Smashing Book 2 Is Coming: Add Your Name To The Book!
Update:(30.01.2011) The Smashing Book 2, with 2.970 names of our readers, is now available in the Smashing Shop.
Update: (30.01.2011) If you are planning to write an article or review of Smashing Book 2, please feel free to use the Smashing Book 2 Media Kit (.zip, 7 Mb). The kit contains images, illustrations and photos that you might find useful for your article. Also, please don’t forget to tweet the link to the review with the hashtag #smbook2, so we can track it and add it to our list of reviews. Your help is sincerely appreciated. Thank you for your time and your efforts, guys!
We’ve got some exciting news: the printed Smashing Book 2 is coming. We will launch pre-orders in January 2011 and will start shipping the book in February 2011. We are just putting the final touches on the brand new book, and we are confident that it will be a valuable, timeless and affordable book for you, our dear readers, and all designers and developers worldwide.
After much difficulty with the first book, we have learned our lessons: Smashing Book 2 will have a much better stitched binding, a hardcover, more pages and a bit larger in size.
Our Readers Deserve Credit
It’s not unusual for authors to dedicate their books to people they care about: loved ones, family or perhaps friends or colleagues. In our case, we would like to dedicate this new book to all of our readers: you. But we don’t want to just do it with a short acknowledgment in the preface. Anyone could do that! We have a slightly better idea.
We would like to print the names of our readers in the book. To do this, we have reserved a double-page on which we will print together all of the names of readers who comment on this article in the shape of the Smashing Magazine logo: ASCII art at its best! If necessary, we will add two more double-pages so that everyone fits.
Leave a Comment and Add Your Name to the Book!
It’s simple: just write a short comment on this post and tell us why you read Smashing Magazine and how we can improve it. You may use your full name or an alias; the length allowed is between 4 and 35 characters. Your name may consist of at most four parts (for example, Patrick Michael Philips or John F. Doe or Alberto de la Cruz). Special characters are allowed. Please note that we will moderate the names, and spammy submissions will not be accepted.
What’s So Different About the New Book?
The Smashing Book 2 will be published in February 2011 and can be pre-ordered at a big discount in January. It will cost $39.90 and will contain 360 pages. It is a real hardbound book (+ free eBook), with sewn binding, a bookmark and four-color printing. Just as we did last time, we will pack it well, too.
Delivery times and shipping are different this time. All orders will be shipped via air mail. The shipping cost will be low and will be the same for every customer, no matter where they are located.
As with our first printed book, The Smashing Book 2 is a collaboration of talented and knowledgeable folks, among them Mike Rundle, Christian Heilmann, Francisco Inchauste, Vivien Anayian, Susan Weinschenk, Alexander Charchar, Matt Ward and others. The book will feature exclusive full-page illustrations for each chapter. Here we’ve got something special for you as well, but more on that next time.
Rules and Guidelines
- How to participate?
Just write a short comment on this post and tell us why you read Smashing Magazine and how we can improve it. - How many names can fit onto the two pages?
Of course, it depends on the length of the names. We expect around 6,000 readers will be able to fit onto the two pages. - How much time do I have to join in?
The deadline is 26th of November 2010, 11:59 PM CET. We do want to make it to the printer on time after all. - Can anyone take part?
Yes, but you’d better hurry: first come, first served. - Are there any restrictions on the names?
The length of the person’s name (both first and last) must be between 4 and 35 characters. It may contain at most three empty characters. Please note that we will moderate the names, and spammy submissions will not be accepted.
Extra Goodie: Exclusive SM Book 2 Poster!
To make participation even more enticing, we are giving away 50 exclusive Smashing Book 2 posters to participants. The winners will be picked randomly from among all users who comment on this post.
We are working very hard to make the Smashing Book 2 an extremely valuable and useful resource for all designers and developers. We hope to meet your expectations with the new book. Please stay tuned for updates. And don’t forget to leave the comment.
Javier Castillo
November 26th, 2010 9:23 amSmashing Magazine is my favorite source for web design related news and inspiration… One thing I would like it the ability to subscribe to a specify category of posts — like, have a separate feed for Graphics, Inspiration, Design, and Code.
Keep up the good work and cheers on the new book!
Stephen Nelson
November 26th, 2010 9:32 amSmashing Magazine is one of the best sites for web design and related news. You help me keep informed. Keep up the good work!
Sam Xu
November 26th, 2010 9:53 amLoved Smashing Book 1, can’t wait for the second one. Keep up the great work!!
