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Limited edition bundles - get them before they go!

Posted on October 01, '13 by Jo Brewer.

Things may have been quiet on our blog for the past couple of months, but behind the scenes we’ve been squirrelled away in the studio, planning lots of new things for the end of this year and beyond. And boy, have we got some good stuff lined up! ...

Complete Collection Three today

Posted on June 25, '13 by Jo Brewer.

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 rig...

New June titles and a Pocket Guide update

Posted on June 12, '13 by Jo Brewer.

We’re already halfway through the year, and what a year it’s been. Since the launch of our Pocket Guide ebook series in January, we’ve launched a whopping ten titles, including Geri’s and Val’s great titles last month...

Pocket Guides: Collection 3 available today!

Posted on May 21, '13 by Mark Boulton.

Today we’re releasing two new titles for our new Pocket Guide Collection Three: CSS Animations by Val Head; and Colour Accessibility by Geri Coady. In Colour Accessibility, Geri shows us how to create designs based on colour palettes that ar...

Pocket Guide May releases

Posted on May 14, '13 by Jo Brewer.

It’s nearly Pocket Guide launch time again, and this time we’ve got two exciting new titles to kick off Collection Three. From next Tuesday, 21 May, you’ll be able to get your hands on CSS Animations by Val Head and Colour Access...

Ways to read a Five Simple Steps ebook

Posted on May 01, '13 by Emma Boulton.

We’ve now launched two collections of our new ebook format, the Pocket Guide series, since the beginning of the year. These short, focused books are proving really popular with our customers. We keep hearing what good value they are – ...

Research and Typography - a beautiful pairing

Posted on April 23, '13 by Emma Boulton.

When we set about creating our Pocket Guide series in the middle of last year, we started off with a wish list of potential authors. Two brilliant designers immediately sprang to mind. I'm delighted both Tim Brown and Andrew Travers took up the ch...

Pocket Guide Series: Collection Three. Coming soon!

Posted on April 09, '13 by Jo Brewer.

Here's something to get excited about - today we've confirmed the next four Pocket Guide titles to be released as part of collection three. We've got a mix of great new authors on board, as well as the return of The Standardistas with the final in...

Easter sale on now - get 20% off The Icon Handbook

Posted on March 25, '13 by Jo Brewer.

We love The Icon Handbook, and with good reason. Not content with being full to the brim with useful information on icons, their history, and how to create them, Jon’s book is also illustrated beautifully, making it a pleasure to read from ...

New Pocket Guide titles for March

Posted on March 19, '13 by Jo Brewer.

Today we've launched two more brand new Pocket Guide titles to add to our rapidly-expanding ebook series: HTML Email by Andy Croll and Usability of Web Photos by James Chudley. Both titles come in PDF, epub and mobi format as standard and are avai...