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• Visualize This: Signed copies available

  December 7, 2011 to The Book  •  Share on Twitter  •  Comments (4)

  Quick announcement: I have a handful of signed Visualize This copies available in case you're looking for a gift for that data geek cousin or you're up for some learning over the holidays. I only have a limited supply, so grab a copy before they're gone. And of course, you can still get an untarnished version at the major booksellers.

• Visualize This: Price Fluctuations

  October 24, 2011 to The Book  •  Share on Twitter  •  Comments (7)

  It's been about three months since Visualize This came out, and in case you haven't gotten your hands on a copy yet, now might be a good time to get it. Amazon just lowered the price.

  I didn't know price changed so much — although I'm not surprised — I'm guessing based on a number of factors such as third-party prices, competitors' prices, and sales. The Kindle version (not shown) changed a lot in the beginning, costing more than the paperback, but I don't think it's changed since it came down to the current price. You can see the changes, as reported by price tracking site Tracktor (just try to ignore the weird vertical scale).

  

  The used price is not completely accurate since there weren't any used copies available before the book was released in July.

  Also, I'm not entirely sure about the listings for used books on Amazon, as all of them are from resellers with thousands of ratings. Four copies are listed for above retail, and one of those is more than four times as much. That expensive copy must be a special edition that I haven't heard about.
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  Visualize This: Spotted in the wild

  It's been about a month since Visualize This came out, but it took a while for it to sink in....

• Visualize This: eBook formats and sample chapter

  July 20, 2011 to The Book  •  Share on Twitter  •  Comments (22)

  Last week I announced the release of Visualize This: The FlowingData Guide to Design, Visualization, and Statistics, and I have to admit: I was addicted to the listing on Amazon, which shows sales rank, that day. At its peak, it broke the Amazon overall top 100, all the way up to #77. Of course the dust has settled, but it's still been doing well. I can't thank you all enough for the support.
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  Visualize This: Published

  Right now, at this very moment, I have an actual physical book on my desk, with my name on it,...

• Visualize This: Preview

  June 17, 2011 to The Book  •  Share on Twitter  •  Comments (20)

  

  Some little birds told me that they received their "coming soon" notifications from Amazon about Visualize This. Exciting. (Thanks, pre-orderees :). I just got the PDF of the book not too long ago, but I can't wait to get the physical copy resting in my hands. Paper! In anticipation of the upcoming release, I've posted some previews of what you can expect.
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• Visualize This: Brainstorming book ideas

  June 3, 2011 to The Book  •  Share on Twitter  •  Comments (9)

  

  When I first got the opportunity to write a book, I was excited about it, and then I had to figure out what I was going to write about. Data visualization, obviously, but what about it? I was all over the place, and my early ideas are actually nothing like what Visualize This is now.
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• Visualize This: From my editor

  April 29, 2011 to The Book  •  Share on Twitter  •  Comments (18)

  Thanks for yet another very enjoyable chapter. If I had known statistics would be like this, I would have actually taken classes.

  This is from my editor for Visualize This. (She's in charged of making sure my grammar doesn't suck and my words flow like melted butter.) I can't remember the last time—if ever—I told someone I'm in graduate school for statistics and they didn't groan about how they hated it in high school and/or college. So you can imagine my delight when I read this. I think I'm on to something here.

• FlowingData book in the works

  September 17, 2010 to The Book  •  Share on Twitter  •  Comments (22)

  You read that right. There's going to be a FlowingData book, published by the fine folks at Wiley. With all the books out there about design methods and best type of graph to do this and that, I thought it was time for a guide on how to actually put all that into practice.

  When I first started getting into data graphics, I read all the books I could about good design with data. But when it came time to actually make something, I was lost. I had no clue how to use the software that was available to me. So all that other stuff I read was pretty worthless, just sitting there in my brain. This book will help you with that part.

  Think lots of tutorials that take you from start to finish and teach you not just the what, but also the how.

  More updates to come.