Peter Fitzearl
November 26th, 2010 9:55 amWhy do I read Smashing Magazine? Well how else will I keep up with the latest trends in the web design industry from one location? There’s some fantastic inspiration, great freebies and informative tutorials. Keep up the good work!
Gisella Lifchitz
November 26th, 2010 10:41 amYou´re one of the best sources ever on web design!
thanks a lot, I guess you improve yourself every day so right now I would tell you: just keep going!
best regards from Buenos Aires!
Taghreed Al-Haqbani
November 26th, 2010 11:04 amI’ve been a fan for this fabulous magazine for almost 3 years, I consider it the greatest online source for designers & developers all around the world.
Thank you for the hard work, for the valuable content and for keeping us updated with every web trend or freebie.
Gustavo Catalan Saavedra
November 26th, 2010 11:14 am3 years ago, i was a monkey who barely can draw a square in photoshop or do creepy rollovers in dreamweaver. Today, im a really good freelance web designer who lives in a cute appartment, all this paid with my skills. Maybe a big part of this is Smashing magazine’s fault jeje. Keep going SM !, i hope we can buy a lot of smashing books issues in the future.
Greetings from Santiago de Chile.!
Daniel Mckendry
November 26th, 2010 11:49 amSaying as i bought the first book i think it’s only right i add my name to the book,
will definately buy it.
Glad it’s going to be a bit larger in size, i’ve not been doing web design for long
but i’ve followed alot of blogs, alot of them i don’t visit anymore but smashingmagazine
is the tops, it’s the second site i check everyday after my emails.
Michael Grundkötter
November 26th, 2010 11:52 amI really enjoyed the first book and I will definitely buy the second, hopefully even better one, too!
Great work.
Stefan Van den Bergh
November 26th, 2010 12:00 pmI visit Smashing Magazine almost every day for inspiration on design elements, and CSS tips and tricks – be sure to keep those coming :-)
Best wishes from Belgium.
Forbes Wilson
November 26th, 2010 12:09 pmI find Smashingmagazine website a great source of ideas and information. I use it regularly and suggest strongly to my students that they should too. It is topical and up to date. Well done.
Matt Heath
November 26th, 2010 12:14 pmEvery time I visit I learn something new. The first book was fantastic, and I’m very much looking forward to number 2!
Sanimani
November 26th, 2010 12:16 pmYou peoples are rocking.
We are still in the hangout of first book.
Waiting for the next treasure.
We loves the print versions. Why you are waiting for start a print smashing magazine monthly?
Wojciech Ryrych
November 26th, 2010 12:17 pmWhy do I read Smashing Magazine? First of all, because it’s smashing. It helps me to be informed of changes in Web world. Articles are comprehensive and well written and also cover lots of different topics. I do like you, Smashing Magazine! :)
Andreas Helget
November 26th, 2010 12:20 pmSM best Website on the net for all Web Developers/Designers
every day you get new inspiration on this site
bought the first book and probably #2 also
Raad Dodokh
November 26th, 2010 12:21 pmSmashing Magazine!
My inspiring web! my source for web graphics and tutorials! it’s a really helpful web for Designers!
Stevyn Llewellyn
November 26th, 2010 12:27 pmSmashing Magazine has been an incredibly useful online publication, which enables designers and artists to enrich and develop their abilities.
Raúl
November 26th, 2010 12:30 pmSmashing magazine is the page is visited daily by having the best and most current content on Web technologies. His articles are very thorough and helped me a lot.
Kay Lucas
November 26th, 2010 12:43 pmSoon after starting my study in multimedia design I was introduced to smashing magazine and it has helpt me a lot with building my websites.
Thanks for all the good information over the years!
Rigoberto
November 26th, 2010 1:02 pmSmashing is not only a major source of information and resources for Web designers and all those who are passionate about the fabulous world of clouds and their relationships. Source of continuing education. Thank you for your valuable contributions… From Venezuela
Amokrane CHENTIR
November 26th, 2010 1:20 pmI love reading Smashingmagazine because as a developer it helps me understand how a design should be done. The content is very insightful and I am looking forward to buying the next edition of the book!
Jonathan Pidgeon
November 26th, 2010 1:27 pmHey I loved the first book and the website as a whole because many of the articles cut the fat and get right to the point, which is great since I’m always wishing for more hours in the day!
Tomasz Chmielewski
November 26th, 2010 1:35 pmDear Smashing Magazine Team.
I’d like to thank You for supply Your know-how about webdesign and digital arts.
