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Today is officially the last day of Jack Covert's tenure as President of 800-CEO-READ, a company he founded and has led since 1984.
If it were up to us as a staff, we would find some grand gesture to mark the occasion. We would release a flock of exquisite birds in his honor, or etch "Thanks, Jack" onto the face of the moon.
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Jon and Sally have both spread the good word about In the Books, our annual review of business books, offering copies to anyone that asked and provided an address. Jon offered them here on the blog while I was out on paternity leave, and Sally offered them up in our latest Keen Thinker (the monthly newsletter she releases that, if you're reading this, you really should be following).
I'm the one responsible for the project here, and now that I'm pretty sure everyone that cares enough to ask for a paper copy has received one, I am making the digital copy available to any and all takers.
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Some of us here at 800-CEO-READ just returned from this year's Author Pow Wow in Austin, TX. What's the Pow Wow? Every year since around 2005, we've gathered a room full of publishers, authors, marketers, speaking experts, designers, editors, agents, sales people, and a few people curious about becoming an author, to talk about what works, what doesn't, and how to make a more successful career as a business author.
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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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It's that time of year again. We've compiled all the great books, ideas, and activities that 800-CEO-READ was involved in over the past year and published them in our annual In the Books publication.
As the intro states:
"At 800-CEO-READ, we don't come to work everyday just to sell business books.
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