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Designing for the Web. On the Web.

Mark Boulton has written an insightful piece on his decision to release ‘Designing for the Web’ on the web for free. Written from the perspective of both an author and a publisher Boulton has some interesting thoughts:

When [a] book no longer pulls in large sale numbers, or more importantly, when it is deemed ‘out of date’, or ‘no longer as relevant as it once was’, then the motivation for publishing online, for free, is to get a firm grip of the Long Tail in search of new sales. Makes sense.

But I want my book to be relevant. I wanted to increase the reach, and lower the barriers to one sector of the industry that is under served by this business model: students.

We’ve been promoting Mr Boulton’s book to our students since it was published (indeed we bought a sizeable number of PDF licenses when it was published to give copies to our students). It’s a pleasure to see the book available for free and we can’t recommend it highly enough. If you haven’t already read it, make some time to do so, now you’ve no barrier to entry.

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In addition to their role as lecturers in interactive design at the University of Ulster at Belfast, where they have been active in promoting a web standards-based curriculum, Christopher Murphy and Nicklas Persson are practicing designers and digital artists. Their work has featured in a variety of design books and magazines alongside numerous internationally respected designers and they are regular speakers at design conferences and workshops worldwide.

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