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http://www.lynda.com/bookstore/
How to order Lynda Weinmans books on Web design.
Current releases include Designing Web Graphics,
Deconstructing Web Graphics and Coloring
Web Graphics. Lynda is THE authority on browser-safe
colors and low-bandwidth graphics, so put her books on your
MUST read list. Crystal Waters Web Concept &
Design is also available from Lyndas site.
Lyndas first book is now available as Designing Web Graphics 2. She has updated and expanded upon a lot of the information in the first edition. Plus she has added a section on Web design as a career and on pricing Web design services.Suzanne Stephens
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http://www.killersites.com
Another great source for creative inspiration and technical
esoterica is David Siegels Creating Killer Web
Sites, The Art of Third-Generation Site Design. With
this book, as with his High Five awards page
and his Web Wonk pages, Siegel continues to push
designers to go beyond the ordinary, to strive for
exceptional quality. Suzanne
Stephens
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I recommend these books devoted to the art of graphic
design:
Cutting Edge Typography
All of the Graphis books
Designers on Mac
Covers & Jackets
End of Print
In Your Face: The Best of Interactive Interface
Design
Daniel Donnelly
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A great reference book that covers forms well is
HTML--the definitive Guide by OReilly
& Assoc. This is a must-have reference next to your
desk, in your book-bag or briefcase, bedside...whatever.
Randy Warshaw
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http://www.dannyg.com/recentwriting.html#JavaScript
Bible
If you are looking for JavaScript references, Danny Goodman
writes one of the best (or THE best in my opinion ;-)) books
out there: Danny Goodmans JavaScript
Handbook about to be renamed Danny
Goodmans JavaScript Bible. It comes with a
SamsNet CD with the usual stuff on it. On his great Website
for the book he posts not only example source code files but
updates to his book and pointers to other resources on JS.
sry, Phoenix Rising
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Positively the best book on CGI (Perl) Ive ever
seen is Creating Cool Web Pages with Perl by
Jerry Muelver. IDG Books, ISBN 0-7645-3018-6, cover price
$29.99. It comes with Perl for Wintel on CD as well as other
utilities, and errata. This book assumes no programming
experience, and no heavy Unix experience. I had the pleasure
of proofing it while it was being written, and my SO wrote
the forward. That may sound like I have a bias, but having
several hundred dollars worth of Perl books on my shelf,
this one is definitely the most used. Ann Navarro
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The Photoshop Bible
(The 4.0 bible is due to be released by IDG on 12/27/96)
Author: Deke McClelland
ISBN 1-56884-158-2
A very good reference book. Covers almost any aspect of
Photoshop that you need info on. It skims over some
important areas but it is an invaluable resource for
beginners. A "must have" book. Chris
Peaden
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Photoshop Artistry: A Master Class for
Photographers and Artists
(No word on 4.0 version)
Authors: Barry Haynes & Wendy Crumpler
ISBN 0-7821-1774-0
This is the BEST book Ive ever laid my hands on
regarding Photoshop. It has an enormous amount of
information on Levels & Curves and color correction in
general. It is written as a class/tutorial and comes with a
CD with all images necessary to conduct the exercises. This
book is VERY effective! It is only the second book I have
ever found that documents the option-key trick with levels.
It doesnt have a lot of fancy pictures that make it
look like a good book. It has very effective and
relevant images & graphics that illustrate the topics.
This is THE book to get. Chris
Peaden
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http://www.peachpit.com
Either of Robin Williams books, The Mac Is
Not A Typewriter or The PC Is Not A
Typewriter should be required reading before obtaining
a license to operate a desktop publishing system.
Theyre primarily aimed at print, but contain
invaluable information that you can translate to HTML design
and to Web graphics. If youre still using inch marks
instead of curly quotes and apostrophes, you NEED to read
one of these books! Suzanne
Stephens
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If you are typography hungry, check out Erik
Spiekermanns books Rhyme and Reason and
Stop Stealing Sheep. They cover just about
everything as far as type rules, customs, and rules-of
thumb, plus more in-depth discussions of typefaces and
history. They are also fairly short (an hours read)
with plenty of diagrams and samples. Of course, this is
typography for print, but I think most of the rules apply
almost anywhere. Darrel Ausrin
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http://www.amazon.com
Did you know that you can review books on www.amazon.com?
Ive been looking for good Web, design, Java,
Shockwave, Photoshop books, and its really really
helpful when I can read reviews written by readers of the
book, instead of going soley by the publishers hype. I
thought I might suggests that when you read a
good book, that you go to Amazon and write a little review
and rate the book, so that others can benefit from
your recommendations. Lynda
Weinman
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http://www.peachpit.com
I would recommend the book The Non-Designers
Design Book by Robin Williams. This is a great book
for beginners (for which I include myself) - even though it
isnt a computer or Website design book, it has design
basics. Kathy Hunsicker
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These are some of the most used references on my shelf.
Being Digital by Nicholas Negroponte (MIT Media
Lab) isnt a design book, per se, but a fascinating
snapshot of the history and future of the digital
revolution. A must read for anyone remotely involved. Some
of the things these people at the MIT Media Lab have
actually done are right out of the pages of 1960s science
fiction.
Being Digital
Graphic Design Cookbook
Photoshop Wow Books
HTML & CGI Unleashed
Todd Palmer
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Each of these books has formulas for setting hourly rates
and project fees:
How to Make Your Design Business Profitable
Joyce M. Stewart
North Light Books
$21.95
The Designers Commonsense Business
Book
Barbara Ganin
North Light Books
$27.99
North Lights catalog: 1-800-289-0963 Suzanne Stephens
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http://webreview.com/books/newmedia
Two more excellent books from OReilly are Gif Animation Studio by Richard Koman and Shockwave Studio by Bob Schmitt. Each includes a CDrom with demos and helpers. The Color Conversion program included with the GIF animation book has become one of my favorite tools. I keep it open in its own browser window when Im working on Web design projects. It provides a quick way to find the RGB or Hex values for the colors in the Netscape color palette. Suzanne Stephens
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http://www.gag.org
The Graphic Artists Guilds Handbook of Pricing and Ethical Guidelines is essential reading for any designer. Ive just ordered the Ninth Edition and am hopeful that it will cover issues facing designers who use computers better than the edition published in 1994. Frankly, I would be surprised if theyve gotten it together where Web design is concerned since the 1994 edition barely even touched on computer-based design. But even if they dont, this book will be an essential reference. Sample contracts are included, plus pricing info gathered through surveys of GAG member designers. Its $29.95 plus shipping and handling and is free to Graphic Artist Guild members. If you can only buy one book about business practices, be sure its this one! Suzanne Stephens
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