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The Author Pow Wow and The Art of Project Management (For Authors)
By Porchlight
The 800-CEO-READ Author Pow Wow is just around the corner, and we still have a few spots open. For those still on the fence, know this: We have last year's keynote speaker and New York Times bestselling author Tim Sanders—Love is the Killer App, The Likeability Factor, and Today We Are Rich—giving a special half hour session on publishing entitled The Art of Project Management (For Authors). His talk on publishing last year melted minds, and left people changed for the better in opinion and approach.
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Seth Godin discount packs
By Porchlight
Bestselling author Seth Godin is launching not one, but three new books this month. In celebration, we're offering a couple of pre-order options with substantial discounts. These offers will only run through December 21, so pre-order soon!
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Tis the Season: Our (Non-Business Book) Gift Picks
By Sally Haldorson
While we specialize in business books as book sellers, we are all lovers of books in other genres. Here are some of our picks for the best books we've read this year. Not all are new, and some are obscure, but all will delight.
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Zig Ziglar: 1926-2012
By Sally Haldorson
"The prospect is persuaded more by the depth of your conviction than he is by the height of your logic. " "You don't sell what the product is --you sell what the product does. " "Spectacular achievement is always preceded by unspectacular preparation.
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The Best Books of 2012, Amazon Edition
By Porchlight
Amazon's editors have come up with another fine list of books this year. Their choices in the Business and Investing category are: The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg, Random House Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Random House The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else In Business by Patrick Lencioni, Jossey-Bass Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power by Steve Coll, The Penguin Press Startup Communities: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Your City by Brad Feld, John Wiley & Sons How Much is Enough? : Money and the Good Life by Robert Skidelsky and Edward Skidelsky Reverse Innovation: Create Far From Home, Win Everywhere by Vijay Govindarajan, Chris Trimble and Indra K.
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The Best Books of 2012, strategy + business Edition
By Porchlight
The strategy + business best of business books list is always one of our favorites of the year—one we always look forward to—and this year's does not disappoint. The strength of the list is in it's breadth and flexibility. The categories always change slightly to reflect the important topics of the year, and they choose experts on those topics to pick the best books published in those categories.
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Author Pow Wow in Austin, TX
By Porchlight
In under two months, on January 13-15, the 800-CEO-READ Author Pow Wow will be taking place again in Austin, TX. Each year, we gather a small group of people from the publishing industry and writers to discuss the ins and outs of the business of writing business books. Most people are surprised to learn that the entire process is not how they thought.
Categories: news-opinion, publishing-industry
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The Best Books of 2012, A Season of Lists
By Porchlight
The season of lists is upon us. The first ornament up on the tree was Steve Coll's Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power, published by The Penguin Press, which took home the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year earlier this month. And there was another large nonfiction title related to economics—Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty by Daron Acemoglu and James A.
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Into the Storm
By Sally Haldorson
Over the course of a long race, sailors will inevitably encounter setbacks. In an instant, a boat can go from leading the fleet to lagging behind. A major reversal can easily discourage the crew and, left unchecked, can deplete the crew's energy.
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ChangeThis: Issue 100
By Porchlight
In thinking of what to do for the 100th issue of ChangeThis, a lot of ideas were conjured up. But, in the end, we decided the most important thing we could do is to keep on doing the work we've been doing since Seth Godin turned the site over to us in the summer of 2005—act as a vehicle for moving ideas in service of authors and our audience. We did do a few special things with the issue, though.
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