I thought I was usually prety good at working through software and figuring out how it should work without resorting to books and manuals. However, my first brief looks at Elements 10 made me think that I could well be missing things with this approach, hence invested the time and money in this book. I have to say, so far this has been well worth the money, showing me lots of features, tips and techniques that I know I would never have found if i'd carried on working through the package unaided.
Are there better instruction books out there for Photoshop Elements 10? I've no idea but I do know this has helped me a lot and would recommend it to anyone else trying to get the best out of Photoshop.