I appreciate Your effort to bring readers the articles which can make our work more efficient. I’m Your fan since 2 years. I visit Your website daily :) When I’m searching for solutions, ways to pimp my skills I always start from Your website. Once again – Thank You. Best Greetings from Poland!
Don Smith
November 26th, 2010 1:54 pmKeeps me inspired.
Eric Sorensen
November 26th, 2010 1:56 pmSmashing Magazine continues to be a daily source of inspiration and an invaluable resource for our small business start-up — Pushmedia. Congratulations on Smashing Book 2!
Anthony Wilson
November 26th, 2010 2:31 pmI’ve been reading blogs and online web design magazines for years but only stumbled across Smashing about 12 months ago. Need I say any more than it very quickly took pride of place as my ‘Home page’ and it’s never been changed since.
José Dimitrakis
November 26th, 2010 2:53 pmThe best online magazine ever!
James Peter Adams
November 26th, 2010 3:14 pmThe site content is amazing, but a few more articles on icon and logo design would be amazing. Thanks.
Doug Barned
November 26th, 2010 3:21 pmGreat, another book! Loved the past one – good job guys. Smashing Magazine is one of the reasons this humble print designer got so onto web design & front end development. Keep up the great work and brilliant posts… And well done for creating the Smashing Network – great resource.
Cheers
Doug
Dani Roxberry
November 26th, 2010 3:33 pmSmashing Magazine ensures my pulse is in time with the ever-changing web development world! Keep up the excellent work, guys.
Alex Aitken
November 26th, 2010 3:39 pmHonored to put my name on this 2nd edition of the instant classic – Bravo Smashing!
Aaron Barker
November 26th, 2010 4:11 pmLove the in depth articles. Tons of great information on so many topics.
Kathleen McGovern
November 26th, 2010 5:10 pmGreat information and loads of it. Site is well organized so it is not overwhelming. Excellent source of procrastination when I should be doing other work!
Robert Moakler
November 26th, 2010 5:24 pmBeen coming back to this site for years now, and I’m still always impressed with the quality and thought that goes into every article. Everything you guys post is a work of art in itself. Keep up the good work!
Lindsay S Carlson
November 26th, 2010 5:30 pmSmashing magazine is always my go-to resource & starting point for inspiration, new techniques and industry news. Your team adds great depth to the content on the site.
Joey Cordes
November 26th, 2010 5:38 pmI read it for the articles, I swear!
Aaron DeVandry
November 26th, 2010 5:50 pmEverything I ever learned about Web Design, I learned from Smashing Magazine. You guys are incredible.
Robert Norsworthy
November 26th, 2010 5:59 pmSmashing Mag is the best! Can’t wait for the 2nd book!
Ross Fletcher
November 26th, 2010 7:05 pmThis website has been the single most valuable source of inspiration and education for me as an art director and a freelance web designer. Thank you, and keep it up.
Suggestions for the site? I would love a Mashable-style iPad app.
JPI
November 26th, 2010 8:39 pmIt’s twice as Smashing!! Can’t wait for Book 2. :)
Kate Mag
November 26th, 2010 8:51 pmI knew Smashing Magazine few year ago. It always been my favorite sources to improve my knowledge in design, etc. It keeps me inspired
Kyle Bavender
November 26th, 2010 8:54 pmHi Smashing friends,
Long time (well…not THAT long) lurker/reader, first time commenter…how could I pass up a chance to both praise and criticize in the same space?
Smashing, to me you are to web design as Wikipedia is to learning a topic for, say, a research paper. You give the best synopses, and you dish out all kinds of links for further & more advanced reading.
If I had my way, Smashing would strive to be the one and only source more often. Instead of teaching us via “here’s a list of 50 books to read,” why not take a more authoritative approach? Why not takes some notes from A List Apart, 24 Ways, etc.? Instead of collecting 1000 images of how people have done it before, why not collect the 10 best images to show the specific methodologies, motivations, intentions of the designer…
I know this does not describe the Smashing catalog as a whole, but it frequently describes it as an average.
Thanks for smashing as well as you do, Smashing. Keep it up, keep growing.
John Vilabril
November 26th, 2010 8:56 pmSmashing Magazine has been the most impressive source of design inspiration and also most enjoyable, resourceful, educational contents. Smashing Thank you! Suggestion: design competitions.
Robert Williams
November 26th, 2010 9:26 pmBig fan of the smashing wordpress book and of all the great content on the site can’t wait to see what you come up with next.
Ankit Singh Bhandari
November 26th, 2010 10:01 pmYou guys are sweet. Keep up the good work, keep smashing.
