How’s this? For the next 48 hours, all of our ebooks are on sale for just $5 each. That’s about 75% off, all our ebooks, for the rest of the month.

Been thinking about buying one of our insightful, practical and easy-to-apply titles, but haven’t taken the plunge yet? Now’s your chance to take advantage of this special deal, conveniently also timed for the end of the financial year.

Here’s a little more about each our ebooks.

Think First – A no-nonsense approach to creating successful products, powerful user experiences + very happy customers.

Everyday UX – 10 successful UX designers share their tales, tools, and tips for success.

Get Started in UX – The complete guide to launching a career in user experience design.

A Practical Guide to Information Architecture – Simple steps to tackle your own IA projects, large or small.

Bonus! Grab a copy of our UX Sketchnotes ebook, a collection of over 50 sketchnotes covering UX talks from around the world.

Get in quick, though, as this deal only lasts 48 hours!

Happy reading!

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For the next 24 hours, we’ve reduced the price of the entire library of UX Mastery ebooks to just $5.

After all, there are few things better than enjoying some sunshine with a great book.

If you’ve had your eye on one of our insightful, practical and easy-to-apply titles, but have been sitting on the fence about buying, now’s the time to take advantage of this once-off special deal.

Choose from our five books:

Think First – A no-nonsense approach to creating successful products, powerful user experiences + very happy customers.

Everyday UX – 10 successful UX designers share their tales, tools, and tips for success.

Get Started in UX – The complete guide to launching a career in user experience design.

A Practical Guide to Information Architecture – Simple steps to tackle your own IA projects, large or small.

Bonus! Grab a copy of our UX Sketchnotes ebook, not usually available for sale. A collection of over 50 sketchnotes covering UX talks from around the world.

Get in quick, though, as this deal only lasts 24 hours. After that, all ebooks will revert to their original price. If you’ve been thinking about adding one of our titles to your library, grab a sunshiny bargain now.

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However, we have some good news: our latest ebook, UX Sketchnotes, is out now.

UX Sketchnotes is an illustrated collection of over 50 sketchnotes created while attending various UX and web-related conferences over the last few years.

​There are insights and tips in here from visionary thinkers like Donna Spencer, Jeff Gothelf, Dan Szuc, Steve Portigal, Dan Willis, Kevin Hoffman, Steve Baty, Aaron Walter, and others. Plus there are a handful of random, fun sketches in there too—this really is a rich, diverse collection of illustrations and collective wisdom that will both educate and inspire you.

Grab your copy now

Complete list of sketchnotes

ProBlogger Training Event

› Overcoming Obstacles & Road Blocks • Darren Rowse & Guests

Product Bash

› Is There a Place for Entrepreneurship in Product Management?

Web Directions South

› We Are the Makers of Things • Hannah Donovan
› Lanyrd: The Accidental Entrepreneurs • Natalie Downe & Simon Willison
› Interaction Design Bauhaus • Rahul Sen
› All the Small Things • Relly Annett-Baker
› Connected UX • Aarron Walter
› How the Internet of Things Changes How We Design • Alex Deschamps-Sonsino
› Stiff and Static Sucks • Pasquale d’Silva
› People, Not Users • Rachel Binx
› Creating Good Content for an Imperfect Web • Relly Annett-Baker
› Context, Multi-Device, and the Future of TV Browsers • Rod Farmer
› Nerd, Know Thyself • Heather Gold

Web Directions Code

› What Everyone Should Know about REST • Michael Mahemoff

UX Indonesia

› Design for Innovation • Turi McKinley
› Designing a Healthier & Smarter Life • Dan Szuc & Josephine Wong

Hargraves Institute Innovation Summit

› Innovation: A Global Perspective • Jo Gray and guests
› Innovation: The Future Inspired by Our Past • Phil Kwok
› Innovation in Action • Natalie Pavuk
› Living the Innovation Program at AMP • Munib Karavdic
› How a Million-Dollar Accounting Firm Invested in Design Thinking • Maureen Thurston
› The Recipe for Innovation Success at Baxter ANZ • Marise Hannaford

Leaders In Software and Art

› Lightning Talks: Alessandro Ludovico, Celement Valla, Blake Carrington & Claire Bardainne
› Lightning Talks: Elisa Giardina Papa, Gabriella Levine, Jake Lee-High & Lauren McCarthy
› Lightning Talks: Josh Davis, R. Luke Dubois, Miral Kotb & Shane Hope
› Lightning Talks: Sophia Brueckner, Steve Di Paola, Toni Dove & Yucef Merhi

