In a Nutshell is a 19-book series with 19 released primary works first released in 1989 with contributions by Jerry Peek, Grace Todino-Gonguet, John Strang, Daniel Gilly, Inc. O'Reilly Media, Robert Eckstein, Ellen Siever, Aaron Weber, Stephen Figgins, Robert Love, Arnold Robbins, Donnie O'Quinn, Matt LeClair, David Flanagan, Kevin E. Kline, Robert Bruce Thompson, Barbara Fritchman Thompson, Illiad, Mitch Tulloch, Elliotte Rusty Harold, W. Scott Means, Steven Pritchard, Bruno Gomes Pessanha, Nicolai Langfeldt, James Stanger, Jeff Dean, Greg Kroah-Hartman, Joseph Adler, Adam Haeder, and Stephen Addison Schneiter.