There are many books dealing with the digital world, listed here are some of the ones that I have, or am, find(ing) the most useful (some haven’t yet made it from the visual reading list!):
Platforms/Languages
- Harris, Andy, HTML, XHTML, and CSS for Dummies 2008
- Meyer, E., Eric Meyer on CSS: Mastering the Language of Web Design 2002
- North, B.M., Joomla! A User’s Guide: Building a Successful Joomla! Powered Website 2008
- Sabin-Wilson, L., WordPress for Dummies 2009
Search Engine Optimisation
- Grappone, G., and Couzin, G., Search Engine Optimization: An Hour A Day 2008
Social Networking
- Evans, D., Social Media Marketing: An Hour a Day 2008
- Fraser, M. & Dutta, S., Throwing Sheep in the Boardroom: How online social networking will transform your life, work and world 2009
- Jarvis, J., What Would Google Do? 2009
- Leadbeater, C., We Think: mass innovation, not mass production 2009
- Rowse, D., & Garret, C., Problogger: Secrets for blogging your way to a six-figure income 2008
- Weber, L., Marketing to the Social Web: How Digital Customer Communities Build Your Business 2009
Web Accessibility/Usability
- Badre, Albert N.,Shaping Web Usability 2002
- Braun, Kelly, et al Usability: The Site Speaks for Itself 2002
- Davis, Jack. The Web Design Wow! Book: showcasing the best of on-screen communication, 1998
- Donnelly, Victoria,Designing Easy-to-use Websites: A Hands-on approach to structuring successful websites, 2000
- Flanders, Vincent & Willis, Michael, Web Pages That Suck, 1998
- Flanders, Vincent & Peters, Dean, Son of Web Pages That Suck: Learn Good Design by Looking at Bad Design, 2002
- Krug, Steve, Don’t Make Me Think!, 2000
- Holzschlag, M. Usability: The Site Speaks For Itself, 2002
- Lopuck, Lisa, Web Design for Dummies, 2001
- Mandel, Theo, The Elements of User Interface Design, 1997
- McGovern, Gerry and Norton, Rob, Content Critical: Gaining Competitive Advantage Through High-Quality Web Content, 2001
- Navarro, Ann, Effective Web Design, 2001
- Niederst, Jennifer, Web Design in a Nutshell, 1999/2001
- Niederst, Jennifer, Learning Web Design, 2001
- Nielsen, Jakob, Designing Web Usability: The Practice of Simplicity, 2000
- Nielsen, Jakob & Tahir, Marie, Homepage Usability: 50 Websites Deconstructed, 2001
- Preece, Jennifer, Online Communities: Designing Usability, Supporting Sociability 2000
- Rosenfeld, Louis, and Morville, Peter, Information Architecture for the World Wide Web, 2002
- Veen, Jeffrey, The Art and Science of Web Design, 2001
- Whittaker, Jason, Producing for the Web, 2000
- Williams, Robin & Tollett, John, The Non-designer’s Web Book, 2000
- Weinschenk, S.M., Neuro Web Design: What Makes Them Click? 2009
Writing for the Web
- Boiko, Bob, Content Management Bible, 2004
- Garrand, T., Writing for Multimedia and the Web: A Practical Guide to Content Development for Interactive Media 2006
- Hackos, Joanne, T., Managing Content for Dynamic Web Delivery, 2002
- Hammerich, Irene & Harrison, Claire, Developing Online Content: The Principles of Writing and Editing for the Web, 2002
- McGovern, Gerry, Norton, Rob, & O’Dowd, Cath, The Web Content Style Guide: The The Essential Reference for Online Writers, Editors and Managers, 2001
- Price, Jonathan & Price, Lisa, Hot Text: Web Writing That Works, 2002
- Redish,J., Letting Go of the Words: Writing Web Content That Works 2007
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