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Congratulations to our winner, Jeremy V.

Cool Infographics covers infographics in exhaustive detail. Starting in chapter 1, The Science of Infographics to Design Resources in chapter 7, the book gives vast data on what makes a successful infographic, which can mean far more than great imagery and interesting data, it can mean how successful will your infographic be marketing your brand, your website or your product. Tips can be found in chapter 3, Infographics and SEO, on how to market your infographic online and use the search engines to increase awareness.

A nice addition was the chapter on infographic resumes, a trend that is steadily growing. Randy highlights the advantages to creating resume with an infographic feel as well as providing some potential risks in doing so.

One of my favorite sections is on page 288 where Randy writes, “Big Fonts Are NOT Data Visualizations” and states that this is a pet peeve of his. I heartily agree and applaud Randy on coming out against lazy design by using big fonts. The entire book is written like this…honest and direct.

All in all, Cool Infographics provides over 300 pages of tips for researching, writing, designing and marketing infographics. Resources are clearly outlined and examples are plentiful. If you are thinking about designing infographics for a living or are an expert in this field, this book can provide something new and useful for each person and everyone in between.

We hope you will enter for a chance to win Cool Infographics. And if you don’t win, you can purchase Randy’s book at Amazon: Cool Infographics: Effective Communication with Data Visualization and Design

Randy has also provided a sample chapter you can read here: http://www.coolinfographics.com/sample-chapter/