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Everyone Talking About Greenspan Book
By Porchlight
The media doesn't know what an embargo is anymore. I can tell you that publishers are driven nuts when reporters start talking about a book before it comes out. With the book slated to come out Monday, Alan Greenspan's book The Age of Turbulence is the latest to fall victim to impatience.
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Bzzz...
By Porchlight
Last night Jon and I listened to a speech from Malcolm Faulds of BzzAgent -- the company founded by Dave Balter, author of Grapevine. I'm still fascinated by what BzzAgent is doing. Dave created BzzAgent to harness the power of word-of-mouth.
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Business Books About The NFL
By Porchlight
I am a sucker for NFL books. I love the sport (yes, my fantasy team posted their first win this week) and I am even more fascinated by the business of the NFL. Last year I interviewed Mark Yost about his book Tailgating, Sacks, and Salary Caps which deal with the business of the NFL.
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links for 2007-09-12
By Porchlight
Blue Blood and Mutiny>>The Wall Street Journal | The Making of a Palace Coup In "Blue Blood and Mutiny: The Fight for the Soul of Morgan Stanley," Patricia Beard presents an engaging narrative of a by now well-known tale: how eight former Morgan Stanley executives rose up to oust Mr.
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Business Books on Monday Night Football
By Porchlight
[ESPN Monday Night Football Baltimore Ravens vs. Cincinnati Bengals Transcript starting at 9:10 Central Time] Mike Tirico: Here's Michelle Tafoya. Michelle Tafoya: Well, let's talk about captains for a minute.
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No Asshole Rule Wins Quills Awards (Business Category)
By Porchlight
The Quill Awards, which they self-describe as "first literary prizes to reflect the tastes of all the groups that matter most in publishing--- readers, booksellers and librarians", were announced this morning. Bob Sutton's No Asshole Rule won the business category from the finalists of Small Is the New Big by Seth Godin, Women & Money by Suze Orman, Send by David Shipley and Will Schwalbe, and Chocolates on the Pillow Aren't Enough Jonathan M. Tisch with Karl Weber.
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Ask 8cr! - Secrets of Closing the Sale
By Aaron Schleicher
Welcome to our first posting of "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'll then take these issues and apply a business book we feel offers a viable solution.
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Why A Book?
By Porchlight
Because they still matter and they produce a different result. There are a number of routes we could have gone with this project. A simple email with the 100 books could have gotten readers talking.
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Good Weekend Reading
By Porchlight
Sally Haldorson, the editor of our ChangeThis site, published a new issue yesterday. Seth Godin himself gave the site some love on his blog Wednesday.
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China, Milwaukee, and Hollywood
By Porchlight
There have been an incredible amount of books published about China in the past year. They include The Writing on the Wall, China Now, All the Tea in China, Doing Business in China , Dragons at Your Door, and In China's Shadow. And that's really just the tip of the iceberg.
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