After weeks of voting, 6 books have emerged as finalists for the Packt Author of the Year award. We will now send these books to our judges for their expert assessment.

The finalist titles are presented below in alphabetical order. Well done to all of these authors for writing books that won the popular vote. The author(s) of the winning book will receive the trophy and the $1000 cash prize.

Find out more about the award at the Packt Author Web Site.

Alfresco Developer Guide -- Jeff Potts

Drupal Multimedia -- Aaron Winborn

Learning Drupal 6 Module Development -- Matt Butcher

Learning Ext JS -- jointly Shea Fredrick, Colin Ramsay and Steve "Cutter" Blades

Object-Oriented JavaScript -- Stoyan Stefanov

Service Oriented Architecture with Java -- jointly Vincenzo Caselli, Binildas A. Christudas, Malhar Barai

As the next stage begins, may the best author win!