UX Australia

› Anton Sher, Rod Farmer, Dan Naumann, Sally Bieleny, Dan Szuc & Joe Sokohl
› Microinteractions • Dan Saffer
› Designing Successful Experiences for Bald Apes • Dan Willis
› Getting UX Done • Ian Fenn
› Improv Talks • Donna Spencer, Dan Szuc & Steve Baty
› Better Product Definition with Lean UX & Design Thinking • Jeff Gothelf
› Designing Meetings to Work for Design • Kevin Hoffman
› How to Run an Effective Cultural Probe • Matt Morphett & Rob McLellan
› From Faith-Based to Evidence-Based Design • Miles Rochford
› Our Billion-Dollar Baby: From Greed to Good • Chris Paton
› Design at Scale • Greg Petroff
› The Neuroanthropology Of “Us” • Stephen Cox
› Can You Wireframe Delightful? • Ben Tollady & Ben Rowe
› The Cadence of Great Experiences • Michelle Berryman
› Epic Fail: Takeaways from the War Stories Project • Steve Portigal
› Change Aversion • Hendrik Müller
› Describing the Elephant • Eric Reiss
› Finding Simple • Jason Bayly
› Graphic Facilitation: See What I Mean? • Luke Chambers
› Lightning talks: Nova Franklin, Kimberley Crofts & Jay Rogers
› Attributes & Aesthetics of Experience • Xin Xiangyang

Random Sketches & Illustrations

› Hospital-bed Sketch
› One of Those Days
› Grossly Informative

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For the next 24 hours, we’ve reduced the price of all of our UX Mastery ebooks to just $5.

If you’ve had your eye on Everyday UX, Get Started in UX, or A Practical Guide to Information Architecture but have been sitting on the fence, now’s the time to take advantage of this one-off special deal.

However, this deal is only good for 24 hours. On Friday morning (9am Melbourne time), all ebooks will revert to their original price—no ifs, no buts. If you’ve been thinking about adding one of our titles to your library, do it now.

Grab a birthday bargain.

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Thanks to everyone who entered! Prize entries to win a one-year subscription to the Optimal Workshop suite (worth $1,990) have now closed. Stay tuned for an announcement of the winner. You can still buy your copy now to get over $100 in bonus extras.

A Practical Guide to Information Architecture, Second Edition by Donna Spencer is the latest UX Mastery ebook to hit our digital bookshelf—and there is a very, very good reason why you should buy your copy today—as in, right now:

If you order today, you’ll go into the draw to win an annual subscription to the entire Optimal Workshop suite, including Treejack, OptimalSort, and Chalkmark. That’s $1,990 worth of value, all going to one lucky customer.

However, this offer is only available to folks who purchase their copy today. No extensions, no exceptions.

Get it now: $18 (AUD)

Of course, if you decide to purchase your copy after the draw has finished, you’re still going to get a great deal. You’ll still receive:

• Bonus video recording from one of Donna’s workshops (value: $99)
• Bonus content audit spreadsheet that Donna herself uses on projects (value: $9)
• Bonus PDF poster (value: $18)
• Multiple file formats: ePub, mobi & PDF
• 100% money-back guarantee

We bundle our ebooks with bonus extras that make them unbelievable value, and this package is no exception. That’s well over $100 worth of extras, for no extra cost.

However, if you think this book is something you might find useful, be in it to win it  for a chance at the Optimal Workshop license. The Optimal Workshop toolset is “the world’s most advanced UX toolset for testing your information architecture”.

The Optimal team make awesome software, and they rarely just give away access to their tools. This really is a unique opportunity.

Order your copy now: $18 (AUD)

Here’s what customers said about the first edition of A Practical Guide to Information Architecture

Donna’s book was an engaging and educational read. It should be a staple for any UX Bookshelf, and required reading for junior information architects. It’s filled with bit of humor, and contains many real world examples to back up the lessons she is providing.

—Johnny Holland Magazine

The book assumes no previous knowledge other than knowing what a website is. It’s a very gentle introduction to a hard topic. The writing style is relaxed and definitely not heavy going… I recommend this as an excellent starting place for your IA learning or even to pick up some new tricks if your already a practitioner.

