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The Little Prince Debate
By Porchlight
Tom Peters refueled a little inner office discussion between the sales staff here at 8CR with a blog post over at TomPeters! , when mentioning The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. It wasn't until recent discussions, and Mr Peters' blog post that I looked past the personal value of the book, and thought of The Little Prince as a very valuable business tool.
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More NYC food
By Porchlight
We have eaten at some incredible restaurants on this trip. Yesterday was Balthazar for breakfast and Bouley for dinner. I had to take a break from all that fine dining and eat lunch today at the Shake Shack.
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Local Friend Recommends
By Porchlight
Our friends at OnMilwaukee. com recommend a great business title in their most recent "OMC Recommends: Cool stuff we like right now" column. Jeff Sherman says this about Randy Komisar's The Monk and The Riddle: It's a bit outdated, but Randy Komisar's novel is a great read.
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More on the digital vs. paper debate...
By Porchlight
We often get into philosophical debates here on everything from what constitutes a sport to the evolution of the book industry. Many times, these conversations are conducted through a string of emails. Rebecca introduced you to one debate.
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A big push for digital books? Not quite yet...
By Porchlight
There was an article in last week's issue of BusinessWeek called "Amazon Does Downloads, Sort of: Why its push into digital delivery of books, movies, and music seems halfhearted. " Here at 800-CEO-READ, there is an ongoing discussion about, you guessed it, whether digital will eventually take over the book industry and books as we know them will go away. We all agree that the physical book will never go away - it's too bound up in our culture, and it's still the most portable way of carrying ideas around with us, not to mention the fact that experts overwhelmingly agree that reading printed matter is easier on the eye than reading a screen.
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Testing and Tasting The Theory
By Porchlight
Jack and I are in NYC this week on our annual fall trip. We dined at Union Square Cafe this evening. Owner Danny Meyer wrote Setting The Table last year and the two of us decided we need to check if the theory was put into practice.
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Ask 8cr!: Juggling Elephants
By Aaron Schleicher
Welcome to "Ask 8cr! " - a new section of our blog where we've created a forum to find out what kinds of issues and challenges people are having in the workplace. We then take these issues and apply a business book we feel offers a viable solution.
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Greenspan on Today Show
By Porchlight
Greenspan got the plum spot in the 7:15 spot on the Today Show. There was a pre-recorded piece done with Maria Bartiromo and Matt Lauer did the live interview. The Q&A was awkward, but Greenspan mostly clarifying positions he took in the book ranging from the Iraq War being about oil (he says we needed to deal with Saddam or face $130/barrel) and his lack of opposition to Bush tax-cuts (he says he supported the action, but continually asked how it would be funded).
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Greenspan's inspiration
By Porchlight
Greenspan was a big fan of Atlas Shrugged -- a book some consider to be one of the most influential business books ever written. Many have criticized the book for encouraging selfishness. Yet, Greenspan refuted it in a letter to the NYTimes in 1957: 'Atlas Shrugged' is a celebration of life and happiness.
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Greenspan: The Blogger
By Porchlight
Alan Greenspan is blogging at Amazon, but there is only one post in two weeks.
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