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The Upcoming Smashing Book
Our biggest and most important project of the year, the Smashing Book, has come in swinging. Eleven extensive articles have been written, as decided by our readers. They are at various stages of completion. Creating a book ultimately requires more effort and dedication than online articles because, in the end, nothing can be changed, and readers have to pay for a physical product.
We have tried to keep errors to a minimum; several correction cycles were required: hard times for our proofreader Andrew Lobo. The writing was done (in alphabetical order) by Adelle Charles, Alessandro Cattaneo, Andrew Maier, Chris Spooner, Darius A. Monsef (Colourlovers), David Leggett, Dmitry Fadeyev, Jacob Gube, Jon Tangerine (partial editing), Rene Schmidt, Steven Snell, Sven Lennartz and Vitaly Friedman.
The book will have 313 pages and 11 chapters, printed completely in color.
Also completed are almost a dozen color illustrations created by the Russian designers from the SoftFacade Icon Design Agency, one for each chapter, and the book cover by Brian Nelson that many of us have seen, also chosen by our readers. The back cover of the book will have a little surprise.
The book cover, designed by Brian Nelson. Larger version.
What Is The Date Of Publication?
The book will be published in September this year. Whether at the beginning or end of the month, we cannot yet say. There will be an advance sale lasting several weeks, when everyone will have an opportunity to buy the book at a discounted price. Also, we have some ideas on how to deal with the shipping, so that no one is at too big a disadvantage.
One of the illustrations from the Smashing Book. The book will be printed completely in color.
Any Free Copies?
Of course, we will send some free copies to friends, colleagues and well-known publications, as any author or publisher would. We hope the appearance of the book will be talked about and written about on blogs widely.
To this end, we have reserved another 100 copies for review purposes. These are for magazines, blogs and other editorial publications in our industry. All publications, both small and new or old and large, are eligible to receive a free copy for review. But copies are limited. Simply head over to our email form, select “Book Review Copy” as your subject (this is important), type in your name, your postal address and the title and the URL of your blog / magazine / publication (this is important, too) – and that’s it!
Unfortunately, we have received way too many requests already – no requests are accepted any longer.
And we hope you’re looking forward to the Smashing Book’s release as much as we are!
The team here at Smashing Magazine. Mostly Sven & Vitaly.
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- 2June 22nd, 2009 7:54 am
very nice!
- 3June 22nd, 2009 7:57 am
Will u publish it as pdf?
- 4June 22nd, 2009 7:58 am
The Smashing Magazine logo really needs a redesign.
- 5June 22nd, 2009 7:59 am
Can’t wait to see it, about how much do we think the book will cost?
- 6June 22nd, 2009 7:59 am
I can’t wait the release! we’re all looking forward to purchase this book.
- 7June 22nd, 2009 8:02 am
Can’t wait to see what’s in store… ;-)
- 8June 22nd, 2009 8:05 am
Hmmm… when We can buy it? :P (btw. and where :P bicouse i’m from Poland :P ), soon as it takes to write and engineering work will certainly be useful for this book :)
- 9June 22nd, 2009 8:06 am
W00p, looking forward to it
- 10June 22nd, 2009 8:11 am
The book will be published in September this year. Whether at the beginning or end of the month, we cannot yet say. There will be an advance sale lasting several weeks, when everyone will have an opportunity to buy the book at a discounted price. Also, we have some ideas on how to deal with the shipping, so that no one is at too big a disadvantage.
- 11June 22nd, 2009 8:12 am
How I wish I was a reviewer! I would SO ask for a free copy!
- 12June 22nd, 2009 8:13 am
Exciting!
- 13June 22nd, 2009 8:17 am
Great, can’t wait.
- 14June 22nd, 2009 8:21 am
Looking forward!!!!!
Gids
- 15June 22nd, 2009 8:22 am
I’m excited about the book. You’re website always been a good source for inspiration. Greetings from Holland.
- 16June 22nd, 2009 8:23 am
I can hardly wait… lol
- 17June 22nd, 2009 8:27 am
Looking forward to this book!
- 18June 22nd, 2009 8:38 am
Really looking forward to this one!
- 19June 22nd, 2009 8:38 am
:) I have birthday on September so I’ll make a great gift for myself :)))
- 20June 22nd, 2009 8:45 am
Great, I’m looking forward to this!
- 21June 22nd, 2009 8:50 am
I hope it’ll be also available in the Netherlands. Maybe via amazon
- 22June 22nd, 2009 8:52 am
Glad to see you went with that cover design, it was by far the best option. Great work, I’m looking forward to purchasing a copy!