—Chris Frost

This was a great primer on the practice of information architecture… Of the ‘new’ stuff that I learned from this book, probably the most helpful was the detailed methodology for testing a site architecture after it was reasonably established.

—Dave Emmett

Who is this book for?

This is a book for anyone who needs to create information architectures—particularly for large websites. If you’ve ever wondered what process you should follow when designing site maps, choosing navigation labels, or grouping content that just doesn’t seem to want to fit neatly into intuitive categories, this is the book for you.

Get it now.

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Update: this ebook has arrived! Pick up your copy today.

You don’t hear the job title ‘information architect’ so often these days.

It’s all ‘UX Designer’ this and ‘UX Architect’ that.

However, information architecture (IA) as a discipline is more important than ever.

If you’ve ever begun a large web design (or redesign) project, looked at the masses of disjointed or outdated content, and realised that you’d bitten off more than you could chew, you’ll know what I mean.

Information architecture—the organising and structuring of content—feels like one of those nebulous fields for those who haven’t studied it. But it’s the principles behind IA that can turn a daunting, messy hodgepodge of content into a findable, usable collection of useful information.

It’s also the topic of the next UX Mastery ebook, to be released on Thursday, June 26, titled A Practical Guide to Information Architecture. The author of the book is arguably one of the foremost experts on the topic, Donna Spencer.

Originally published by Five Simple Steps, we’re honoured that Donna has chosen UX Mastery as her preferred publisher to update this classic text. We’ve added our own style of illustrations, and will be bundling it with a veritable treasure trove of bonuses to turn this robust guide into a must-have title for your digital library.

But that’s not all.

Optimal Workshop, the folks behind the highly regarded usability testing tools Treejack, OptimalSort, and Chalkmark, have kindly agreed to give away a 1-year subscription to the entire OptimalWorkshop suite—that’s US $1,990 worth of access to industry-leading usability testing tools—to one lucky customer who purchases the book on launch day (Thursday, June 26).

And if you’re signed up to our newsletter, you’ll also receive exclusive details on how to grab 50% off your purchase. If you’re not a subscriber yet, jump on board to make sure you don’t miss out.

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Ever since launching UX Mastery, the single most common question we’ve been asked is: how do I get started? This ebook is a thoroughly researched response to that question, with pages of practical advice to help you launch—and maintain—a successful career in user experience design. We truly believe this is the most comprehensive guide ever written on how to break into user experience.

Writing a book that we believe will help people isn’t enough though—we also like to make sure what we’re offering is an amazing deal. To that end, here’s the list of bonus content that comes bundled with this book.

• UXPin.com 60-day free trial, exclusive to customers of this book
• UX Process poster. An A3 PDF poster of the popular process diagram introduced in our resources section
• UX Self-assessment kit. The kit includes:
  • UX Sundial chart—for assessing your knowledge of the many different fields that make up User Experience
  • UX Soft Skills chart—for assessing your ability to operate as a team player and communicator
  • Environment & Strategic Thinking chart—for plotting the different environments and levels of strategic thinking that you’ve experienced throughout your career
• UX Portfolio & Resume Template pack. The pack includes:
  • An editable UX portfolio template, in InDesign, EPS and PDF formats
  • A sample resume prepared by Patrick Neeman (usabilitycounts.com), a recognised expert in the UX job market

All up, there’s over $100 worth of bonus content alone, not even including the ebook itself! Plus if you’re not completely satisfied that this ebook and bundle is incredible value, we stand by our money-back guarantee. However, this amazing bundle will only be available until the end of March 2014, so grab your copy now to avoid missing out.

Buy the ebook now: $18 (AUD)

We shared an early preview of the book with a handful of beginners and senior designers alike. Here’s what they said:

This is an excellent book. It’s thorough & clear and I’ll have no hesitation recommending it to everyone who asks me “how do I get into UX”.

—Donna Spencer, UX Australia

As a UI Designer looking to expand my career options, Get Started In UX is a very thorough and useful guide that prepares all the necessary ingredients to becoming a UX Practitioner, and presents them as deliciously digestible bite size chunks. I highly recommend it for aspiring UX practitioners from all backgrounds.

— James Harvey

What Matt and Luke have put together here is not only great reading, it’s a comprehensive and, more importantly, realistic instruction manual for launching into a UX career. I not only highly recommend it, I wish that I’d had this when I was starting down my own path. Thanks to Matthew and Luke for adding this treasure to the UX treasure chest!

