I borrowed this book from a friend (thank goodness I didn't purchase it) and found it to be by far the worst Linux book I have read (of the 10-15 such books I've read over the past 18 months).
The editing is horrendous. The book would benefit greatly by someone going through and just proofreading it. It's as if no one read through it before publication. Maybe they were in a hurry? Also, the organization of the book is bad, there's like 5 sections on FTP, 5 sections on Samba, etc, as opposed to one big FTP section, one big Samba section, etc. Therefore most of the info is repeated over and over again and isn't extremely helpful.
The formatting (ie, screen output vs. what the user types in vs. narrative) is very inconsistant and would definatley be confusing to a new user.
The 1st Sair/GNU Linux Cert book [Installation & Configuration] was great and helpful, especially for newbies, but save your time and money on this one. All of its info is available for free on the Internet.