- 23June 22nd, 2009 8:55 am
The book will be available worldwide.
- 24June 22nd, 2009 9:18 am
nice :)
- 25June 22nd, 2009 9:24 am
11 chapters…. On what? I really enjoy this website and you cover many things.. what’s in the book?
- 26June 22nd, 2009 9:24 am
I am really looking forward to the book. Price how ever maybe, I am buying it day one for sure.
Can’t wait to flip through the pages! - 27June 22nd, 2009 9:30 am
plz plz……..
provid us PDF - 28June 22nd, 2009 9:30 am
world wide…!
even in nepal….? - 29June 22nd, 2009 9:30 am
Great News…but what about pre-ordering the book? Are we going to get the book from you directly or from major resellers like Amazon? I want to reserve my copy so I get it right away…I am planning on using it for a class I am teaching in the Spring time if it meets my needs!
- 30June 22nd, 2009 9:40 am
plz plz……..
provid us PDF, too!!! - 31June 22nd, 2009 9:52 am
Good Job
- 32June 22nd, 2009 9:53 am
@Mary Malinconico (#29): there will be an advance sale lasting several weeks, when everyone will have an opportunity to buy the book at a discounted price. Please stay tuned.
- 33June 22nd, 2009 9:55 am
Hey, I’d like to review the book, but my blog isn’t in English, It’s in Slovak. Is it problem or not?
- 34June 22nd, 2009 10:12 am
I can’t wait to get my hands on it to dig for the treasures within. :D
- 35June 22nd, 2009 10:18 am
Great resource!
- 36June 22nd, 2009 10:21 am
Have you decided what the price tag will be?
- 37June 22nd, 2009 10:27 am
Interesting. I will definitely get a copy to support SM. :)
- 38June 22nd, 2009 11:05 am
Wow!! It’s sound interesting!!
- 39June 22nd, 2009 11:17 am
I will get this book for sure, but I’m hoping for a .pdf for about the same price.
Nice cover! - 40June 22nd, 2009 11:19 am
can’t wait!
- 41June 22nd, 2009 11:33 am
Very cool. I can’t wait!
- 42June 22nd, 2009 11:52 am
PDF, SMOEMOEF. A book like this should be read on paper. Can’t wait to order the book!
Cheers from Sweden.
- 43June 22nd, 2009 12:01 pm
Why so much need for a pdf version..? An actual book is a lovely tactile thing.
- 44June 22nd, 2009 12:27 pm
A digital version (PDF, Kindle, iPhone) to go with the analogue would actually be awesome. Much easier to incorporate in presentations/brainstorms/etc, just hook up a laptop to a projector. Easier than passing around a book amongst 5-20 persons.
- 45June 22nd, 2009 12:37 pm
What is this going to contain exactly?
Lists of pretty websites?
Lists of tutorials?
Lists of best practices?
Basically lists of content that is not really yours. It works in a blog medium but I am interested how badly it will fail as a book.
- 46June 22nd, 2009 12:42 pm
Wow, o.O I can’t wait!!
- 47June 22nd, 2009 1:22 pm
Super excited for this to come out. It will be nice to have a book to reference to certain things, write in, highlight or just flip through. Its nice to come to smashingmagazine.com all the time but this will be handy!
- 48June 22nd, 2009 1:52 pm
Glad you guys went with this design.
- 49June 22nd, 2009 2:10 pm
Will it be available on amazon?
- 50June 22nd, 2009 3:31 pm
Will it be Top seller @ amazon?
- 51June 22nd, 2009 4:10 pm
can’t wait :)
- 52June 22nd, 2009 6:30 pm
will this book avaiable in book store in indonesia, so I can buy it offline…??
- 53June 22nd, 2009 6:42 pm
waiting smashing magazine book :)
- 54June 22nd, 2009 7:00 pm
as mentioned above, will there be a pdf version?
- 55June 22nd, 2009 7:26 pm
Would love to have one! Great job Smashing Magazine!
- 56June 22nd, 2009 7:28 pm
Will it be available as pdf ?
- 57June 22nd, 2009 7:29 pm
fantastic cover design
will this book avaiable in book store in India?
- 58June 22nd, 2009 8:25 pm
Yes, waiting for this book since long…
I hope it will be available in India. - 59June 22nd, 2009 8:42 pm
i cann’t w8. plz release it as soon as possible… something is missing here :-P
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- 61June 22nd, 2009 9:55 pm
I am in INDIA. where i can find it available to get physical copy?
