Insites: The Book | Viewport Industries

Insites: The Book is a beautiful, limited edition, 256-page book presented in a numbered, foil-blocked presentation box. This very special publication features no code snippets and no design tips; instead, 20 deeply personal conversations with the biggest names in the web community.

Over the course of six months, we travelled the US and the UK to meet with Tina Roth Eisenberg, Jason Santa Maria, Cameron Moll, Ethan Marcotte, Alex Hunter, Brendan Dawes, Simon Collison, Dan Rubin, Andy McLoughlin, Kevin Rose and Daniel Burka, Josh Brewer, Ron Richards, Trent Walton, Ian Coyle, Mandy Brown, Sarah Parmenter, Jim Coudal, Jeffrey Zeldman, Tim Van Damme, and Jon Hicks.

We delved into their personal journeys, big wins, and lessons learned, along with the kind of tales you’ll never hear on a conference stage. Each and every person we spoke to has an amazing story to tell — a story we can all relate to, because even the biggest successes have the smallest, most humble of beginnings.

Insites: The Book is published by Viewport Industries in association with MailChimp.

Buy insites: The Book

Limited boxed paperback edition — £23.00 (Only 2000 available)
Digital edition — £9.00 (PDF, EPUB, MOBI)
Physical & Digital Bundle — £29.00 (Limited boxed paperback + PDF, EPUB, MOBI)

Insites: The Book is a rather special collector’s item: the foil-blocked outer box opens up to reveal our little black book, blind-embossed with the Insites logomark.

And inside the book itself, you’ll find 256 pages (of silk-coated 140gsm stock) packed full of the secrets of our industry’s very best designers, developers, and entrepreneurs.

Use the left and right arrows to browse our gallery of images to see just how much love has been put into this publication.

If you’d like hi-res images for press, please visit our press pack on Flickr.

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Photo of Insites: The Book — The contents page, with Aaron Robbs’ beautiful illustration

“Insites: The Book is a beautiful, well written book bringing the brightest design minds on the modern web to your living room, or office, or wherever the decor can stand up to the striking design.”

Jason McVearry

Marketing Manager — Media Temple

“The best thing about our industry is that there is always someone to look up to, be inspired by, and be secretly jealous of, and Insites helps unveil the motivations and passions of the best, in a beautifully written and designed package.”

Daniel Howells

Editor of siteInspire

“This book is like having coffee and catching up with an old friend — an intimate reunion of genuine conversation and up-close anecdotes. OK, minus the coffee.”

Daniel Weinand

Co-founder, Chief Design & Culture Officer — Shopify

“I am honored to be among those interviewed in this beautiful publication.”

Jeffrey Zeldman

Writing on his blog

“A beautifully finished book of interviews with some of our favorite people from the web industry.”

Mark DiCristina

Writing on MailChimp’s Permission to be Creative blog

“Even though I’m lucky to call many of the people featured, friends, I still learnt so much and couldn’t put it down.”

Sarah Parmenter

Writing on her blog

E-book formats created by

All the digital formats you’ll ever need… in one simple bundle. Buy the bundle on its own for £9, or get it for just £6 when purchased with the boxed paperback edition.

EPUB / MOBI / PDF

Our e-book bundle is ZIP file containing the book in a variety of digital formats: EPUB for iPad, iPhone, or Nook; MOBI for all Kindle devices; and PDF for desktops and tablet — in both single-page and full-spread versions.

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Free iPad app

We’ve partnered with App Press to create a free app for iPad. The app acts as a teaser for the book’s content, allowing you to read one specially-selected question from each interview.

Frequently Asked Questions

What, really no PayPal?

It’s true, for more on our decision to not use PayPal please read Elliot’s blog post. We do however accept all major credit & debit cards. These are securely processed by our PCI compliant Shopify store and payment gateway CardStream.

When will my book arrive?

Our books and boxes are being printed during September and early October 2012. It is our aim to start shipping in mid October. All books will be despatched from the UK to anywhere in the world.

Ooops, I put in the wrong address

No problem. As long as we haven’t shipped your book we will happily update our records. Please contact Rob, our trusty Director of Support, with your order number and we'll get on it.

How much is shipping?

There are three shipping bands. UK (£5), Europe (£7) & Rest of the World (£9).

Shipping will be added to your order during the checkout process.

Digital bundle delivery

We use FetchApp to deliver our digital goods. You should receive your download link after placing your order.

Please note we are obliged to charge VAT (currently 20%) on the digital editions to EU customers.

Can I order more than 5 copies?

Of course you can. We are happy to discuss bulk orders and reduced shipping rates for orders over five copies. Please e-mail Keir for further details.

Can I return my book?

We are sorry but we are unable to accept returns on physical or digital editions of the book. If your book has been damaged in transit please contact us.

I need more help — what can I do?

The easiest way is to contact Rob with your query and he’ll do his best to get back to you as quickly as he can. Alternatively you can ask away in 140 characters via Twitter.