Macromedia - Advanced Actionscripting from the Source 3. Joshua Davis - Flash to the Core