My book is now available for pre-order

Here’s an update on how my book project is progressing. The good news is that I have signed a contract with Apress, so they’re going to publish it. I must say that I’m pretty excited about that. It was pretty awesome to see the book with my name on it on Amazon.

Signing with Apress has made all the pieces fall into place. The writing of the book is now progressing steadily and if everything works out as planned, the book is going to be published in August.

For you that hasn’t been following me, the book is about how to use the new Google Maps API v3. It will be primarily for web designers/web developers with a basic knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript. What might be extra interesting for you that are already using v2 of the API is that there will be a chapter on how to transfer from the old API to the new.

If you’d like to pre-order the book, you can do so from either Amazon or from Apress directly.

Also let me know if you’re interested in writing a review of the book. In that case I’ll make sure that you’ll receive a free review copy. Contact me through the contact page if you’re interested.

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This article was published on Monday, April 12th, 2010 in News.

Comments

1. April 13th, 2010 at 5.05 by parxier

It is a big achievement! Congrats! Is it your first book?

2. April 13th, 2010 at 10.32 by Anders

Woah! That is so cool!

I’m using Google Maps API v3 in a couple of projects right now. Will buy your book!

Any chance of getting a signed copy?

3. April 13th, 2010 at 14.17 by Gabriel Svennerberg | Author comment

Parxier: Thanks! Yes this is my first book.

Anders: I think we can arrange that!

4. April 14th, 2010 at 18.43 by Ola

Congratulations!

It must be really fulfilling to see your name as an author on Amazon.com.

I’m looking forward to reading it.

5. April 14th, 2010 at 20.22 by Tom Skinner

Congratulations!!! You must be really excited. I’ve got my order in.

6. April 14th, 2010 at 23.27 by Luca

good news, can’t wait for it
but in Amazon they made a mess with names, the author is a strange “Victor; Turner, Cameron Sumner” (?!?!) however from the photo the book is clearly yours

7. April 17th, 2010 at 17.53 by Jan Seidl

Congrats Gabe! This book must be just as awesome as your work w/ GMaps!

8. April 19th, 2010 at 21.52 by Vasilis

Hi there, nice job. Not many books on Google Maps. Try to let us know how to combine it with server side scripts and build dynamic applications with large amount of data. There is a similar from Apress but it is about v.2 of the API.

9. June 2nd, 2010 at 12.15 by Øyvind

When is the book scheduled to be released? I need it now

10. June 2nd, 2010 at 12.16 by Øyvind

Used the wrong url in the last post

When is the book scheduled to be released? I need it now

11. June 2nd, 2010 at 18.17 by Gabriel Svennerberg | Author comment

Øyvind: It’s going to be published in August so you have to wait two more months!

12. June 2nd, 2010 at 20.59 by Øyvind M

Damn.. but i’ll still buy it

13. June 17th, 2010 at 7.44 by Svetoslav Dimitrov

Hello Gabriel, is it possible to buy your book in pdf format?

Cheers,
Svetoslav

14. June 17th, 2010 at 14.43 by Gabriel Svennerberg | Author comment

Svetoslav Dimitrov: It will be available to buy as an e-book in pdf format as soon as it’s released.

15. June 29th, 2010 at 20.44 by icestudios

Hi Gabriel,
Really looking forward to your book as I’m trying to get my head around the Google Maps API …. any chance of seeing the Table of Contents so we know what to look forward to?
Thanks,
Peter

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