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Headed To BookExpo America 2009

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Aaron and I are headed to New York City tomorrow to attend Book Expo America, the yearly event for book publishing in North America. Many are holding their breath wondering what it will be like this year. Exhibitor space is down 25% and attendees registered is down almost 30%.

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Channel Insider's 21 to Read

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Channel Insider recently posted a slide show of 21 Must Read Books for Business Success. It was compiled by asking "successful solution providers what books have both inspired them and shaped their approach to making their businesses a success. " You can get detailed descriptions of the books by viewing the slide show, but the list itself, with links, below.

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"[A]ll of us read too many business books."

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Eduardo Castro-Wright, vice chairman of Wal-Mart Stores was the subject of the Corner Office column in Sunday's New York Times. The question that caught our attention was: Q. So you find that people make business more complicated than it is?

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Smove

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Here is a little something for you on the Friday afternoon. In the States, we have a three day weekend. I thought this was a nice way to end the week.

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New Look For 800-CEO-READ

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If you have seen any of our print materials over the last few years, you'll recognize our new look. There are a number of things we are trying to do with the new site: Make more apparent all the things we do. Provide a better book search Build on more flexible systems like Ruby on Rails and WordPress.

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Jack Covert Selects - Minding the Store

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Minding the Store: Great Writing About Business From Tolstoy to Now edited by Robert Coles and Albert LaFarge, The New Press, 299 pages, $25. 95, Hardcover, August 2008, ISBN 9781595583550 Many of the best-selling business books of the last thirty years are not based on exemplar companies, Fortune 500 CEOs or academic breakthroughs. Instead, they are completely made up; stories fabricated to make a grand point about how business should be practiced.

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"Possibly the BEST list of business books ever. "

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No, I am not talking about our book. Twitter was a-flitter with this message today: RT @TPEntrepreneur Possibly the BEST list of business books ever. Totally unexpected stuff!

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Jack Covert Selects - Greater Than Yourself

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Greater Than Yourself: The Ultimate Lesson of True Leadership by Steve Farber, Doubleday, 170 pages, $19. 95, Hardcover, March 2009, ISBN 9780385522618 Steve Farber is a master storyteller, and he uses this skill to teach us about business through his well-crafted tales. It's not uncommon these days to see business novels, fables or allegories, but what sets Farber's books apart from the rest are the vibrant characters he creates.

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Jack Covert Selects - The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work

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The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work by Alain de Botton, Pantheon Books, 320 Pages, $26. 00, Hardcover, June 2009, ISBN 9780375424441 In 2006 I reviewed a collection of essays about transportation called Uncommon Carriers by John McPhee. A long-distance trucker, a crew pushing a barge on the river, and lobsters making the trek across country all populate that fine book, one of my picks for best of that year.

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100 Best: Jack interviews Jim Champy, co-author of Reengineering the Corporation

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Michael Hammer and James Champy's Reengineering the Corporation addresses the issue of reinventing and reinvigorating a company in ways different than the typical route of downsizing and other similar practices. Hammer and Michael are "systems thinkers" and crafted an important book about how to analyze systems within business and take profound and efficient actions to make improvements. A bestseller upon its release, the book is still hugely popular today, and easily landed a spot in Jack and Todd's 100 Best.