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The 800-CEO-READ Business Book Awards, Entrepreneurship & Small Business
By Porchlight
Of all the categories in the 800-CEO-READ Business Book Awards, the books in Entrepreneurship & Small Business usually contain the most immediately actionable ideas and instruction. This year is no exception. Chris Guillebeau's The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future, released by Crown Business, is a perfect primer for those looking to break out and build a business of their own—right.
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The 800-CEO-READ Business Book Awards, Personal Development
By Porchlight
Our founder and president, Jack Covert, recently told Andrew Hill of The Financial Times that business books, “in their core and their soul, are self-help books, where people go to make their company better, to make their job better. ” And while that may be true of business books in general, there are many that are very specifically directed at Personal Development. This year, the best of those was Cal Newport's So Good They Can’t Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love from Business Plus.
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The 800-CEO-READ Business Book Awards, Innovation & Creativity
By Porchlight
The 800-CEO-READ Business Book Awards have been decided upon, and in the Innovation & Creativity category, Seth Godin's wonderful new book, The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly? (published this month by Portfolio along with two companion books—V is for Vulnerable and Whatcha Gonna Do with That Duck? ) takes the top prize.
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The 800-CEO-READ Business Book Awards, Finance & Economics
By Porchlight
The entries were submitted, the books were read, the decisions have been made. And, in the Finance & Economics category, Robert Shiller's Finance and the Good Society from Princeton University Press takes the top spot. “At its broadest level, finance is the science of goal architecture—of the structuring of the economic arrangements necessary to achieve a set of goals and of the stewardship of assets needed for that achievement.
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Jack Covert Selects - The Icarus Deception
By Porchlight
The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly? by Seth Godin, Portfolio, 256 pages, $24. 95, Hardcover, December 2012, ISBN 9781591846079 Most of us remember the “creative types” in school, the ones who wore odd clothes and listened to strange music.
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Jack Covert Selects - To Sell is Human
By Porchlight
To Sell is Human: The Surprising Truth about Moving Others by Daniel H. Pink, Riverhead Books, 272 pages, $26. 95, Hardcover, December 2012, ISBN 9781594487156 Dan Pink dedicates his new book, To Sell is Human, to booksellers.
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Jack Covert Selects - APE
By Porchlight
APE: How to Publish a Book by Guy Kawasaki and Shawn Welch, self-published via Nononina Press, 323 pages, $9. 99, e-book/POD, December 2012, ISBN 9780988523111 Choosing a self-published ebook for a Jack Covert Selects review is unprecedented. Choosing to recommend a book about self-publishing is also pretty odd, since we make our livelihood selling books with paper pages and highly designed covers and a traditional publisher behind the scenes.
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2012 800-CEO-READ Business Book Awards Shortlist: Personal Development
By Porchlight
Over the course of this week, we have posted the shortlist selections in the General Business, Leadership, Management, Innovation & Creativity, Small Business & Entrepreneurship, Marketing & Sales, Personal Development, and Finance & Economics categories. Just one last category left: Personal Development. Stay tuned, because on Monday, December 17th, we'll announce the category winners, and, on Wednesday, December 19th, we'll celebrate the overall winner of the 2012 800-CEO-READ Business Book Awards!
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2012 800-CEO-READ Business Book Awards Shortlist: Finance & Economics
By Sally Haldorson
Over the course of this week, we will be posting the shortlist selections for our 8 business book categories: General Business, Leadership, Management, Innovation/Creativity, Small Business/Entrepreneurship, Marketing/Sales, Personal Development, Finance. On Monday, December 17th, we'll announce the category winners, and, on Wednesday, December 19th, we'll celebrate the overall winner of the 2012 800-CEO-READ Business Book Awards! Stay tuned.
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2012 800-CEO-READ Business Book Awards Shortlist: Small Biz/Entrepreneurship
By Porchlight
Over the course of this week, we will be posting the shortlist selections for our 8 business book categories: General Business, Leadership, Management, Innovation/Creativity, Small Business/Entrepreneurship, Marketing/Sales, Personal Development, Finance. Then on Monday, December 17th, we'll announce the category winners, and, on Wednesday, December 19th, we'll celebrate the overall winner of the 2012 800-CEO-READ Business Book Awards! Stay tuned.
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