We're quite excited to be publishing Luke Wroblewski's new book, Web Form Design: Filling in the Blanks. And based on the hundreds of requests we've received for publication notification, we're not the only ones. So it's a wonderful relief to report that the book should go to the printer this week, and be available in about four weeks.

Haven't yet signed up for publication notification? Do it now and we'll provide you a discount code you can use when you purchase Luke's book at the Rosenfeld Media site. Signing up will take you about 30 seconds. (And yes, it involves a web form.) We'll email you with the discount code sometime around April 20, when the book goes on sale.

Did I say that it's looking fantastic?

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I'm delighted to report that Kevin Brooks and Whitney Quesenbery have begun work on a new Rosenfeld Media book, tentatively titled Storytelling for User Experience Design. We're all familiar with the power of storytelling—most UX people already use stories to help communicate research and data, explain design concepts, and persuade colleagues, often without realizing it.

So perhaps the time has come for a practical book that teaches UX practitioners to use storytelling in a more active, explicit way. We hope that Storytelling for User Experience Design will place storytelling alongside other, more conventional research and design methods. And we invite you to engage with the book from its inception by sharing your questions, comments and ideas with Kevin and Whitney and others interested in the topic. Please bookmark their "book-in-progress" site or subscribe to its RSS feed.

Whitney and Kevin bring wonderfully complementary perspectives to the topic. As past UPA president, highly involved in the STC, a UXnet co-founder, and one of the instigators of World Usability Day, Whitney is well-respected in the UX world. Kevin is a professional storyteller, regularly writing and performing at festivals; he's no UX slouch either, with a PhD from the MIT Media Lab and a day job researching new technologies for Motorola. You can learn more about Kevin and Whitney from their site. I'm really looking forward to working with them both.

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On March 26, Luke Wroblewski and Indi Young will both teach workshops at UIE's Web App Summit, held March 26-28 at the lovely Coronado Hotel, San Diego, California.

Luke will teach a day-long workshop on Web Form Design Best Practices, while Indi will spend the day on Mental Models. If you've loved Indi's book, or want a preview of Luke's new one, this is the place to be. And as an additional incentive, use promotion code "rosenfeld" for $30 off each day of the event.

You can also catch talks by other Rosenfeld Media authors in the coming months; visit our events calendar for a comprehensive listing.

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