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
800-CEO-READ Leadership Transition
By Ryan Schleicher
With Carol Grossmeyer retiring as CEO, Rebecca Schwartz will assume the 800-CEO-READ leadership role.
Categories: news-opinion, the-company
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Andrew S. Grove: 1936 - 2016
By Dylan Schleicher
Even the paranoid pass from the Earth someday. And, this week, we lost Andrew S. Grove.
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A Donation for Literacy and Creative Thinking
By Ryan Schleicher
J.P. Morgan and 800-CEO-READ have donated a portion of the sales from the J.P. Morgan Holiday Reading List to charities that align with the program’s mission.
Categories: news-opinion, publishing-industry, the-company
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Jack Covert Selects and the Editor's Choice
By Dylan Schleicher
Explaining our transition from the Jack Covert Selects to the Editor's Choice review series.
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The Absence of Presence: The Position of Women Authors in the Business Genre
By Sally Haldorson
A pointed question from Jane McGonigal led our General Manager, Sally Haldorson, to take a closer look at the underlying bias against women authors in the business genre.
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Scenes from the 2015 800-CEO-READ Business Book Awards and Industry Party
By Dylan Schleicher
A great time was had by all, and we announced our two biggest annual awards.
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The 2015 800-CEO-READ Business Book of the Year
By Dylan Schleicher
After a long and deliberative process, a lot of reading and a lot of discussion, Kevin Ashton's How to Fly a Horse emerges as our winner.
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The 2015 Jack Covert Award for Contribution to the Business Book Industry
By Dylan Schleicher
This year's winner is the Founder, President, and Publisher of Portfolio, Adrian Zackheim.
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800-CEO-READ's 2015 Bestsellers
By Dylan Schleicher
It's been another record year for us here at 800-CEO-READ. These are the books we moved the most in 2015.
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The 2015 800-CEO-READ Business Book Awards Shortlist
By Ryan Schleicher
In which we announce our eight category winners, which become the finalists for our book of the year.
Categories: news-opinion, narrative-biography, publishing-industry, the-company