Was sad when I heard that #ABookApart closed shop, but just found out they reverted the rights to authors and many have made their books free! https://authors-together.org/
#ABookApart
This A Book Apart authors list is a sweet indie resource keeping hope alive. Bonus points for coloration by meyerweb.com.
alandalton.github.io/Authors-Apart/ #abookapart #books #webdesign
Authors Apart
A Book Apart authors list by Alan Dalton is a wonderful indie resource keeping hope alive. Hat tip: @stephaniewalter
https://alandalton.github.io/Authors-Apart/ #webdesign #canon #books #authors #ABookApart
“Authors Together” by A Book Apart authors
🔗 https://authors-together.org/
> In 2024, A Book Apart closed its doors after publishing a much-loved collection of more than 50 brief books for people who make websites. The rights to each book have reverted to the authors — hi, that's us — and we've put together this semi-official directory to help you find our books in their new homes.
⚓️ https://nicolas-hoizey.com/links/2024/12/05/authors-together/
“I hadn’t publicly addressed the endings of these businesses, so I figured it was time to do so.”
Jeffrey’s reflections on A List Apart, A Book Apart, and An Event Apart are touching. All three of those endeavors influenced my career, and I’m beyond grateful. It’s sad that it came at a personal cost to him and his partners.
https://zeldman.com/2024/12/05/of-books-and-conferences-past/
#WebDesign #AnEventApart #WebDevelopment #ABookApart #AListApart
“Authors Together” by A Book Apart authors
🔗 https://authors-together.org/
> In 2024, A Book Apart closed its doors after publishing a much-loved collection of more than 50 brief books for people who make websites. The rights to each book have reverted to the authors — hi, that's us — and we've put together this semi-official directory to help you find our books in their new homes.
⚓️ https://nicolas-hoizey.com/links/2024/12/05/authors-together/
Of books and conferences past: A maker looks back on things well-made but no longer with us.
https://zeldman.com/2024/12/05/of-books-and-conferences-past/ #ABookApart #AnEventApart #work #publishing #business
Alde batzuetan apur bat zaharkituak baina funtsean baliagarriak, #ABookApart-eko liburu asko beraien egileen guneetan topa daitezke https://abookapart.com/blogs/press/a-new-chapter-for-a-book-apart
Two books, no longer apart. — @beep #responsivedesign #abookapart
https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/books-no-longer-apart/
✩ Tim Brown’s Flexible Typesetting is now yours, for free!
Required reading in elite design programs, it’s sold 1000s of copies and given a new generation of designers fresh mental models for meaningful, multidimensional typography.
https://tbrown.org/notes/2024/10/26/flexible-typesetting/ #WebTypography #ResponsiveTypography #typography #design #WebDevelopment #ABookApart #WebDesign #UX
Did you know that when I was researching the cover color for Approachable Open Source, I cataloged all of A Book Apart's book covers?
Now that https://approachableopensource.com/ is for sale and has evolved into something more, I thought I'd open source the research.
🌈 https://github.com/approachableopensource/aba-colors
#opensource #abookapart #spectrumofengagement #approachableopensource
I’d love to see a distributed global community library for the A Book Apart titles once we’ve bought up all the remaining copies from the authors. How great would it be to have a network of people sharing these around now that they’re out of print?
(Maybe each recipient adds a note/name inside the cover before passing it on, and you see this cool community log!)
Aaand ... I've just discovered that @mrtrimble has already put together an almost-complete list of #ABookApart books with links to read free online, or buy from, or via, the author.
Which has saved me a ton of work. Thanks Ryan!
Si me hubiera gustado comprar todos los libros de #ABookApart de forma física pero nunca me alcanzo.
I find it quite sad that the whole #ABookApart series is winding up.
They were a mainstay of my personal learning curve. So much wisdom, experience and knowledge packed into such slender, easily digestible volumes.
On the other hand, it's great that authors like @chriscoyier are making their titles available free to read, or for a negligible cost.
I'll try to curate a few of them here.
And here are links to the things mentioned in the previous post:
• Accessibility For Everyone site: https://accessibilityforeveryone.site
• Kitten: https://kitten.small-web.org
• Domain: https://codeberg.org/domain/app (not ready for use yet)
And reminder that you should use OBS instead of GNOME’s built-in screen recorder if you don’t want to lose work: https://obsproject.com/
#SmallWeb #Kitten #Domain #AccessibilityForEveryone #a11y #book #ABookApart #SmallTechnologyFoundation
📚 Dear #MastoMind, with #ABookApart no longer selling books, where can I buy #DRMfree copies of their ebooks? All the websites I've found so far only offer the ebooks with DRM. Thanks in advance!
Is it true that A Book Apart isn’t paying royalties to its authors in its last few months before shutting down? Mike Monteiro and Erika Hall mentioned it on LinkedIn…say it ain’t so?
A Book Apart books were always cheerful companions throughout my Web career.
As a solo designer/developer these little volumes, along with conferences, helped fill in the blanks, and populate a community of mind.
Farewell old friend.
https://abookapart.com/blogs/press/a-new-chapter-for-a-book-apart
I'm really sad to read that A Book Apart is ceasing its publishing activity, which for almost 15 years has built up a collection of must-have reference books.
I still have some of these to read… 😅
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