Photoshop Elements 6: The Missing Manual

I have read the first six chapters of this book and have found it very difficult to follow. The pictures are unreadable and of little use. This book is not for beginners. It might serve as a reference for a Photoshop Elements expert user but definitely not for a new user.

It's been about a week since I wrote the above paragraph. Since that time I received a copy of "Photoshop Elements for Dummies" and have gone through it from cover to cover. The "Dummies" book gave me the basics I needed and now "The missing Manual" is working. I will use this for a reference. It seems to go deeper into any given subject.
I cannot seem to change my original rating from one star to three.

Every one who uses Adobe Photoshop Elements should have this book. It is well written and covers Elements exhaustively and understandably.

An easy to understand helpful book. Much easier than trying to follow the help screens in the program. Worth the money

This book has a lot of information, however it is not easy to use. To deal with a specific topic or issue, you end up jumping to different areas of the book. It is better than nothing, but not user friendly, especially for someone new to Photoshop.

This book is well worth the price. In fact, the brief mention of getting the camera RAW converter plug-in from Adobe and instructions on how to use it was worth the price of the book.

Not only that, but the author provides her email address in the front of the book, and will actually answer any questions you have concerning anything you don't understand. I find this fact amazing. I cannot imagine where she gets the time to do this.

Since I have several years experience with an ancient Photoshop 6, this may have helped me when referring to the book, but it also gives me preconceived notions of how to do things that are not necessarily correct in relation to Elements 6, so I find the book very useful.