I put together a list of my favorite how-to books that directly relate to making movies. Books I’ve actually used, as opposed to books that I heard of, or books I read once and then discarded!
Web link of note: So You Want To Make A Movie
(At http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=ghosthouse01-20&path=tg/guides/guide-display/-/1IM0COPA9MAOI/)