Ali Mahmoodi
November 26th, 2010 10:02 pmSmashing magazine help me khnow about all new Information and development about css,design and etc. It’s up to date. It’s coll. It’s my first source about web designing! Any time , Any where!
Justin Edelson
November 26th, 2010 10:35 pmI LOVE ready Smashing Magazine because it only has quality posts. I know that every new post update in my RSS reader will be something worth my time. The only thing you can do better is post more! because I can never get enough of Smashing Mag. :)
Guillaume Denormandie
November 26th, 2010 11:06 pmSmashing Magazine makes me a better designer. What more could I ask ?
I read Smashing because of the quality and variety of articles and i especially love articles showcasing bad practices, the kind of ones you don’t see often !
Thanks guys :)
Emerson Quevedo
November 26th, 2010 11:18 pmI don’t know if I’m a single case… but I didn’t mind the waiting for the first book. Knowing how much of a pain the publishing of a good quality book is and that you guys weren’t precisely funded by a huge publisher it was at least understandable… at the end I was more than happy with the book and was really happy when I received my copy in the mail… I’m definitely looking forward for the new book!!! I’ll buy a bunch of copies if my name is printed on it!!! :D
Alex Tataurov
November 26th, 2010 11:27 pmHope my name will be included too, even though i don’t meet a deadline. I found Smashing Magazine the best source of web-design and development staff. You make me wanna improving my skills. As a suggestion, I propose to include more articles related web-development and CMS(WordPress and Drupal).
Thanks for brilliant work, keep going!
Huda Yaqub
November 27th, 2010 12:19 amI really enjoyed Smashing Book 1!
Always an asset.
Looking forward to the next with great anticipation!
Keyamoon
November 27th, 2010 12:29 amSmashing Magazine is a good resource and I keep learning from it. It’s at the very top in my RSS reader and it’s also useful for finding web freebies quickly if need be. I’d like to see more HTML5 tutorial-like articles rather than these long showcase posts.
JZ
November 27th, 2010 12:42 amI bought the 1st book. I love it! And now I’m looking forward to the 2nd one!
Kiarash Akhlaghi
November 27th, 2010 1:19 amI love Smasing Magazine website and its my favorite resource in Inspiration for design, then guidelines and showcase of both successful and failing approaches of desing.
So all I want from your wonderful 2nd book is a well organized and classified source and showcase of all the things you believe to be essential for designers.
So as everyone said, keep up your great job and Smashing Magazine ROCKS!
Markus Fritz
November 27th, 2010 1:26 amI like the first book, improvements would be that there is a more well structured text layout. I want to read it from the first site to the last site ;). And a extra web ressource for book readers would be nice, too (With extra templates, code snippets…).
Marc Goh
November 27th, 2010 2:15 amWhat better way to learn from the best in the web design and development field?
Do continue to be our shining light in thought leadership.
Loved the first book and already looking forward to its sequel…
Cameron Chamberlain
November 27th, 2010 3:30 amI read smashing for inspiration for my own designs, both visually and technically. In addition to great articles smashing brings together great resources into one place. Keep it up!
Boaz Arad
November 27th, 2010 3:59 amThis whole names-in-the-book idea, it’s just… well… SMASHING! :)
Both on the design side, and on the marketing side…
Serge Savranchuk
November 27th, 2010 4:29 amThe Smashing Magazine, and the Smashing Book together are a smashing inspiration resources. It’s nice to read the solutions and the visions of the leading experts in design and web development. Keep up this way. Looking forward to getting the Smashing Book 2 (and hope my name will be listed there :)
dr. t
November 27th, 2010 4:41 amsmashing mag… a must have bookmark on any designers’ computer!
Pierre Céroni
November 27th, 2010 5:09 amSmashing Magazine brings me the best knowledge for my job as web project manager. Your work is awesome ! I have all the ebooks and your printed book. I can’t wait to reed the #2. I hope it’s not to late to be on it ^^
Tommaso Nervegna
November 27th, 2010 5:55 amSmashing Magazine is all that my inspiration den. The articles featured in the blog have always motivated my to push my productivity and techniques further and further.
Plus, the resource aggregation that Smashing Magazine offers has been more than once a real time/life/work saver. Keep up the great job!
Terje Teigen
November 27th, 2010 6:58 amSmashing Magazine is a great inspirational site. I use this site all the time for inspiration and learning. Keep up the good work, can’t wait to read book number 2!
Zwier Kanis
November 27th, 2010 7:16 amThanks for all the high quality content, keep up the good work!