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Open Government
By Daniel Lathrop, Laurel Ruma
February 2010 (est.)
Print: $44.99
Ebook: $35.99
Bundle: $49.49

In a world where web services can make real-time data accessible to anyone, how can the government leverage this openness to improve its operations and increase citizen participation and awareness?… Read more.

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Search Patterns
By Peter Morville, Jeff Callender
January 2010 
Print: $39.99
Ebook: $31.99
Bundle: $43.99

Search is among the most disruptive innovations of our time. It influences what we buy and where we go. It shapes how we learn and what we believe. This provocative… Read more.

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The New How
By Nilofer Merchant
December 2009 
Print: $24.99
Ebook: $19.99
Bundle: $27.49

Once in a generation, a book comes along that transforms the business landscape. Company strategy typically has been planned by corporate chiefs in annual meetings, and then dictated to managers… Read more.

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The Social Media Marketing Book
By Dan Zarrella
November 2009 
Print: $19.99
Ebook: $15.99
Bundle: $21.99

Take advantage of the phenomenon that is quickly becoming the most effective way to market brands, products, and services -- social media. This easy-to-understand book introduces you to social networks,… Read more.

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Google Wave: Up and Running: Rough Cuts Version
By Andrés Ferraté
Rough Cuts Release: November 2009
Print Book Release:
Online: $14.99
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Bundle: $32.99

Learn how to use and built extensions for Google Wave, the exciting new real-time communication and collaboration technology that unifies email, instant messaging (IM), wiki, and social networking functions in… Read more.

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Confessions of a Public Speaker
By Scott Berkun
November 2009 
Print: $24.99
Ebook: $19.99
Bundle: $27.49

In this hilarious and highly practical book, author and professional speaker Scott Berkun reveals the techniques behind what great communicators do, and shows how anyone can learn to use them… Read more.

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Getting Started with Google Wave
By Andrés Ferraté
October 2009 
Ebook: $2.99

Get in front of Google Wave, the exciting new real-time communication and collaboration technology that unifies email, instant messaging (IM), wiki, and social networking functions on one integrated platform. With… Read more.

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Designing Social Interfaces
By Christian Crumlish, Erin Malone
September 2009 
Print: $49.99
Ebook: $39.99
Bundle: $54.99

From the creators of Yahoo!'s Design Pattern Library, Designing Social Interfaces provides you with more than 100 patterns, principles, and best practices, along with salient advice for many of the… Read more.

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Building Social Web Applications
By Gavin Bell
September 2009 
Print: $34.99
Ebook: $27.99
Bundle: $38.49

Building a social web application that attracts and retains regular visitors, and gets them to interact, isn't easy to do. This book walks you through the tough questions you'll face… Read more.

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The Art of Community
By Jono Bacon
August 2009 
Print: $39.99
Ebook: $23.99
Bundle: $43.99

Online communities offer a wide range of opportunities today, whether you're supporting a cause, marketing a product or service, or developing open source software. In The Art of Community, you'll… Read more.

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The New Community Rules
By Tamar Weinberg
July 2009 
Print: $24.99
Ebook: $19.99
Bundle: $27.49

The social web provides businesses with a largely untapped marketing channel for products and services -- the trick is knowing how to take advantage of it. With this book, you'll… Read more.

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The Twitter Book
By Tim O'Reilly, Sarah Milstein
May 2009 
Print: $19.99
Ebook: $15.99
Bundle: $21.99

This practical guide will teach you everything you need to know to quickly become a Twitter power user, including strategies and tactics for using Twitter's 140-character messages as a serious--and… Read more.

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Twitter API: Up and Running
By Kevin Makice
March 2009 
Print: $34.99
Ebook: $27.99
Bundle: $38.49

This groundbreaking book provides you with the skills and resources you need to build web applications for Twitter. Perfect for new and casual programmers intrigued by the microblogging, Twitter API:… Read more.

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Facebook Cookbook
By Jay Goldman
October 2008 
Print: $39.99
Ebook: $31.99
Bundle: $43.99

This Cookbook gives you a unique collection of recipes for building Facebook applications using the new profile design. This easy-to-follow book not only gives you practical ways to design and… Read more.

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FBML Essentials
By Jesse Stay
July 2008 
Print: $29.99
Ebook: $23.99
Bundle: $32.99

Do you have an idea for a Facebook application? With FBML Essentials, you'll learn how to build it quickly using the Facebook Markup Language (FBML) and other easy-to-use tools in… Read more.

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Web 2.0: A Strategy Guide
By Amy Shuen
April 2008 
Print: $24.99
Ebook: $19.99
Bundle: $27.49

Web 2.0 makes headlines, but how does it make money? This concise guide explains what's different about Web 2.0 and how those differences can improve the bottom line. Whether you're… Read more.

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Hackerteen
By Marcelo Marques
April 2008 
Print: $19.99
Ebook: $15.99
Bundle: $21.99

This engaging graphic novel probes the modern online world where an increasing number of middle school- and high school-aged kids spend their time. Hackerteen teaches young readers about basic computing… Read more.

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Facebook: The Missing Manual
By E. A. Vander Veer
January 2008 
Print: $19.99
Ebook: $15.99
Bundle: $21.99

Facebook is the wildly popular, free social networking site that combines the best of blogs, online forums and groups, photosharing, clever applications, and interaction among friends. The one thing it… Read more.

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The Myths of Innovation
By Scott Berkun
May 2007 
Print: $24.99
Ebook: $12.99
Bundle: $27.49

In The Myths of Innovation, bestselling author Scott Berkun takes a careful look at innovation history, including the software and Internet Age, to reveal how ideas truly become successful innovations-truths… Read more.

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Devices of the Soul
By Steve Talbott
April 2007 
Print: $22.99
Ebook: $18.99
Bundle: $25.29

In Devices of the Soul, Steve Talbott challenges readers to critically examine society's ever-increasing detachment from its physical surroundings and reflect on its growing dependence on techno-wizardry. Why? In an… Read more.

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We the Media
By Dan Gillmor
January 2006 
Print: $16.99
Ebook: $13.99
Bundle: $18.69

In We the Media, nationally acclaimed newspaper columnist and blogger Dan Gillmor shows how anyone can produce the news, using personal blogs, internet chat groups, email, and a host of… Read more.

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Spam Kings
By Brian McWilliams
October 2004 
Print: $22.95
Ebook: $18.99
Bundle: $25.25

The mounting onslaught of email pitches for porn, pills, and penis enlargement has some techno-pundits declaring that spam is on the verge of destroying the Internet. In Spam Kings, author… Read more.

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Hackers & Painters
By Paul Graham
May 2004 
Print: $22.95
Ebook: $18.99
Bundle: $25.25

Written in clear, narrative style, Hackers & Painters examines issues such as the rightness of web-based applications, the programming language renaissance, spam filtering, the Open Source Movement, internet startups and… Read more.

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Database Nation
By Simson Garfinkel
December 2000 
Print: $16.95
Ebook: $13.99
Bundle: $18.64

As the 21st century begins, advances in technology endanger our privacy in ways never before imagined. This newly revised update of the popular hardcover edition, Database Nation: The Death of… Read more.

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