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Even if you open a turnkey website, it is alway a good idea to educate yourself about web design and keep abreast of the latest developments on the webmaster front. So browse the selected books below and you’re sure to find a book for yourself or a loved one!
Don’t Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition
by Steve Krug
Amazon Price: $24.00
Customer Review: Bought because it was on Joel on Software’s reading list. Clear and simple, easy to understand. If picked up in a shop, I would not have bought it.
- not much content, lots of whitespace, large fonts, lots of images
- common sense …
Landing Page Optimization: The Definitive Guide to Testing and Tuning for Con…
by Tim Ash
Amazon Price: $19.79
Customer Review: Amazingly enough, virtually everything you need to know about optimizing the commercial efficiency of a website (not just a “landing page”) is included, concisely, in Landing Page Optimization. In addition to the motivation for doing optimization, h…
Joomla! A User’s Guide: Building a Successful Joomla! Powered Website
by Barrie M. North
Amazon Price: $26.99
Customer Review: The focus of this book is on creating a successful website using Joomla, rather than explaining every setting and feature of Joomla itself. Whilst it does comprehensively cover many of Joomla’s useful features, leading the novice confidently from bas…
The Principles of Beautiful Web Design
by Jason Beaird
Amazon Price: $23.97
Customer Review: Beautiful Web Design gives the user an insight look into what to think about when laying out your web site. Typography, color theory, composition and more all come into play. The author of this book is great!
Always Be Testing: The Complete Guide to Google Website Optimizer
by Bryan Eisenberg, John Quarto-vonTivadar
Amazon Price: $19.79
Customer Review: Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R31GB8LIZ6HPKQ This book has everything you need to know, and more, about how to do a/b testing that actually works for you. Serious marketers an…
Building powerful and robust websites with Drupal 6
by David Mercer
Amazon Price: $40.49
Customer Review: I just want to caution you that Amazon has a bad batch of this book. I have ordered the book and it was missing the last 39 pages. I had Amazon send a replacement book and it also was missing 39 pages. My guess is that the publisher has a bad run and…
How to Use the Internet to Advertise, Promote and Market Your Business or Web…
by Bruce C. Brown
Amazon Price: $16.47
Customer Review: I read this book a few years back. This was a great reference book and starting point if you are just getting into internet marketing. It’s a fast read you can pick up and start applying some of the recommendations right away.
Creating Web Sites: The Missing Manual
by Matthew MacDonald
Amazon Price: $19.77
Customer Review: A great book for any novice trying to build a web site. The book is divided into clear sections each giving excellent advise and information. I recommend this to anyone starting a web site. If you are fortunate enough to have Dreamweaver software for…
Build Your Own Website The Right Way Using HTML & CSS
by Ian Lloyd
Amazon Price: $19.77
Customer Review: This book is brilliant, CSS is easy to learn using this book, the progress you can make is also very good as it is easy to understand. The book arrived earlier than stated and was in perfect condition. Full marks to everyone. ThanksBuild Your Own Web…
Web ReDesign 2.0: Workflow that Works (2nd Edition) (VOICES)
by Kelly Goto, Emily Cotler
Amazon Price: $33.00
Customer Review: I had to use this book on college, out of all my books this is the only one that I burned. I even kept my math books. Now that I am an instructor and author myself I look back on this book as the single worse publication currently in the industry of …
