I think my book is being called C# Express After Hours or something like that, how fitting...
I just checked my email for the first time today at 1:30 am (technically Tuesday I guess) and saw an email subject with a possible name for my book. At least the subject line appears to be what everyone else is calling it, even if I didn't know much about it ;-) What a pleasant surprise I have to say, since the book title suits me perfectly. I tend to program best between the hours of midnight and 6am, so that is definitely after hours for most people. I also think each of the samples tends to reflect the mindset that you would develop these at home, after you've come home from work.
Work after work? Nah, this isn't work, all of the samples are great fun more than work. Games, blogging tools, messaging applications, and the sort. No work here my friend. The name also works well for people that have something other than programming as their day jobs. The book doesn't have to be read by a programmer, and I hope my largest audience is that of the non-programmer. I think just about anyone interested in computers will be able to get a great deal of information from the whiteboard diagrams that I've developed and much of the information provided throughout the chapters is informational and would apply irregardless of whether or not you were programming. For instance, a major application in the book is a download manager. Throughout the chapter I cover the use of the new FTP classes, show you how and why resumed downloads over HTTP 1.1 are cool, and then demonstrate a multi-chunk asynchronous download. Even if you don't program, you'll want to go out and get the application so you can use it at home, or find another download manager on the Internet that suits your needs.
You see, the book is for everyone, and after hours is when you'll want to read it. I suspect some users may find it a great reference material since there are ten different types of applications developed with a full project framework from which to start a much larger application project. Each of those projects fully stands on it's own though and is a fully usable application that you might pay $25 for on the web somewhere. That is why I like the book so much, I'm finally able to provide the level of quality in code, applications, information, and design that I'm actually happy with. There aren't any corners cut, and I'll continue to support the book long after it's release. It's just a great project for me, everyone involved, and hopefully there will be thousands of very pleased readers.