Praise for the First Edition
This is definitely the book to have if you’re planning on using Lucene in your application, or are interested in what Lucene can do for you.
JavaLobby
Search powers the information age. This book is a gateway to this invaluable resource...It succeeds admirably in elucidating the application programming interface (API), with many code examples and cogent explanations, opening the door to a fine tool.
Computing Reviews
A must-read for anyone who wants to learn about Lucene or is even considering embedding search into their applications or just wants to learn about information retrieval in general. Highly recommended!
TheServerSide.com
Well thought-out...thoroughly edited...stands out clearly from the crowd....I enjoyed reading this book. If you have any text-searching needs, this book will be more than sufficient equipment to guide you to successful completion. Even, if you are just looking to download a pre-written search engine, then this book will provide a good background to the nature of information retrieval in general and text indexing and searching specifically.
Slashdot.org
The book is more like a crystal ball than ink on pape--I run into solutions to my most pressing problems as I read through it.
Arman Anwar, Arman@Web
Provides a detailed blueprint for using and customizing Lucene...a thorough introduction to the inner workings of what’s arguably the most popular open source search engine...loaded with code examples and emphasizes a hands-on approach to learning.
SearchEngineWatch.com
Hatcher and Gospodnetić bring their experience as two of Lucene’s core committers to author this excellently written book. This book helps any developer not familiar with Lucene or development of a search engine to get up to speed within minutes on the project and domain....I would recommend this book to anyone who is new to Lucene, anyone who needs powerful indexing and searching capabilities in their application, or anyone who needs a great reference for Lucene.
Fort Worth Java Users Group