I have just been reading about Silverlight 3 and would like to start getting into Silverlight. Can someone recommend a good silverlight book (version 2 would be fine). I found this but the answers and one ups were quite sparse, perhaps there is a better answer now it has been around longer.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/60822/can-anyone-recommend-a-silverlight-2-book
I think I am a learn by doing person, so a tutorial book would probably be best for me.
I'm a fan of the apress books because they're clean, easy to read, contain plentiful examples, and are sometimes humorous.
I've read and learned a ton from Pro ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008 and Pro LINQ in C# 2008 when I was getting started with .NET, so I'm going to recommend the following:
Corey Schuman has a good list with some reviews here:http://www.85turns.com/2009/03/05/the-state-of-silverlight-2-books/
Of course Manning books have been known for their clarity and simplicity. I recommend: Silverlight 2 in Action by Chad Campbell and John Stockton. It is worth its price.
Here is a daily updated list of .NET related web development books (including Silverlight):
Also there is an RSS feed.
I would highly recommend Laurence Moroney's Introducing Microsoft Silverlight 2.0, 2nd Edition. It's one of the few books that I've read cover to cover. He's also recently published a free Silverligt 3.0 preview of his next book.
I really recommend Silverlight 2 Unleashed, it's a beautiful full-color book full of examples, it covers all the important topics related to Silverlight.
There are many books on Silverlight and related .NET technologies at the special Silverlight Books website