—Lis Hubert, Hubert Experience Design

Get Started in UX, the new eBook from Matt and Luke at UX Mastery, is a delight! It strikes the perfect balance of theoretical learnings and practical, ‘roll up your sleeves and get doing’ advice that I’m certain will be useful for absolute beginners and more experienced practitioners alike.

—Ben Tollady, Thirst Studios

You only need one book to get into UX, and this is it. Get Started in UX is your roadmap to a career in UX. It takes you through a complete journey from gaining experience, creating a portfolio and even how to tackle your first interview. You get insight into the minds of professional UXers as well as recruiters on how to land a dream UX job. This book is a must have to landing that job.

—Ben Adonis, Symplicit

Who is this book for?

This is a book for newcomers to the field of UX, although senior practitioners who are looking for a new role will find much of the content useful.

That said, “newcomers to UX” aren’t always newcomers to the world of work. In fact, most UX Designers I know began their careers in other roles—industrial design, computer science, graphic design, even filmmaking! If it’s a career change you’re looking for, Get Started in UX is the book for you.

Find out more.

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The next ebook to be published from UX Mastery is called Get Started in UX. While our first offering was a fascinating collection of interviews, this is a much more practical guide to launching a career as a user experience designer.

If you read Everyday UX and thought “UX Design is the career for me!” then this is the book that will show you how to take it to the next level, by following a step-by-step process, with tips and templates to help you land a job in the UX industry.

Get Started in UX will be launched on Wednesday, February 19.

Expanding on our popular how to get started in UX design article, this book includes:

• how to perform a comprehensive self-assessment of your skills;
• practical advice on networking, finding a mentor, preparing for an interview, and more;
• tips on preparing your portfolio, including a downloadable bonus portfolio template;
• interviews with UX designers, course instructors, hiring managers, recruiters and graduate students, ensuring a balance of perspectives and insider information;

… and much, much more.

The book is peppered with original illustrations, diagrams and photos, and answers just about every question you’re likely to have about how to get started. As usual, we’ll also be bundling it with a ton of bonus content from some amazing partners. We love a good deal as much as you guys!

If you’re not subscribed to our email newsletter, now is the time to secure your exclusive subscriber discount:

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Everyday UX is an inspiring collection of interviews with some of the best UX designers in the world. If you’ve ever wondered how Lean UX author Jeff Gothelf got started, which tools usability guru Gerry Gaffney uses, or what process interaction designer Shane Morris uses to weave magic into his award-winning designs, this is the book for you.

In addition, we’ve negotiated some fantastic bonus content to include with the ebook, including:

• 1 x 30-day free trial of Learnable, a huge library of courses and ebooks for designers and developers
• 1 x 90-day free trial of myBalsamiq, the easy-to-use online prototyping tool
• 1 x A3-size illustrated PDF poster called “What is UX?”, to print and hang in your office

That’s well over $100 of value for just $18.

We reckon that’s a pretty great deal, and are very grateful to our partners for being so generous! However, these bonuses will cease to exist after December 31, 2013, so get in now to avoid missing out.

Order the ebook now.

Here’s what some folks who have had an early look at the book are saying:

“This is a perfect resource for seeing what a UXer actually does before taking the plunge.”

“I like the tips on how to become a UXer and work efficiently in the field of UX.”

“It gives insight into their methods, processes and the broad range of activities they do. I also like the photos of their toolkits!”

Who is this book for?

If you’re new to the User Experience field, or are wondering whether UX is the right career for you, this ebook will answer your questions. You’ll learn:

• what a “day in the life” looks like for 10 UX designers from all over the world
• which tools other designers use to do their job
• what makes a successful UX designer

With beautiful portrait photographs of each contributor and their workspace, Everyday UX is bound to get you excited about beginning a career in—or rediscovering your passion for—user experience design.

Find out more.

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Matt and I have been working very hard on creating the very first UX Mastery ebook. We’re super excited about it, and we think you’ll like it.

Everyday UX will be launched on Thursday, December 12. We’re really quite proud of it.

This ebook is a series of interviews with 10 user experience designers who we admire and respect. Interspersed with stunning photographs of the interviewees at their places of work, it paints a fascinating portrait of the User Experience industry.

Oh, and we’ll be bundling a bunch of very cool extra stuff with the ebook too, to make it an insanely good deal—it is nearly Christmas, after all.

We can’t say any more, but we guarantee that it will be great value.

Sign up to be the first to hear when the ebook becomes available:

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