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2007 Best Business Book Awards: Semifinalists and Shortlist announced today
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After nearly 300 submissions and weeks of intense reading, the 8cr editorial staff has narrowed down the top titles to be considered as the best in 13 categories for the first 800-CEO-READ Business Book Awards. The shortlist for the Best Business Book of 2007 was also announced which includes: The Dream Manager Matthew Kelly The Last Tycoons William D. Cohan Made to Stick Chip and Dan Heath Strengths Finder 2.
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links for 2007-12-15
By Porchlight
Starbucked >> New York Times Book Review | Venti Capitalists There’s a great story to be told about the success of Starbucks. But we’ll have to wait to hear it from somebody other than Taylor Clark.
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Another List
By Porchlight
Rebecca pointed us all to Amazon's Best Books of 2007 last month, and in light of all the other lists coming out lately, I thought it'd be a good idea to revisit that list and highlight the business titles on it. There were three business categories--Business, Business Narratives, and Finance & Investing. So without further ado, the choice of Amazon's editors were.
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BusinessWeek's Best Business Books of 2007
By Porchlight
I have always appreciated BusinessWeek's commitment to the category of business books. The magazine reviews books in each issue and publish its monthly business book bestseller list. Continuing in their support, here are the slideshow of books BusinessWeek choose in 2007 as their Best Business Books of the Year: In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India by Edward Luce Asian Godfathers: Money and Power in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia by Joe Studwell The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World by Alan Greenspan The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb The Strategy Paradox: Why Committing to Success Leads to Failure (And What to Do About It) by Michael E.
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Books From the Staff at The Economist
By Porchlight
There has been an explosion of business books written by journalists in the past few years, and this trend doesn't seem to be stopping. Personally, I like the trend. The authors write for a living, so the books are usually well written, and the topics they touch on are making business literature accessible to a wider audience.
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Post Pow-wow Thoughts
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I promised I'd write more about the pow-wow. With the assistance of the words from some of the pow-wow-ees, here goes. This year was our second annual Author Pow-wow.
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Kindle packaging
By Porchlight
All opinions on Kindle aside, have you seen its packaging? Pretty spiffy. * Image from Bad Banana Blog.
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Excerpt from The Sales Manager's Success Manual
By Porchlight
The following chapter is excerpted from The Sales Manager's Success Manual by Wayne M. Thomas (AMACOM). This book covers fundamental sales management topics including compensation, forecasting, and motivation, along with more advanced topics such as dealing with internal politics, understanding generational issues, managing up, and developing intuition.
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2007 Brand Autopsy Marketing Book Awards
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John over at Brandy Autopsy has announced his favorite marketing books of the year. Among them are What Were They Thinking? , Wal-Smart, and Made To Stick.
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Catching up with the guys from Freakonomics
By Porchlight
Yesterday I had a chance to catch up on a few weeks of blog posts over on the Freakonomics blog. I found out that their book is going to be made into a documentary; each story will be told by a different set of directors. One set of directors is looking for ideas from Freakonomics fans.
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