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Whatever your theory or opinion is of the future of books and digital content, the fact unarguably is that books have played, and will continue to play, a role in people's lives. As Bryce Milligan points out, there are many things, aesthetic and utilitarian, that can be done with a book that give people an experience (home insulation, anyone? ).
November 12, 2009
The 64th issue of ChangeThis has been published for all of you autodidactic business literature enthusiasts out there. Excerpts and links below. ::::: The Upstarts Are Here!
By Porchlight
"Canada has never been a melting pot; more like a tossed salad.
November 11, 2009
"The only way to solve the traffic problem of the country is to pass a law that only paid-for cars are allowed to use the highways.
November 10, 2009
Audio books are one of those strange, enigmatic creatures whose popularity depends not on the customers themselves, but on the core popularity of the book they are based on. If the book isn't doing well (if there was an audio version at all) its life will be short lived. But, oh what a life to lead!
November 09, 2009
"The future you shall know when it has come; before then, forget it.
November 06, 2009
As most who read this blog know, there's a lot happening in publishing right now. Price wars, eBooks, Todd Sattersten leaving 800-CEO-READ. .
November 03, 2009
It must be the season of the lists, yeah, because Publishers Weekly has announced their top 10 books of 2009. One business title made their list—Matthew B. Crawford's Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work, released by penguin Press.
October 29, 2009
What is our core business? How is this recession changing our customers and their behaviors? Will this recession hasten—or even cause—a large-scale restructuring of our industry, and if so how will it affect us?
October 28, 2009
We are in the middle of reveiewing books that have been submitted to us for consideration in our 800-CEO-READ Business Book Awards. One side effect of this is that I have to take a second look at books that I initially passed on. One book that I passed on was How to Castrate a Bull by Dave Hitz with Pat Walsh, published in January by Jossey-Bass.
October 15, 2009
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