News & Opinion
Keep up with the latest industry news and trends, our annual business book awards, and other pieces of news and opinion floating around the offices and minds of Porchlight Book Company.
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Blog / News & Opinion
The 2017 800-CEO-READ Business Books Awards and Industry Party
By Dylan Schleicher
Scenes from our time in New York City, hosting and honoring our friends and colleagues in the publishing industry.
Categories: news-opinion, publishing-industry, the-company
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The Reading List of Tom Peters
By Dylan Schleicher
Tom Peters, the author most responsible for popularizing the business book genre, shares what he's reading these days.
Categories: news-opinion, narrative-biography, publishing-industry, the-company
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In Praise of Janesville: The 2017 800-CEO-READ Business Book of the Year
By Sally Haldorson
Eminently accessible, instantly absorbable, Janesville is a story of economics lived. Of the decisions a monolithic company makes that results in economic devastation for a middle-American town, and the families that live there. A microcosmic illustration of a national experience, Janesville is about idealism and stubbornness and desperation and bravery. And we all can learn a lot about ourselves and our capacity for resilience from the children whose stories are at the heart of Janesville.
Categories: news-opinion, narrative-biography, publishing-industry, the-company
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800-CEO-READ's 2017 Bestsellers
By Dylan Schleicher
Thank you to everyone who helped bring 800-CEO-READ's 2017 Bestsellers to life.
Categories: news-opinion, narrative-biography, publishing-industry, the-company
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Inside the Longlist: The Best Big Ideas & New Perspectives Books of 2017
By Dylan Schleicher
Wrapping up our look inside the books on our 2017 awards longlist, we take a peek at the books in the Big Ideas & New Perspectives category.
Categories: news-opinion, publishing-industry, the-company
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Inside the Longlist: The Best Narrative & Biography Books of 2017
By Rebecca Schwartz
Our CEO and President, Rebecca Schwartz, takes us inside the best Narrative & Biography Books published in 2017.
Categories: news-opinion, narrative-biography
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Inside the Longlist: The Best Personal Development & Human Behavior Books of 2017
By Blyth Meier
Far beyond the “self help” books of yesterday, these five personal development & human behavior books help you in ways you didn’t even know you needed.
Categories: news-opinion, publishing-industry, the-company
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Tom Peters, The 2017 Jack Covert Award for Contribution to the Business Book Industry Winner
By Dylan Schleicher
It was inevitable that any award based on contribution to the business book industry would eventually come to Tom Peters.
Categories: news-opinion, publishing-industry, the-company
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Inside the Longlist: The Best Current Events & Public Affairs Books of 2017
By Dylan Schleicher
The five books in our Current Events & Public Affairs category are all timely, topical explorations of the intersection between business and the wider world they're meant to serve.
Categories: news-opinion, publishing-industry, the-company
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The 2017 800-CEO-READ Business Book Awards Shortlist
By Dylan Schleicher
These are the eight books, which we deemed to be at the top in their category in 2017, remaining in the running to win this year's 800-CEO-READ Business Book Award.
Categories: news-opinion, the-company