A Book Apart

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We make brief books for people who design, write, and code. Est. 2010
Websitehttps://abookapart.com
A Book ApartMar 1, 2024

We’re starting a new chapter at @abookapart—you can read more here about it here: https://abookapart.com/blogs/press/a-new-chapter-for-a-book-apart

💛 Importantly, we’d like to thank you for supporting A Book Apart in ways big and small. Publishing independently is hard work, and we couldn’t have done it for as long as we did without such wonderful readers like you.

A New Chapter for A Book Apart

Dear Reader, We wanted to share a bit of news with you. Since opening our doors in 2010, we’ve navigated considerable change—from rising production costs, to fluctuating fulfillment needs, to evolving operational strategies. Largely, experiencing such change has inspired us to shift, flex, and transform. More recently, it is testing the sustainability of our business, and after careful consideration we

A Book Apart
A Book ApartOct 3, 2023
Ethan MarcotteOct 3, 2023

omg baby’s first youtube book review https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YD7_kLh0i-w

thank you, maigen!

#YDATUbook #bookstodon

Why Should You Know About This Book? You Deserve a Tech Union by Ethan Marcotte

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A Book ApartSep 28, 2023
Ethan MarcotteSep 28, 2023

🎉📕 BOOK EVENT!

Next week, join me and @aworkinglibrary for a lively discussion about YOU DESERVE A TECH UNION, hosted by our friends at Tech Workers Coalition.

That’s 5 October 2023, at 5pm PT / 8pm ET!

[Edited to add: Sadly, Mandy and I can’t make this event after all. BUT: we’re going to plan another one very soon — stay tuned for more info!]

#YDATUbook #TechUnions #unions #1u

A Book ApartSep 27, 2023

“Telling staff what’s what, and explaining that they can either choose to accept it, or take another path (i.e. resign), helps give staff autonomy.” Vanessa Gennarelli talks with TLNT.com about navigating “quiet cutting.”

https://www.tlnt.com/articles/quiet-cutting-is-this-the-new-name-for-job-reassignment

‘Quiet cutting’ – is this the new name for ‘job reassignment’? | TLNT

Quiet cutting is the latest HR buzz-phrase. But it signals, say some, the return to reassigning roles rather than properly cutting them. It's a strategy fraught with danger says Vanessa Gennarelli

TLNT
A Book ApartSep 26, 2023

Seething mad that our books are being pirated and consumed by AI. We’re looking at our legal options. In the meantime, if you work for a large tech company, use those corporate cash piles to buy our books—directly from us when you can.

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/09/books3-database-generative-ai-training-copyright-infringement/675363/

These 183,000 Books Are Fueling the Biggest Fight in Publishing and Tech

Use our new search tool to see which authors have been used to train the machines.

The Atlantic
A Book ApartSep 26, 2023

Seething mad that our books are being pirated and consumed by AI. We’re looking at our legal options. In the meantime, if you work for a large tech company, use those corporate cash piles to buy our books—directly from us when you can.

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/09/books3-database-generative-ai-training-copyright-infringement/675363/

These 183,000 Books Are Fueling the Biggest Fight in Publishing and Tech

Use our new search tool to see which authors have been used to train the machines.

The Atlantic
A Book ApartSep 19, 2023
Jeremy KeithSep 18, 2023

Guess what? Right now, if you buy the digital edition of my book about service workers, Going Offline, then you’ll also get a paperback copy for free!

https://abookapart.com/products/going-offline

🔗 https://adactio.com/notes/20454

Going Offline

A Book ApartAug 16, 2023
Ethan MarcotteAug 15, 2023

I can’t quite believe it: my new book, YOU DESERVE A TECH UNION, is finally here. 📕🎉

I am so proud of this little book, and more than a little overwhelmed that it’s, like, finally REAL.

Thank you so much to everyone who’s supported the book, or preordered it, or talked it up to their friends. It really means the world to me.

💜

https://abookapart.com/products/you-deserve-a-tech-union

#YDATUbook #unions #TechUnions #1u #books #bookstodon #publishing

You Deserve a Tech Union

A Book ApartAug 11, 2023
Ethan MarcotteJul 19, 2023

There’s a new blog post up over at @abookapart about my upcoming book, YOU DESERVE A TECH UNION. The one bit I’m extra excited about?

That’s right, we’ve got a LAUNCH DATE:

“Available August 15.”

🎉🥹🥰📕🎉

https://abookapart.com/blogs/press/preorder-now-you-deserve-a-tech-union-from-ethan-marcotte

#YDATUbook #unions #TechUnions #1u

Preorder Now: You Deserve a Tech Union from Ethan Marcotte

We’re really excited to announce You Deserve a Tech Union, a new book by Ethan Marcotte, launching August 15! Ethan Marcotte is a web designer, speaker, and author, who is perhaps best known for creating responsive web design and writing the eponymous book, Responsive Web Design—helping the industry discover a new way of designing for the ever-changing web. Read on

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A Book ApartAug 11, 2023
Mat “Wilto” MarquisAug 8, 2023

Thanks to team @abookapart, I’m pleased to announce that the entirety of JavaScript for Web Designers is available to read for free at https://javascript-for-web-designers.abookapart.com/

It’s a little older now—more `var` than `let` in there, for sure—but the fundamentals are still every bit as strong as the day it was released.

JavaScript for Web Designers by Mat Marquis - Read Online

Read JavaScript for Web Designers by Mat Marquis online. A detailed yet approachable tour around this essential language: pick up syntax rules, the fundamentals of scripting, and much more.