Ok so our local Borders has only one book on Python: "Programming Python" by Mark Lutz (Pub: O'Reilly) A great book that is dated 1996. The shelves are full of books on Java and there are quite a few Perl books.
FYI: I know of at least 5 other Python-related book projects in various stages of development. One of those should be hitting those same shelves in April sometime (http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lpython/). It even mentions Zope in a couple of places. [Disclosure: I'm a coauthor of said book]
What is the BIG PICTURE here? Is Python so good that lot of programming tomes are unnecessary?
Python is certainly easier to learn than some other languages.
Why is there so little press on Python and so much for the less Elegant and slower Java?
Mostly, because Java is backed by a multibillion dollar company with lots of $$'s for public relations. --david ObZope: I'm having a hard time with the 'access' file -- it looks as if my Zope installation (w/ ZServer) only accesses the first entry in the file. What am I missing?