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Web Form Design

Filling in the Blanks

Web Forms

By Luke Wroblewski. Rosenfeld Media, May 2008.
Available in paperback and digital package (1-933820-24-1), digital edition (ISBN 1-933820-25-X)

Web Form Design

Forms make or break the most crucial online interactions: checkout (commerce), registration (community), data input (participation and sharing), and any task requiring information entry. In Web Form Design, Luke Wroblewski draws on original research, his considerable experience at Yahoo! and eBay, and the perspectives of many of the field's leading designers to show you everything you need to know about designing effective and engaging Web forms.

"Luke Wroblewski has done the entire world a great favor by writing this book. Online forms are ubiquitous and ubiquitously annoying but they don't have to be. Wroblewski shows Web designers how to present forms that gather necessary information without unnecessarily badgering and annoying visitors. With deft explanations and clear examples, he presents a clear case for better Web forms and how to achieve them. This book will help you every day."
—Alan Cooper, Chairman, Cooper; author, The Inmates are Running the Asylum (more testimonials)

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Now on sale!

Luke Wroblewski's Web Form Design: Filling in the Blanks is now available for purchase! Buy directly from Rosenfeld Media and pay US$36 for the paperback and digital editions, US$19 for digital only.

The paperback is 244 pages with high quality paper stock, a sewn binding, and a full color interior. At 6"x9", it'll be easy to stuff in your carry-on bag for reading during the flight to your next client meeting. And of course, the digital edition (373 pages) is pretty easy to take along too; in fact, it's been designed, tested, and optimized for on-screen use. Both editions are graced with 216 illustrations, which we've made available for you via Flickr to peruse, download, and use in your own presentations.

We're quite thrilled with Luke's work—from his original research to volume of practical advice he's managed to cram into this book. We hope you'll enjoy it as much as we have.

Update on the book's launch

Update, 1pm ET May 3: Oh so close, but we'd prefer to get everything with our digital edition just right before launching. We're hoping to have it done tonight! Stay tuned here for more updates.

Well, we're still shooting for Web Form Design to go on sale here at the Rosenfeld Media site today. But as of a few moments ago, the book has shown up in Amazon, and you can purchase it there.

But wait! Before you order from Amazon, there is a better way to get the book. It's right here, at our site. Better for you in that you'll receive the paperback and the digital edition, designed and tested for on-screen use, for the same US$36 that you'd pay Amazon for the paperback alone. Better for us too: when you buy direct, you're supporting a small, independent, and highly responsive publishing house. Either way, your order will ship from the same warehouse in Ypsilanti, Michigan, USA. So if you can wait just a little bit longer, please do; we'd appreciate it.

One last note: Rosenfeld Media books are not available through bricks-and-mortar retailers. So save some gas and order from the comfort of your own computer.

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