Right now, at this very moment, I have an actual physical book on my desk, with my name on it, that says Visualize This: The FlowingData Guide to Design, Visualization, and Statistics. It’s a great feeling. Thank you again to all of you for making this possible and for sharing with me your love of data. Simply put, this book doesn’t exist without you, and I’m super grateful for all of your support. I hope Visualize This finds its way onto many others’ desks everywhere.
Visualize This covers a variety of tools and different data types, and at its core it teaches you how to find and tell stories with data. With the help of the talented Nigel Upchurch, we explain with a short video.
In case you missed them, here are my updates on the book along the way:
The process was way more fun than I thought it was going to be. My main concern was that because Wiley is such a big company that I might get lost, but I always felt well-taken care of and listened to. So a big thank you to them for getting this book produced and my technical editor Kim Rees from Periscopic who made sure I kept my act together.
Get it now at the major booksellers, including: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Wiley. Awesomeness.
Huge congratulations, Nathan! I am sure this book holds a lot of great material and insights and I wish you all the success with it. Can’t wait to get my hands on one.
My book arrived yesterday. I love it. So relevant to what I am trying to do. A million thanks!
Congratulations. We’ve been waiting for this for a long time now.
Bravo!
Congratulations, must be very satisfying to have something so tangible and tactile to show for your efforts.
I’m looking forward to getting my copy :-)
Wow, congratulations, much looking forward to getting my hands on a copy!
It looks awesome :)
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congratz! .. i ordered it right away :) ..
I ordered my copy, too. Best of luck on this, Nathan!
I also just ordered one, too bad shipping from US to Netherlands takes almost 30 days @ Amazon :(
Congrats!
congratulations!
What tools do you use to do this graphs? I
In the description about the book says you use step by step tutorial but there is no mention about what appz your are using for the demonstration.
Congratz! Hopefully Europe will get the book in stock soon too!
Congratulations. Can’t wait anymore to get my own copy.
Awesome. Can’t wait to work through it.
Congratulations. Hopefully the first of many.
If I wasn’t sold before, I am after seeing this video. I’m still a noob to data visualization so a book that helps outline the principles and a little “how-to” with a variety of software options looks like a great buy.
Congratulations! A few days ago amazon announced that they will ship the book sooner than they originally expected. I’m looking forward to getting my copy!
Mine arrived yesterday :)
Looks great!
Congratulations! Can wait to read it.
Congrats, just ordered a copy for my university library. Don’t forget to update your twitter profile now that the book is no longer “on the way”! :-)
Congratulations – ton of work associated with this kind of project, so – very well done for pulling it off! Amazon says it’s on it’s way…
Congratulations Nathan!
Congrats, Nathan! Just shared this link with my FB friends – also pre-ordered your book last week. :)
Waiting by the mailbox for mine to arrive…..
Between this and Flip Flop Fly Ball (http://amzn.to/jJX3Rt) being published this is going to be an infographilicious summer!
Nice work. Can’t wait to get my copy.
Just bought it!
Congrats! I was looking at the pricing through Barnes and Noble and noticed that the Nook Digital Copy actually costs more than the physical one ($32 vs $25). That’s crazy!
Congrats! Picked me up a copy ;)
Congrats Nathan! I’m so excited – my copy just shipped from Amazon today. :)
Ordered! :) Looking forward to the learning and fun.
Congrats! I’m looking very much forward to reading it.
Well done Nathan. Looking forward to reading it.
Thanks, all. Today was a good day :).
Congratulations Nathan, and thanks! Keep up the great work!
Congrats! Looking fwd to reading it.
Ordered :-) Looks great and will surely be used!
Bought. Reading. Love.
Congratulations! I have it on PRE-Order through Amazon, won’t be here until August :-(
Out of interest, how does this book correlate to your PhD?
my copy came in the mail today. looks great! can’t wait to read it!
Congratulations! Christmas is finally here early!
I got my copy yesterday. Yes!
Hey Nate,
I’m really curious how you started this process. Were you approached or did you do the approaching. Great job, and with so much more time to do big things! Congrats, your book should arrive tomorrow at my doorstep.
Don
Eagerly awaiting my copy :D
You guys are awesome.
Just rec’d my copy, judging by it’s cover I think it will be good. :-D
Wait – I think my mom told me not to do that.
Hi Nathan,
Is there a .pdf version planned? Any idea when it might be available?
Thanks!
@Winston – Not a PDF, but it is available on all the major ebook formats.
Inspiring to see this working out for you. My copy is on its way to a sleepy village in England. Bound to keep me awake for a few nights :)
Congrats.
The postman has just delivered my copy thanks to Amazon UK who said at the beginning of the week that it wouldn’t be here until August but changed their minds a day later! It looks fantastic – I was immediately drawn in by the introduction and had to force myself to put it down as I should be working. That’s my weekend sorted out then…
Just checked Amazon UK and I’m delighted to report that it’s No. 1 on the bestselling list in 3 categories: Interface Design, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence. Not to mention 1698th overall
Congratulations!
Thank you, Sarah!
Got my copy from Amazon (pre-order) today! Looking forward to a weekend read!
BTW, congrats on being an “Author.” It was an exciting day for me when my book was published. Make sure that someone teaches you the secret handshake!
Oh shoot, nobody told me about the secret handshake. Does it get you secret discounts on bubble gum?
Great work Nathan, what an awesome achievement. I got on to your blog a couple of years ago via a reference in a marketing magazine somewhere and have read avidly ever since. I have just ordered the book through Amazon UK, they ship free to me in New Zealand so that’s a bonus. Can’t wait for it to arrive.
Looks great. I will be ordering it for sure. I am a bit disappointed that the kindle version is only $3 less than the print version.
My book arrived 2 days ago. It would be nice to have examples of code (js, vba, …), some sample files and other practical info gathered in one place and allowed to download for those who bought the book. Sometimes it is quite difficult to rewrite some code (ie. python from page 35)
@Peter – Grab it all here: http://book.flowingdata.com/downloads.html or the Wiley site for Visualize This
(These links are actually at the end of the Introduction.)
and that’s exactly why nobody should omit the introduction. ;-)
best thanks and rgs
I discovered your website 2 days ago, read all the articles by this morning, and ordered your book 5 minutes ago.
Thank you for putting together such wonderful data visualization resources.
After 5 weeks of delay (Amazon) I got my copy yesterday. Could already use it for some graphics I tried to solve with a commercial program. No used R and heatmaps. This book isn’t only nice it is really useful.
Thank you Nathan
Just received my book today. Wow! Wow!
What a great presentation. Very refreshing to see new material on visual aspects of data. Congratulations on a great achievement!
Thanks, all!
Fantastic piece. Receivedmy copy yesterday and while I’ve only been through teh first couple of chapters, I have already learnt a trick I will be able to use time and time again.
I trust this book will be a great success!
I just ordered my copy of “Visualize this”. I am hoping to make great use of it and build some exciting visualization :)!
Hi Nathan,
I have ordered at this moment “Visualize This”… Looking forward to reading it!
Regards,
Nuno
Congrats on a great book! This book is the perfect recipe book for someone who wants to create data visualizations and is just what I had been looking for!