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It is always nice when I get sent emails or tweets about where my books have been spotted. This photo (click for full-size image), which features both the first and second edition of Smashing WordPress: Beyond the Blog (the third edition is on its way!) as well as Tackling Tumblr, was sent to me by Ripperdoc who spotted these books in a book store in Singapore. Thanks!

I’ll get back to you with more on this book, along with the cover and a table of contents, some PR talk and stuff like that. For now all I can tell you is that it is a fairly substantial update to the second edition, fully updated to the 3.3 branch of WordPress. I’m pretty happy with it, especially some new examples and ideas to get your minds spinning.

Look for more later. For now, I’ll just sit back and relax, feeling bloody happy of yet another manuscript delivered.

I’m still waiting for the cover and stuff like that, so the Smashing WordPress: Beyond the Blog, 2nd Edition book page is still pretty raw.

Pre-order links and more when I get it.

Obviously I’m thrilled about having had the opportunity to revise and update the highly popular first edition of Smashing WordPress: Beyond the Blog. The second edition is fully WordPress 3.1 compliant and includes new examples, revised code, and whatnot. I hope you’ll like it.

Speaking of which, I’m surprised to see that Beyond the Blog continues to sell well over 500 copies monthly. The book is over a year old and the second edition is due in April, so I urge you to pick up Smashing WordPress Themes instead, or hold off until the Smashing WordPress: Beyond the Blog, 2nd Edition in April. More on that one here.

These numbers are far from final, you never know how many books you’ve sold until well the year after the book launch. Needless to say, I’m pretty happy with the sales of my debut book, and the follow-up (Smashing WordPress Themes) is off to a good start.

Here’s hoping my third (fourth if you count the upcoming 2nd Edition of Smashing WordPress: Beyond the Blog) book will do just as well. As soon as I know when it’s out and stuff like that I’ll share more on that, details are a bit hazy on what I’m supposed to be allowed to say at this point.

The second edition, which should be able for pre-order from Amazon and other fine online retailers, is due in April this year. It is fully updated for WordPress 3.1, with lots of new examples, concepts and whatnot. I’m pretty happy with it actually, and I believe you will be too. While time and space was limited, I do feel that it adds a lot of value, hopefully enough for fans of the first edition to want to pick up the second edition. At least that’s how I’ve written it, and I hope you’ll agree that it merits a second buy.

There will be both a print version (paperback), and a Kindle version of Smashing WordPress: Beyond the Blog, 2nd Edition. It’s in full color, I’ll get back to you on the pagecount when I’ve got it, but I’d reckon that it is at least as thick as Smashing WordPress Themes (which is 368 pages by the way, and also in full color).

So there you have it. I’m really excited about Smashing WordPress: Beyond the Blog, 2nd Edition and I’ve worked hard to get it out as early as April. Expect more as soon as it nears release, of course.

There will be a second edition of my highly popular, critically acclaimed, bestselling, insert-pr-speak-here book, Smashing WordPress: Beyond the Blog. The manuscript is in the hands of my editors as we speak, and those of you stalking me on Twitter or Facebook can finally rest easy knowing that this is what I’ve been working on the past few weeks.

I’ve added Smashing WordPress: Beyond the Blog, 2nd Edition to my books page, but there’s not much else going on over there right now. Expect it to be bigger, better, more up to date, and hopefully better syntaxed by the people doing that stuff as well. Obviously this is the version they’ll be translating when launching the book in Portuguese.

Smashing WordPress: Beyond the Blog, 2nd Edition is tentatively slated for release in April 2011.

Now go and buy Smashing WordPress Themes, it’s out next week!