Macromedia has stepped into the publishing fray with a number of new training products. Macromedia – Curriculum includes a Foundations in Web Design year-long curriculum, a Design Concepts and Technical Guide for Digital Design classes, and a Studio MX 2004 Step-By-Step textbook with a hands-on project for each of the tools in Studio MX 2004.
I haven’t seen any of this material yet, so can’t give you any sort of review. The new curriculum will be marketed in addition to the current publications called Training from the Source available from Macromedia press.