I've officially started down the long road of writing a 2nd edition of Concurrent Programming on Windows, and would like your help.

There are many great new features in Windows 7 and the next versions of .NET, Visual C++ / CRT, and Visual Studio.  The book will of course cover them all.

But I am also looking to reshape the 1st edition in many dimensions.  I'd like to focus on readability, conciseness, and clearly separating the "must know" topics from the more geeky and advanced ones.  This is a common conundrum when writing a technical book.  The advanced topics are more likely to appeal to readers of my blog, for instance, but may be daunting for newcomers to concurrency.  Tradeoffs abound.  Nevertheless the 2nd edition is likely to be slimmed down compared to the 1st.

Any and all feedback, suggestions, and ideas are welcome.  What did you like about the 1st edition, and what did you not like?  If you could change a handful of things, what would make the top of your list?  And was it missing something crucial that you would like to see covered?  Please send your feedback to joe AT@ acm DOT org, or simply leave comments here on the blog.  Regardless of whether you've read the 1st edition or not.

I sincerely look forward to hearing from you.  Cheers.