Skype Me, a new book published by Syngress, will be out in time to make a nice Christmas gift for anyone on your “talk to me” list.

You can download a free 76 page preview copy (pdf). This review copy contains the cover, foreword, TOC, and chapter 3, Getting Started Using Skype along with 13, Skype Firewall and Network Setup.

The fact that lead author Michael Gough was backed by five experienced contributing authors make this book very special.

The book covers Windows, Pocket PC, Macintosh and Linux. What I liked best was Chapter 1, Setting up Skype in the workplace. Order on Amazon.

Watch this space for his follow-up book "Making Video Calls."