Reddit mentions of Using Drupal, 2nd Edition

Welcome aboard! Looks like you've got some reading to do.

• Using Drupal a guide to quickly start you on getting ramped up with general usage and site administration tasks.
  
• Pro Drupal 7 Development is an excellent resource for beginning developers with some PHP knowledge trying to get a handle on how to write Drupal modules.
  
• The Definitive Guide to Drupal 7 when you're ready, this book will fill in a lot of the gaps left by Pro Drupal 7 Development.
  
• If you're also going to be handling front end development (styling the site and the like) you will want to get your hands on some reference material on Drupal site theming. I don't have a specific recommendation here so I'm hoping a themer will chime in.
  
  
  You might also consider installing Drush in your site hosting and development environments. It provides commandline tools to automate common tasks and is a great thing to have in your toolbox.
  
  One thing I would stress is to not be in a hurry to write code when just getting started. If you're new to Drupal you may be surprised with how much you can accomplish without writing any code, especially if you use the right combination of contributed modules for the task at hand.

No probs. I would also like to add that if your boss wants you to take on a Drupal site, then he should provide you with the resources you need to achieve this. I'm sure he'd be able to provide you with a $30 book. If he or she can't do this, I would think carefully about how you're going to meet their demands. Drupal has a notoriously difficult learning curve, and your boss should be aware of this! Good luck.

Using Drupal maybe?

If you have a lynda.com account, they have some Drupal tutorials (haven't used those in particular but they generally do good work)

My recommendation would be http://smile.amazon.com/Using-Drupal-2nd-Angela-Byron/dp/1449390528/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1426873439&sr=8-1&keywords=using+drupal

That and working with your developers to have proper documentation for how the site is implemented, and how the end-user should be working with it. Every drupal site is different, just like every wordpress site is different.

this is book I am waiting for:

http://www.amazon.com/Using-Drupal-Angela-Byron/dp/1449390528/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1332872342&sr=1-6

Not out yet, but if you go to the o'reilly website, you can order an advanced copy from them though.

Besides that, the only books I have read was when I was just starting out and I quickly outgrew them. I wouldn't recommend either I have.

Go here for more book info: http://drupal.org/books. And since you want to build modules, take a look at api.drupal.org.