This is a great resource for any photographer, amateur or professional, who is serious about properly managing a large digital collection. It extensively covers the most important aspects of a digital photography workflow, from getting the pictures into a computer in an orderly fashion, to managing files, handling metadata, backups, data migration and recovery. Readers that might not feel the need to implement all of the DAM protocols outlined in this book will nevertheless profit from the insights on backup, disk arrays, duplicates management and metadata.
My review is based on the second edition of this book (May 2009), which has obviously been updated to cover more recent software, and therefore solve most of the issues that have been pointed out in older reviews. Specifically, references to iView have been updated with MS Expression Engine and there is broad coverage of Lightroom-based workflows. ( )

Very informative and useful book on the management of the photo collection ( )

Simply the best book around for digital asset management. As others have said, some software examples are a little dated, but Peter has written the book to be software independent. He uses Iview as an example, but you can apply the principles to any comparable software. Don't read it for detailed techniques about what keys to press or buttons to push; read it to re-examine your own workflow and methods regarding DAM. It was quite a paradigm shift for me, and I've become considerably more efficient managing my 200,000+ images. ( )

One of the few books about managing large collections of digital images. Essential steps in the workflow are outlined: image database design, hardware requirements, storage and keywording strategies, and choice of software.

Unfortunately, sections (of this otherwise useful book) are badly in need of revision: coverage of Abobe Bridge and dedicated DAM software is especially outdated. ( )

Great book on digital asset management. Really helped me get organized. Unfortunately it is now a bit dated since Peter used iView Pro (which was awesome) and this software has been replaced by MS Expressions. I would like to see another edition with Lightroom specific DAM examples. Still the information that is not software specific was excellent. ( )