We’re rounding off our third Pocket Guide collection with two wonderful new titles today: Design Evolution by Josh Long, and the second installment from The Standardistas: The Craft of Words - Part Two: Microcopy. You can get both titles right now from our store for £2 each, or as part of Collection Three for just £6 (you’ll also get Val and Geri’s great titles from last month this way).

If you’ve already ordered Collection Three, you should have received an email containing the link to your downloads. Go check those inboxes!

Here’s a bit more information about today’s new titles:

Design Evolution by Josh Long

Business can be a dirty word in our industry, but some knowledge of it is essential to succeed. Many good designers and developers fail, not because their ideas are bad, but because they don’t know what to do after launching their product.

A good product alone doesn’t equal success. The story of what we build still needs to be told, the customers we have need to be cared for, and the products that we create need to evolve.

In this book, Josh Long will show you how to take your product, and grow and sustain a viable business around it.

The Craft of Words - Part Two: Microcopy by The Standardistas

Look closely and you’ll discover that almost every interaction you make, through a website or application, involves words. Words can help, words can hinder. They can ease a user on their journey or they can get in the way, causing frustration. Given their power, it’s no surprise to discover that companies like 37signals and MailChimp, to name but two, position words at the heart of their design process.

In this, the second part of The Craft of Words, The Standardistas explore the craft of words at a micro level, considering how microcopy can satisfy functional requirements by aiding and improving design interactions, enhancing interfaces for both function and delight, and helping users get things done.

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As we mentioned in our last blog post, we’re taking a well-earned break from production over the summer to catch our breath and plan for the upcoming year. We’ll be back in the autumn with new Pocket Guide titles and a host of new authors.