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links for 2007-07-31
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Rocketeers >> BusinessWeek | Space: The Private Frontier "Belfiore's book provides a worthwhile overview for readers who want to learn more about these characters and the space-tourism market they are promoting. " (tags: businessbooks industry technology) The BusinessWeek Best-Seller List - June 2007 June 2007 Bestsellers (tags: businessbooks lists) SLIDESHOW - BusinessWeek Bestsellers - June 2007 Opens slideshow of bestsellers.
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links for 2007-07-27
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The Energy Bus >> Fast Company | Positive Thinking is Good. "The book, and. .
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An economy of ideas.
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Here's another group I've been following a lot. There's a lot of innovative stuff going on over there. Get this, they run a design firm in Chicago.
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links for 2007-07-26
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The 4-hour Workweek>>The Wall Street Journal | A Slacker's Guide to Fun and Profit Still, "The 4-Hour Workweek" seems rooted in the daydreams of a reluctant teenage floor-mopper.
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How Freakonomics came to be.
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I've been following the Freakonomics blog a lot lately (and they just suggested another economist's blog). Today, Stephen Dubner explained how Freakonomics came to be. Back in 2003 Hugo Lindgren, an editor for New York magazine, asked Dubner to profile Steve Levitt.
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Food Fight
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We here at 8cr have some pretty simple rules on promoting books and ideas. Promote only the books & ideas we truly believe in, and promote them with the expertise we've developed over the last 20+ years. Inherent in doing that is approaching and introducing ourselves to new communities in an honest and forthright way.
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Meet Jon and Dylan.
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You'll probably see these two wandering around here and changing our world for the better. I thought we should properly introduce them. Meet Dylan Dylan has been here for nearly five years and recently moved over to our marketing side.
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Potter Phenomenon
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We can't ignore the publishing highpoint that took place over the weekend. The release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows on Saturday at 12:01AM generated sales of 8. 3 million copies in its initial day on the market.
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What Books CEOs Read
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Harriet Rubin wrote a piece for the Saturday New York Times titled C. E. O.
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links for 2007-07-21
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Pop! Why Bubbles Are Great for the Economy >> New York Times Book Review | Rational Exhuberence But the book is deeply unsatisfying. Its good ideas are underdeveloped and its history often sloppy.
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