ESRI press is finally releasing a reprint of Jacque Bertin’s classic, Semiology of Graphics. It has been difficult for visual designers and researchers to get hold of a copy of the book: you either have to pay a ridiculous price ($300-500) to buy it as a “scarce resource” or to fight with your colleagues for a single copy archived at your school library. A running thread on Ask E.T. that started in 2003 shows how desperate many people are in trying to get this book.

ESRI Catalog 2010