Designing Social Interfaces

Books on web design and development are big sellers, having garnered $44.3 million in revenue during 2008, and $10.4 million through mid-March 2009, according to BookScan. Within that category, books on user interface design are rising in popularity, led by O'Reilly's bestselling "Designing Interfaces" (9780596008031) by Jenifer Tidwell. Sales on books about social networks and the social web are also rising, with $2.2 million in revenue in 2008, and close to $1 million in sales through mid-March 2009. O'Reilly's "Facebook Cookbook" (9780596518172) is among the top sellers in that category.