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Homepage Usability: 50 Websites DeconstructedHomepage Usability: 50 Websites Deconstructed by Jakob Nielsen
Buy new: $31.50 / Used from: $8.86
In this case, your site is judged by its cover.
Designing Web UsabilityDesigning Web Usability by Jakob Nielsen
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If a site is hard to use, why bother?
Don't Make Me Think! A Common Sense Approach to Web UsabilityDon't Make Me Think! A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability by Steve Krug
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Everything you always suspected, but never wrote down.
Web Style Guide: Basic Design Principles for Creating Web Sites, Second EditionWeb Style Guide: Basic Design Principles for Creating Web Sites, Second Edition by Patrick J. Lynch
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Covers all the basic elements of creating a website.
Information Architecture for the World Wide WebInformation Architecture for the World Wide Web by Louis Rosenfeld
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Make info available in an organizatied logical way.
Content Critical: Gaining Competitive Advantage Through High-Quality Web ContentContent Critical: Gaining Competitive Advantage Through High-Quality Web Content by Gerry McGovern
Buy new: $21.22 / Used from: $3.94
So when they get there, they have something worth reading.
Hot Text: Web Writing that WorksHot Text: Web Writing that Works by Lisa Price
Buy new: $29.20 / Used from: $11.32
So that the content is web ready.
Why We Buy: The Science Of ShoppingWhy We Buy: The Science Of Shopping by Paco Underhill
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Makes you look at e-commerse in a whole different light.
Web ReDesign: Workflow that WorksWeb ReDesign: Workflow that Works by Kelly Goto
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Learn what to keep and what to redo.
The Unusually Useful Web BookThe Unusually Useful Web Book by June Cohen
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THE reference manual for planning, designing, building, and maintaining
Design for CommunityDesign for Community by Derek Powazek
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Online communities - the plain truth. And isnt that what the web is about?
Beyond Borders: Web Globalization StrategiesBeyond Borders: Web Globalization Strategies by John Yunker
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For when you need to do it in multiple languages.
Designing from Both Sides of the Screen: How Designers and Engineers Can Collaborate to Build Cooperative TechnologyDesigning from Both Sides of the Screen: How Designers and Engineers Can Collaborate to Build Cooperative Technology by Ellen Isaacs
Buy used from: $32.87
Can't we all just get along? In a perfect world yes. In this world...read the book.
The Elements of User Experience: User-Centered Design for the WebThe Elements of User Experience: User-Centered Design for the Web by Jesse James Garrett
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For explaining things to clients or bosses. Deceptively simple, but actually applies to a variety of design projects.
Web Design in a NutshellWeb Design in a Nutshell by Jennifer Niederst
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Find quick answers to your questions.
Envisioning InformationEnvisioning Information by Edward R. Tufte
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Explore visual communication. Transends industry or medium. All his books are wonderful.
The 22 Immutable Laws of BrandingThe 22 Immutable Laws of Branding by Al Ries
Buy new: $12.80 / Used from: $6.95
So that people remember your site. Brand it! Brand it! Brand it!
Unleashing the IdeavirusUnleashing the Ideavirus by Seth Godin
Buy new: $14.00 / Used from: $3.74
How to get people talking about the work you've spent hours slaving away on.
The Cluetrain Manifesto: The End of Business as UsualThe Cluetrain Manifesto: The End of Business as Usual by Christopher Locke
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For when you wonder why you do this.
Smart Mobs: The Next Social RevolutionSmart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution by Howard Rheingold
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Just because...
SehnsuchtSehnsucht by Rammstein
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You need industrial music when you're in the coding zone....