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Tufte's site includes this analysis of a good example of an infographic:

http://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=0...

+1 million. That book changed my life, at least as far as information presentation is concerned. It's that good. If you ever make a chart or a graph, you owe it to yourself and your viewers to read that book.

Was there a specific book you had in mind? There are 8 at the link.

Of those, Visual Display of Quantitative Information and Beautiful Evidence are my favorites.

Accompany those with the classic How To Lie With Statistics.

"The Visual Display of Quantitative Information" is the one I had in mind. Sorry, I should've checked the link.

Also check out "Now You See It: Simple Visualization Techniques for Quantitative Analysis". Another great one.