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Barnes and Noble is running a 50% off sale on The Designer's Web Handbook. At $17.50 it is a steal. This is most likely the lowest price you will ever find, so if you're interested in picking up a copy, this is probably the time to do so. I should also point out that this is a limited time one day sale, so hurry and get your copy before they are gone! 

Tomorrow I am hosting a FREE webinar to celebrate the launch of my new book, The Designer’s Web Handbook. It will be held on Tuesday, May 15, from 2 to 3 p.m. Eastern (11 a.m. to noon Pacific time).

This new book is a guide to working with and designing for the web. My hope is that it will demystify web design software and technologies to help designers embrace interactive design. In this free webinar, you’ll get a preview of what the book has to offer and learn the top five things every designer should know about web design. You’ll also have the chance to win a copy of the book!

Note: Seating for all live DesignCasts is limited to 1,000 people, and registration does not guarantee you’ll get in, so be sure to sign in early the day of the event. (If you cannot attend live, you will be sent a recording of the event within a few days.)

Save your seat for the Virtual Book Signing now!

I am excited to say that my newest book, The Designer's Web Handbook, is now shipping from most of the Amazon sites. Be sure to order your copy and let me know what you think!

I am still assembling the bonus resources that will posted here on the books site. Sign up for the email list, or check back to see when I have it up. I am working hard to make the supplement as current as possible!

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Want to know what one of the most exciting days in the life of a book is? The day you get your first copy in the mail. Well today was just such a day. FedEx arrived with two advanced copies of my new book. It is so exciting to finally flip through an actual copy after so many months of work...and a long wait while those darn printers crank out the actual book. 

Want to get your hands on a copy? They should start shipping in mid May and you can pre-order yours on Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk.

It is amazing to see my books being translated into various languages. The latest version to be released is in Czech. 

This version is pretty much the exact same book, just translated into a new language. Here it is stacked with the English version for comparison.

I have yet to be able to find some place to purchase it though. If you speak Czech and can point me to an online source please drop me a message. 

The third book in the Web Designer's Idea Book series is in production now and is set for release in early 2013 (around February). I am currently writing the book and my call for entries is open, so head over and submit your sites! 

This third volume will feature a technology section highlighting many of the new developments and techniques that have come to influence design. All with the motivation of inspiring designers of course. 

This book can only be as good as the sites designers send in, so please take a moment, register an account and send in your work! 700+ sites will make the cut, and it could be you!

As always, I am looking forward to digging into the entries and seeing the work everyone has been producing. 

The Designer's Web Handbook is making serious progress and I am excited to say that you can  pre-order your copy today, and be sure to use the coupon code "freeshipping". 

I am really excited about this book and the audience it speaks to. I have worked for some time with designer's approaching the web from a wide range of backgrounds. It is this perspective that I write from. 

The only limitation is I am only going to ship inside the United States. International shipping is to expensive to make it worth it for anyone. 

Be sure to use the coupon code "freeshipping" to save a few bucks. But hurry, the coupon code won't last forever!

And keep in mind that this is a pre-order. All orders will ship immediately after I receive inventory in late May to early June 2012. 

If the success of the my idea books wasn’t so surprising as it is, this truly blows my mind. The first book (volume 1) has been translated into two forms of Chinese. And while I don’t speak the language it is obviously exciting to see. Recently I received a few sample copies of the book so I thought I would share a quick photo here.

I also have word that the book is in the process of being translated into three additional languages. I will obviously keep you posted as I get the word on their release!

Since I don't speak the lanugage I ahve a hard time finding links. However, you can order one of the two variations here on Amazon.ca.

I just wanted to let everyone know that I have finalized the list of sites that will be in the book and updated their status in the members section. If you log in you will be able to see if you made it or not.

Unfortunately most of the sites that I had flagged as pending were not included in the book. This is simply because the new book is not an idea book like my first two were. Instead it is more of a handbook for designers on how things work online. As such, the needs were rather specific and not nearly as open to a huge amount of sites. In fact the overall image count in the book is half what the other books have.

I really wish I could have included more sites in the book, but it just didn’t make sense. Fortunately, I will start collecting sites very soon for Volume 3 of the idea book series. I want to make this the biggest and badest one yet, so please be prepared to send I all of your amazing work!

And of course a tremendous thank you to everyone that sent in their site. Your work truly brings life to my books and makes them a joy to work on. Thank you for taking the time to send them in, and I look forward to reviewing the next batch of sites.

It is so much fun to see the book come together. One of the most exciting parts is to see what the designer for my book produces for the cover! I love the direction for this new book. It has it's own distinct style, but fits with the other books. So in a  way they make for a set, even though this new book takes a totally different approach.