- 62June 22nd, 2009 10:04 pm
We are waiting this book in Russia too!
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- 64June 22nd, 2009 10:29 pm
Great,
will there be any e-copy of this book? - 65June 22nd, 2009 10:33 pm
Can’t wait! Got a sneakpeak of some pages?
- 66June 22nd, 2009 10:36 pm
The cover design sucks!
- 67June 22nd, 2009 10:47 pm
just a reminder for Ravi: K.I.S.S. rule!
- 68June 22nd, 2009 11:33 pm
when can we see TOC published on web ?
- 69June 23rd, 2009 12:27 am
Lucy said:
The Smashing Magazine logo really needs a redesign.
–
Indeed, especially that old ugly arrow-’G’. - 70June 23rd, 2009 12:52 am
cant wait, the cover looks great…Will there be a downloadable PDF version to buy?
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- 72June 23rd, 2009 1:16 am
i really appreciate this book, can’t wait! :)
- 73June 23rd, 2009 1:27 am
Well, great news!
What’s inside this book? What are these eleven chapters about?…looking forward!
- 74June 23rd, 2009 2:44 am
1. How about an offical table of contents: a list of the 11 chapters and their respective authors?
2. Will the book be released only in English?
3. Who designed the layout and contents? - 75June 23rd, 2009 3:24 am
great… :)
- 76June 23rd, 2009 3:53 am
A must have! In December is my birthday which means I’ll have money then. I think it will be very interesting. I’m sure it’ll be bought very much! Btw is this the only book you will release or are there more to come?
- 77June 23rd, 2009 4:11 am
Looking forward to it! Great job.
- 78June 23rd, 2009 4:21 am
Send free copies to Argentina Please!! (and also books for pay =P )
- 79June 23rd, 2009 4:43 am
Hi!
I’m a Brazillian webdesigner…
when we can buy it?
oh god! - 80June 23rd, 2009 5:04 am
That is just great !!! Where can we buy it ?
- 81June 23rd, 2009 5:05 am
Her damit! :-)
- 82June 23rd, 2009 5:31 am
The book is now being prepared, it is not published yet. Please stay tuned. More details will be revealed soon.
- 83June 23rd, 2009 10:58 am
I would like nothing more than to support this Smashing website — and all of the useful articles you’ve done over the years — by buying this book. I’m really looking forward to it! Way to go, dudes and dudettes!
- 84June 23rd, 2009 11:40 am
Please translate in French….
- 85June 23rd, 2009 12:53 pm
Very Cool. i love it.
- 86June 23rd, 2009 8:00 pm
is ebook available?
- 87June 23rd, 2009 10:55 pm
Wow, can’t wait to grab my hands on that ! :)
Will there be any e-book version for that ?
- 88June 24th, 2009 1:10 am
Great news!!
Are we having a preview of what is inside? something like a small copy or several pages…Regards!!
- 89June 24th, 2009 5:28 am
Can’t wait! :P
- 90June 24th, 2009 6:17 am
CAN’T WAIT!!!!
Please tranlate in Portuguese - 91June 24th, 2009 9:11 am
I will buy this one, all the money is deserved. Great job guys, once again.
Xavi
- 92June 24th, 2009 9:12 am
BTW, if you can i ask the same thing that the guy above me. Translate to portuguese!
Xavi
- 93June 24th, 2009 9:15 am
Can’t wait for the book! It’s going to be #1 on my wish list for Christmas.
- 94June 24th, 2009 7:59 pm
WoW I cant wait for it !!!! nice SM good for all the staff ;)
- 95June 24th, 2009 8:10 pm
Great job…… You guys Rock as ever……
- 96June 25th, 2009 4:04 am
If the book’s a good as the website, it’s sure to be awesome!
- 97June 25th, 2009 6:43 am
Waiting for!!!!
- 98June 25th, 2009 11:24 pm
How can I ship it to Russia? Or maybe this book sale on Russia?
- 99June 29th, 2009 3:05 am
Can’t wait ….
- 100June 29th, 2009 3:05 am
Cant wait..
- 101June 30th, 2009 8:08 am
Just Wow. I can’t wait till September..
- 102August 5th, 2009 1:57 am
I just pre-ordered! Can’t wait to have it!
- 103September 30th, 2009 12:15 am
Guys, it’s almost october, when will we get the books??? Can’t wait any longer!! :)
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- @HrvojeKC yes, that's an interesting idea. Maybe when the waiting is over, we'll write a detailed post about it.
Wow, good job!